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RISK & REVELATION: a playlist for writers
"the familiar fire in her chest burst aflame, the tug and pull, the temptation. the pencil, now an extension of her hand, began to fabricate the words rooted deep within the crevices of her heart."
a mix of twelve songs which help me find the words i, like all writers, so desperately search for.
*note: not all tracks are instrumentals.
Masterlist of Writing Help for Writers
*always adding more
General Writing Tips, Guides and Advice
How to be Confident in Your Writing
Start Your Novel Already!
Why First Chapters Matter
How to Outline a Novel
Incorporating Flashbacks
Word Building 101
Common Mistakes in Writing
Tips on Getting Started
What Not to Do
7 Tips to Become a Better Writer from Stephen King
How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer
Why Writers Must Read
How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers
31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
10 Tips to Write Fanfiction
Writing a Blurb
10 Writing Tips
Perfecting Description
Point of View
Speed Up Your Writing
Recieving Bad News
Useful Writing Apps
Avoiding Clichés
Writing Lessons
Finding Inspiration
Plot and Conflict
What is Conflict?
Where’s Your Conflict?
Adding Conflict to Your Scenes
Guides for Using Inner Conflict That Makes Sense
Plotting Your Novel
Internal and External Conflict
The Top Ten Plotting Problems
The Elements of Plot Development
Plot Help
Writing a Plot Your Own Way
Plot Development
Develop a Plot
Tension and Conflict
Your Plot, Step by Step
Plot vs. Exposition
Plot and Conflict
Character Development
How to Describe the Body Shape of Female Characters
Character Apperance Help
Words to Describe Voice
Body Language Cheat Sheet
Character Development Exercises
101 Character Development Questions
Art of Character Development
Introducing Characters
Characters You Need to Reinvent
Making Characters Likeable
Heros and Villains
Describing Clothing
Understanding Body Language
100 Positive Traits
Mental Illness in Writing
Conflicts and Characters
Indifferent, Distant Characters
Bitchy Characters
Describing Voice
Being a Bitch
Heartless Bitch
Writing Nice Characters
Character Questionnaire
Mental Disorders
Writing Characters with Mental Illness
Writing Male Characters
Playing Male Characters
Breaking Sterotypes
Characters with Glasses
Rebellious Characters
Writing Female Characters
Writing Intriuging Male and Female Characters
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Placement of Speech Tags
Grammar and Spelling
Grammar Slammer!
American vs. British Grammar
HyperGrammar
Grammar Girl
Punctuating Dialogue
How to Use the Semicolon
Introduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation
Comma 101
All About Dialouge
11 Grammar Tips
Comma Usage
Correct Use of Apostrophe
Proofreading
Transition Words
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation
Better Writing: Grammar & Spelling
Semicolons and Colons
Underlining and Italicizing
Dashes and Parentheses
Hyphens
Apostrophes
The Ellipsis
List of 1000+ Adjectives
All About Names
List of Names
100 Most Popular Names
Sci-Fi Names
Sci-Fi Names Part 2
Name Berry
Behind the Name
Fantasy Name Generator
20,000+ Names From Around the World
Victorian Era Names
How to Choose a Name
Naming Your Characters
Give Your Character the Perfect Name
Name that Character!
10 Tips to Name Your Character
Genre Based
20 Tips to Writing Love Scenes
On Love And Sex
All That Sex!
Writing “Real” Men in Romance Fiction
Kissing
How to Write a Kissing Scene: Valentine Edition
How to Write a Kiss? And Should You Write Sex?
