arklay.

edit, aesthetic, resource sideblog. attached to arklayruins.

[horrorempathya]

STEAL FROM THE RICH: TEMPLATE 01. here’s an about page google doc template, simple & shorter. i don’t use this one i developed any longer, i made a new one, so here’s some help for y’all that might need it or just don’t wanna develop their own. you can take that credit off in the corner for aesthetic purposes ONLY if you credit me somewhere else. happy roleplaying !

[indiedocs]

@INDIEDOCS  PRESENTS : TECHNOBABBLE  . . .   AN  ALL-IN-ONE DOC !

technobabble  !  inspired  by  col.  sam  carter  of  the  stargate  franchise.  this  is  an  all  in  one  two  page  doc  template  that  includes  a  substantial  rules  /  guidelines  section,  a  mains  /  exclusives  section,  a  statistics  and  moral  alignment  section,  a  verses  section  and  a  headcanons  /  metas  section.  this  doc  is  semi-mobile  friendly.  the  title  and  subheaders  overlap,  and  some  of  the  text  can  clip.

instructions.

to  use  this  doc,  click  on  “file”  and  “make  a  copy”

to  change  the  page  border  colour,  go  to  “file”  and  “page  layout”  then  change  it  to  suit  your  colour  scheme.  the   page  background  colour  matches  the  title  and  subheader  text.  adjust  the  highlight  colour  to  suit.  

if  you  want  to  shorten  the  rules  section,  you  will  need  to  use  a  shorter  centre  image.  see  the  image  dimensions  below  for  current  sizing.  this  could  also  be  adjusted  to  use  as  a  biography  /  about  section  if  required.

statistics  and  alignment  sections  can  be  edited  to  whatever  you  want  them  to  be.  if  you  want  to  keep  the  alignment  stat  bar,  use  this  test  to  determine  your  character’s  alignment.

for  the  verses  section,  write  as  much  or  as  little  as  you  like.  it  is  formatted  using  the  tables  feature.  so  you  can  adjust  it  to  suit  your  needs.  change  the  icon  dimensions  or  use  more  than  one  to  stay  in  line  with  the  text.  it’s  entirely  up  to  you  and  easy  to  edit.  you  can  also  copy  and  paste  each  section  to  add  or  remove  verses.  to  replace  the  icons,  click  on  each  one,  right  click  then  select  “replace  image”  to  use  your  own.

keep  or  remove  the  important  links  section  if  you  do  not  need  or  want  it.  it  won’t  affect  the  rest  of  the  doc.

need  to  know.

do  not  remove  the  credit  at  the  top  of  the  template.  feel  free  to  adjust  the  colour  to  match  your  colour  scheme.

the  centre  image  on  the  first  page  is  245 x 545.  as  mentioned  above,  the  height  size  can  be  adjusted  if  you  need  to  shorten  your  rules  section.

the  icon  images  for  your  verses  are  105 x 105  with  a  10px  transparency  border.  the  icon  itself  is  95 x 95.  there  is  a  1pt  dashed  border  made  using  the  doc  tool  that  surrounds  it.  if  you  use  more  than  one  icon,  i  recommend  using  one  above  the  other.  this  will  look  better  with  a  long  verse  description. 

icon  psd  credit  goes  to  “in  a  crowd  of  thousands”  by  @somresources 

if  you  have  any  questions  or  need  help,  feel  free  to  contact  us.

please  like  and  /  or  reblog  this  post  if  you  use  this  template.

[yellowhelper]

under the cut there are links to all my google docs.

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[inadresources]

so here’s my doc template !  feel free to use, just don’t remove the credit at the top, and please like or reblog if you use it. to use, click file > make a copy > go back to docs home, and tada  ! you should be able to edit the copy with no problem. most things can be fixed and adjusted pretty easily using spaces or pressing enter. if y’all need any help, just let me know. if you like my template, consider buying me a coffee !

[arklaymountain]

endless  edits :     #001.

