Alicia @aliciasno9 - Tumblr Blog

My first fic is complete! If you fancy reading Gang Of Youths, you can find it here :) Thank you for all the support on it <3

And now available: my one-shots collection! You can find it here :)

New Chapter Alert!!

Hello Lovelies!! After a lengthy break, I have uploaded another chapter of The B-Sides, available here! I'll be a tad more active again over the summer. Thank you for your patience and kindness. Enjoy! <3

Calling all fanfic writers!

I'm currently doing an extended project at my college, in which I have chosen to research if fanfiction should be considered a modern genre of literature.

If there are any fanfiction writers who would like to weigh in on this topic, I'd be grateful if you could message me so I can do a mini interview! Don't worry, anything included in my project will remain anonymous. Don't hesitate to message me if you're interested Thank you! <3

Usual tags :)

2soulscollide

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

neil-gaiman

*upon the airing of GO Season 2*

Audience: Didn’t you have a flaming actor?

Neil Gaiman: Uh…

A: You did! He was flaming like anything. What happened to him?

NG: Erm…

A: Lost him already have you?

NG: …replaced him with foxes

A: You what?

NG: I replaced him with fennec foxes!

It won't let me post this without a comment.

neil-gaiman

Hello Mr. Gaiman! Question - Have you found it terribly difficult to transition from novel writing to screen writing? A common note I receive from my professor is that my action lines read too novelistic-ly (?). I’m generally new to any sort of writing class so it’s hard for me not to take his notes personally, though I know it’s for the betterment of myself as a screenwriter.

Playwrights and screenwriters use different techniques to get the stories told. J.M. Barrie’s plays are almost novels: the stage directions are there to evoke mood, and to give you backstory and insight into the characters. (I was at a production of Peter Pan which made the narrator a character, so what Barrie wrote could also be said to the audience.)

That being said, it’s more helpful to a crew and cast just to give them what’s important because they take things literally, that’s their job, and if you stop to muse on something someone in the art department may work for a week unnecessarily on something that you didn’t even realise you’d requested. And also producers tend to estimate a page at a minute of screen time. A page which you muse beautifully on but which doesn’t have much going on in the way of action and dialogue will confuse everyone and make the script appear much longer than it’s going to be.

All rules can broken, but it’s wisest to do it their way first.

the-truth-within-the-lie

A screenplay is a blueprint for a house, and a novel is the house itself. That's how I like to think about it, anyway.

You don't want to expend all your energy on elaborate words in a script. What you want it is to be direct. To the point. Matter of fact. Because it is crucial that you write something that the people working on said script can read and translate as directly as possible.

So it's not about pretty words (aside from the dialogue that'll be spoken); it's about being as direct as you can.

INT/EXT are directions that are important to multiple different departments. DAY/NIGHT are directions that are important to multiple different departments. Action lines help directors and actors and camera people figure out blocking, the length of takes and more. They help set designers and costumers figure out the layout of the scene. Etc.

The way your script is written matter much less than the way your script will be translated.

Quickest way to learn how to write a screenplay is to volunteer as an extra pair of hands - usually called a production assistant or PA - on a small production that'll let you read the script beforehand. Once you both read the script and see for yourself the process that goes into the translation of that script, you'll understand why it's absolutely crucial that you do not write your scripts like a novel but instead write them like something a cast and crew can take direction from.

#reblogging this so I can find it #:)

gangseysallhere

Hello friends! I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to celebrate Sirius' birthday! So here's a quick one-shot :) Happy birthday to the one and only Sirius Black

Hello Hello! Happy Halloween my lovelies! Since today can be a bit of a downer in the marauders fandom, I've uploaded two spooky stories. You can find them here :) don't worry, they won't make you cry. look after yourselves <3

Hi gang, it's been a while!

So, I've been a bit busy with college, and haven't had much time to post anything substantial here. But!

I come bearing news! I've uploaded all of my one-shots/short stories to ao3, for easy viewing access. And I've also included a little extra one that I haven't posted here before. Here's a lovely little link to it :)

I'll be adding to it frequently (at least, that's the plan) and I hope you enjoy! Also available for your viewing pleasure is my full fic! You can find it here :)

I'll try to post more often, my love's. Hope everyone's well. xx

slavery

macbethz

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

seananmcguire

BURN BAGEL BURN

gothiccharmschool

OH WHY NOT?

harukami

I need to follow up to say I reblogged this last night, and this morning I got some of the best news of my life, like, a life dream come true news thing.

Bagel what are your powers

acabosetotal

FUCK, I though it was just another lucky meme but LISTEN. Since a week ago I was waiting a phone call to confirm me if I got a job or not in my university. I reblogged this yesterday’s night “just for fun and because I don’t want any bagel to be mad with me”, and today’s afternoon, while I was losing my time as always, the professor I was supposed to work with called me and asked me for my personal information to start working with her.

THE BAGEL POWERS ARE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS WORLD