The Keys to Conflict
Writing Gender-Specific Dialouge
Things Smut Writers Should Know
How to Write a Sex Scene
3 Secrets to Writing Sex
Writing Love Scenes
Why You Should Write Love Stories
How to Write Horror
Horror Sub-Genres
Horror Plot Cliches
25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror
Plot and Character in Horror Fiction
7 Laws of Comedy
5 Secrets for Improving Comedy Writing
How to Break into Comedy
How to Be Funny
Mystery Writing Lessons
10 Rules for Mystery
Mystery Writing
Other
Word Count
Story Starters & idea Generators
Fifty Quick Writing Prompts
Write or Die
Writing Prompt Generator
Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Oxford Dictionary
Spanish Dictionary
Medical Dictionary
Your Dictionary
A Bunch of Character Questionnaires
it’s too quiet | a playlist of unnerving instrumentals
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Oh, this is a wonderful collection of writing music.
Keeping this… forever…
Excuse me as I copy this down. :o
keeping for reference
I’ve had one of these since high school. My English teacher was adamant about never using said unless we had to.
omg…this is so…amazing…
for the people who write and only say “he said”, “she said”, “they said”… ugh
SAID IS A FUCKING FANTASTIC WORD THANK YOU
This is an ultimate masterlist of many, many resources that could be helpful for writers/roleplayers.
→ GENERAL
Improvement
Improve Your Writing Habits Now
5 Ways to Add Sparkle to Your Writing
Getting Over Roleplaying Insecurities
Improve Your Paras
Why the Right Word Choices Result in Better Writing
4 Ways To Have Confidence in Your Writing
Writing Better Than You Normally Do
How’s My Driving?
Describing
A Description Resource
55 Words to Describe Someones Voice
Describing Skin Colors
Describing a Person: Adding Details
Emotions Vocabulary
90 Words For ‘Looks’
Be More Descriptive
Describe a Character’s Look Well
100 Words for Facial Expressions
To Show and Not To Tell
Words to Describe Facial Expressions
Describing Clothes
List of Actions
Tone, Feelings and Emotions
Masterlists
Writing Specific Characters
Character Guides
Writing Help for Writers
Ultimate Writing Resource List
Lots of RP Guides
Online Writing Resources
List of Websites to Help You Focus
Resources for Writing Bio’s
Helpful Links for Writing Help
General Writing Resources
Resources for Biography Writing
Mental Ilnesses/Disorders Guides
8 Words You Should Avoid While Writing
Body Language
Body Language Cheat
Body Language Reference Cheat
Tips for Writers: Body Language
Types of Crying
Body Language: Mirroring
Grammar/Vocabulary
Words Instead of Walk (2)
Commonly Confused Adjectives
A Guide on Punctuation
Common Writing Mistakes
25 Synoms for ‘Expession’
How to: Avoid Misusing Variations of Words
Words to Keep Inside Your Pocket
The 13 Trickiest Grammar Hang-Ups
Other Ways to Say..
Proofreading
300+ Sophiscated and Underused Words
List of Misused Words
Words for Sex
100 Beautiful and Ugly Words
Words to Use More Often
Alternatives for ‘Smile’ or ‘Laugh’
Three Self Editing Tips
Words to Use Instead of ‘Walk’, ‘Said’, ‘Happy’ and ‘Sad’
Synonyms for Common Words
Alternatives for ‘Smile’
Transitional Words
The Many Faces and Meanings of ‘Said’
Synonyms for ‘Wrote’
A Case Of She Said, She Said
Writer’s Block
How to: Cure Writer’s Block
Some Tips on Writer’s Block
Got Writer’s Block?