[concerningwolves]

some mini collections of tips for writers

(based on things that yours truly notices as an editor-in-training. This list is in no way complete, and will probably be added to as I continue to find repeated mistakes) 

Dialogue

Use beats in your dialogue to break it up. Even “said” can make a very effective beat between lines. 

(No beats: “It’s not lethal. Just highly dangerous with a good chance of being mutilated.” // Beats: “It’s not lethal,” he said. “Just highly dangerous with a good chance of being mutilated.”)

Note how the break allows a bit of a pause for ~dramatic effect 

thinking of dialogue, use punctuation and distinct speech patterns! “Life, uh, finds a way.” is an iconic line anyway, but Jeff Goldblum’s signature verbal tic gives it character. 

It’s okay if characters stutter. Don’t let the condemnation of stuttering characters as “cringey” in fanfic put you off. (and on that note, fuck cringe culture. Seriously. It saps all the fun out of creativity and fun is important.)

Start! A! New! Line! Whenever! Someone! New! Speaks!!

DO NOT FEAR THE WORD “SAID” 

Setting & Blocking

 Use the landscape and settings around your character, and always, always remember a scene’s blocking. Where is everything in relation to your characters? Have you left someone holding a coffee cup for the last three scenes? Did you lose a character somewhere along the way? 

using the contents of a scene is also great for fight sequences. 

Similarly, large character casts are hard to keep track of so don’t be afraid to break them up. Sending someone off somewhere else can create some nifty little subplots. 

Keep a personal note of how time passes. Trust me, it’s incredibly helpful to you as a writer and also for future readers. 

Characters

Character growth does not have to be positive. Sometimes characters fail or suffer or get their motivations twisted up, and they finish the book as a villain rather than a hero. 

All that matters is that a character changes throughout the plot in a way that readers can see; the sort of change they go through is entirely up to you. 

scrap the idea that someone has to deserve a redemption arc. They probably don’t deserve it, which is the whole point. So don’t be afraid to make your villains seem completely irredeemable. 

and you don’t need to redeem your antagonists in order to make them complex, sympathetic villains, anyway. Sometimes people get so stuck in their beliefs that they can’t see another way and it goes too far. Not everyone comes back from that. 

Also, motivations and goals can absolutely change. That’s okay. You just need to have something that drives your character so that your readers are rooting for them. 

Protagonists don’t need to be heroic. How you define the protagonists and antagonists in your story is based entirely on the morality in your story-world, NOT the moral ideas in the real world. What counts as a complex protagonist in a world torn apart by biological warfare will be very different than one living in our world. 

Prose & Grammar

simple prose is just fine and you don’t need to fluff it up for pretty quotes.

Remember to vary your sentence structures and length. Start smaller and build it up, drawing your reader’s attention. 

“And” and “But” are very valid sentence starters that are great for communicating the tone of internal narrative. You’re allowed to tweak grammar if that’s helpful for telling the story, it just needs to be accessible. Test out what you’ve written on other people. 

Check that your tenses are consistent!! 

[yellowhelper]

LIST OF HELPFUL BOWSER ADDONS  .  [last updated as of jan. 11th 2020]

this is a list of browser extensions available on chrome that I have found particularly useful when roleplaying.

ZIP  ,  download all images in a tab in a zip folder.

NOTEBOOK WEB CLIPPER  ,  allows you to take notes from websites and save them to a virtual notebook.  also clears clutter from articles and such.

VOLUME MASTER  ,  allows you to change the volume of specific tabs.

DARK THEME FOR CHROME  ,  edits all pages to a much more pleasant and less eye-hurting dark theme,  useful if your eyes are sensitive like mine.  customizable!

THE GREAT SUSPENDER  ,  suspends tabs when you’re not using them,  makes browsing faster.  you can customize how long it takes for the page to be suspended.

GRAMMARLY FOR CHROME  ,  presumably everyone has it at this point, but grammarly helps correct grammar and punctuation, etc.