6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
Tips for Dealing With Writer’s Block
→ APPLICATIONS
Application (Itself)
How to: Make That Application Your Bitch
How to: Make Your App Better
How to: Submit a Flawless Audition
10 Tips for Applying
Para (Sample)
Para Sample Ideas
5 Tips on Writing an IC Para Sample
Writing an IC Sample Without Escaping From the Bio
How to: Create a Worthy IC Para Sample
How to: Write an Impressive Para Sample
How to: Lengthen Short Para’s
Prompts
Drabble Stuff
Prompts List
Writing Prompts
Drabble Prompts
How to Get Into Character
Writing Challenges/Prompts
A Study in Writing Prompts for RPs
Para Prompts & Ideas
Writing Prompts for Journal Entries
A List of Para Starters
→ GUIDES
Personalities
Angry
Bad Asses
Bitches (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Childishness
Emotional Detachment
Flirtatious
The Girl Next Door
Introverts (2)
Mean Persons (2)
Psychopaths
Party Girls
Rich (2)
Rebels
Sarcasm
Serial Killers (2)
Shyness (2, 3)
Sluts
Villains (2)
Witt
Disorders
Disorders in general (2, 3, 4, 5)
Attention Deficit Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Anxiety (2, 3, 4, 5)
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Alice In Wonderland Syndrome
Bipolar Disorder (2, 3)
Cotard Delusions
Depression (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Eeating Disorders (2, 3)
Facitious Disorders
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder (2)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Night Terrors
Kleptomania (2)
A Pyromaniac
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychopaths
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2)
Sex Addiction (2)
Schizophrenia (2)
Sociopaths (2)
Disabilities
Aspergers Syndrome
Apathy
Someone Blind (2)
Cancer (2, 3)
Disability
Dyslexia
Muteness (2, 3)
Stutter
Jobs/Hobbies/Beliefs
Actors
Ballet Dancer (2)
Christianity
Foreigners
Gamblers
Hinduism
Hitmen
Satanism
Smokers
Stoners
Taoism
Journalists
Vegetarians
Drugs
Alcohol Influence (2, 3, 4, 5)
Cocaine Influence
Ecstasy Influence (2)
Heroin Use
LSD Influence
Marijuana Influence (2, 3)
Opiate Use
Locations
Australia
Boston
California (2, 3)
England/Britain (2, 3, 4, 5)
New York
Prison
London
The South (2)
Genders
Females (2)
Males (2)
Transgenders
Supernatural
Vampires
Witches (2)
Werewolves
Other
Amnesia
Children
A Death Scene
Loosing Someone (2)
Old Persons
Physical Injuries (2, 3)
Sexual Abuse (2)
Fight Scenes (2, 3, 4)
Horror
Torture
→ CREATING CHARACTERS
Biography Writing
Components of Your Biographies
Character sheet (2, 3)
Need Help With Character Creation?
How to: Draw Inspiration for Characters From Music
How to: Write a Biography (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
How to: Write a Fully Developed Character
How to: Create a Cast of Characters (2)
Writing an Original Character (2, 3)
Creating Believable Characters (2, 3)
Bio Formats (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Little Things You Can Add To Your Bios
Connections (2)
Titles
Bio Twists
Names
Female Names (2, 3, 4, 5)
Male Names (2, 3, 4, 5)
Last Names (2, 3, 4)
Personalities
Jung’s 16 Personality Types
Underused Character Personalities
Birth-Order: Personality Traits
The Difference Between Personality and Behavior
How to: Show a Characters Personality In a Paragraph
16 Character Traits
Underused Personalities
Personality Traits
Positive (2)
Negative (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Both (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Habits
Addictions and Bad Habits
Bad Habits
Character Habits
Character Quirks
Phobias (2)
Secrets
300 Possible Secrets to Give Your Characters
I Bet You Didn’t Know..
Character Plots And Secrets (2)
Celebrity Secrets
Secret Masterlist
Quotes
Song Lyrics Masterlist
Songs for Biographies
Favorite Quotes: TV and Movies
Favorite Quotes: Notable Authors
Favorite Quotes: Celebrities
Favorite Quotes: Popular Books (2)
Quotes From Songs
Character Quotes
Masterlist of Bio Lyrics
Masterlist of Bio Quotes
Masterlist of Song Lyrics
Biography Lyrics
A Masterlist of Quotes
+130 Quotes
The Quotation Garden
Mary Sue’s
A Mary Sue In The Inbox
Your Character Is A Sue, Not Just A Mary Or Gary
Not Writing A Mary Sue
→ WHILE ROLEPLAYING
Para Titles
100 Paragraph Titles
Para Titles - Song Title Edition (2,3)
A Whole Ton of Para Titles
350+ Song Titles
Para Titles For You (2)
Starters
How to: Create an interesting starter
How to: Make an Interesting Starter
Gif Conversations: A Guide
A Brief Guide to Starters
Interesting Gif Convesation Starters
Starters Masterlist
Gif Starter Posts
46 Interesting Gif Chat Starters
Ideas for Gif Chat Starters
Starters
Careers/Jobs
Masterlist: Jobs
Possible Careers for Characters
Artistic Occupations
Martha’s Vineyard Job Masterlist
Interesting Jobs
Locations/Settings/Activities
Para Ideas
Masterlist: Para Ideas
Top 50 Places for Starters
Writing Topics: Para Ideas
101 Date Ideas
68 Date Ideas
22 Date Ideas
Popular Places to Eat
Character Developement
Character Development Questionaire
Character Surveys
C.D. Questionaire
30 Day Character Development Meme
Character Development Questions (2)
100 Pt. Questionaire
IC and OOC Surveys
Online Test for Character Building
30 Days of Character Development
How to: Develop Characters
Get To Know Your Characters
→ ROMANCE
Romance (in general)
The Little Ways a Ship Gets Build
Roleplaying Relationships
8 Ways to Say I Love You
How to: Make a Set Ship RP Work
How to: Write a Romantic Scene
Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Relationships
Putting a Label on It
Synonyms for Love
Pregnancy (2, 3, 4, 5)
Smut
Smut Guide: Casual Sex
Smut Guide: For Beginners
How to: Write a First Time Sex Scene Romantically
How to: Smut - The Bare Bones
How to: Smut (For Virgins)
How to: Write Lesbian Smut
How to: Write Smut (2, 3)
How to: Write a Blowjob/Prepping for Smut
Smut Guides of Tumblr
Tips on Writing Sex Scenes
A Guide to Language in Smut
Domination and Submission
Making Love
A Smut Guide
Kisses
How to: Write a Kiss (2)
Different Types of Kisses
Writing Out the First Kiss
→ OTHER
Plot Writing
How to: Create the Best Plot for Your RP
How to: Create A Plot Outline in 8 Steps
How to: Write A Plot in 12 Steps
How to: Write A Quality Plot
How to: Spice Up Your Roleplay Plots
Components of Your Plot Page
Writing Up A Plot
Basics of Writing A Plot
Links for Plot Writing Help
Eight Unique Plot Ideas
Plot Twists
Situation Ideas (2, 3)
Guide to Plotting
Eras
Eras Masterlist
Everything You Need to Know Abut the 20’s
20’s Slang
Primary Sources on Ancient Civilizations
How to: Play the Greek Goddess ‘Harmonia’
How to: Roleplay In the Victorian Era
Victorian Dialogue
A Second piece I wrote for my creative writing class; it was critiqued by my instructor and peers.
Someone important had once said that all rivers lead to the sea. That was true, even for the Sarifibn river. The Sarifibn, some said, had once been the heart of the great Silvanian empire. Whether it was animal or man, all had depended on her for food and a means to travel. When the empire had fallen seven millennia ago and the inhabitants had left the Tressian desert for more fertile, temperate lands of central Silvain, both the Sarifibn and the magnificent buildings surrounding her banks had been left behind. It was atop one of these architectural feats the man was sitting when they caught him. His back was facing the roof's entrance and his gaze traveled across the vast expanse of dunes below him. The group of men seemed surprised by how little he tried to flee—when they reached the rooftop they had hesitated briefly before cutting off his only means of escape. Neither party spoke for several long moments; the only sound was the rushing of the Sarifibn a mile below. The man stood and turned to face the band of snatchers, his caramel colored arms bent at the elbow and large hands splayed to show he was unarmed. He was more appropriately dressed for a desert chase in a thin, loose fitting shirt and trousers than his assailants who favored heavy black leather dusters; it was no wonder he had outrun them. With a twitch of an index finger from their leader, the snatchers enclosed the man in a smaller semicircle; there was now only an arms length between he and them. A woman on his immediate left grabbed the mans wrist with one hand and withdrew something that flashed in the sunlight from her pocket. Handcuffs? The man began to laugh, a deep hushed sort from the back of his throat that was barely more than expelled air. A slow, lazy smile split his face and he slipped his wrist out of the woman's grasp then took a step back—closer to the crumbling ledge. Did they honestly believe he would go with them like this, meekly and without comment? As his laughter continued to build upon itself he lifted his arms until they were parallel with the distant horizon and took another step back. The faces before him ranged from shock to anger and, on one, sudden realization. He closed his eyes and leaned back into the air where there was nothing but the sun and dust to stop his fall. This was the closest he had ever felt to flying and it sunk through his skin to pool in the very depths of his bones. For the first time since he was a child, he no longer carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders. The raids, the expectations, the murders—all of these obligations, these burdens, were lifted from him. He had nothing more to give, and the sun and dust were not inclined to take. In this space between earth and sky, he was at peace. It was just the elements and him, coexisting as if they had been created for these few stolen moments that were at once an eternity and no time at all. He opened his eyes and saw unbroken swaths of blue above and endless plains of russet below. He splayed his fingers and he felt both nothing and everything flowing like silk between them. The suns warmth washed over his face leaving small, warm kisses across his exposed skin before giving way to slightly cooler, damp air. The sun winked at him from where it slid beyond the horizon and it was the last thing he saw before his eyes drifted closed. He took one final, slow breath and then the cool water embraced him.
A piece I wrote for my Beginning Fiction class.
His stride faltered and he turned to find a small, floppy-eared stuffed rabbit lying face down upon the ground. The paleness of it's fur shone through the gore the fabric had collected and the buttoned eyes flickered. Behind him he could hear the roar of the flames and the shouts of his brothers-in-arms as they continued the raid, but none of that mattered. The cloying metallic taste at the back of his throat hardened and became difficult to swallow past. Slowly, he knelt and picked up the toy with an unsteady hand, looking away as he shoved it into the pocket of his duster. What he couldn't—wouldn't—tell anyone was how the toy affected him. While he hadn't possessed anything of the sort when he was a child, his sisters had. Childhood, the years between birth and his kidnapping at thirteen, was a beacon of all things good to him. Children seem to have a supernatural quality to them; a whimsical innocence of sorts. The world to a child is a simple thing, always black and white, good and bad, but never gray. Children are bursting with potential, with hope and joy that grow unrestrained. To have that ripped away in such a violent way as it had been from him would have crushed a weaker person. But it did not crush Drexel Ace. Instead it formed an impenetrable fortress where his true self could reside in almost-peace and scheme. While he may be little better than a callous tool used to gain power for Xerxes on the outside, on the inside he was what he always had been. If they knew how much softness he hid, how he absolutely abhorred every act he was forced to commit...it would be the death of him. And dead men do not get to exact revenge. To be honest, he wasn't sure why he had kept the damn thing. It was after all, some random, now dead child's stuffed rabbit. If someone had seen him pick it up, seen him leave the site with it unmolested in his jacket, they would begin to question his motives, his authority. They might even report him for suspicion. So why then did he risk it? What was this rabbit other than a memento from yet another murdering spree? Because, his conscious whispered, it represents hope. Something you cannot afford to have anymore.
For writers: I’m dropping off a link to a site about body language.
I’ve found it very useful for my writing over the years. The site itself isn’t all that lovely to look at, but the information is great. It’s always good to know how to convey a particular emotion through the body instead of just flat out telling readers that a character looked sad or seemed upset.
For all you writers out there who want to create a language for your story.
When creating a new language, it’s important to think of these four things:
Is it a spoken language?
Is it a written language?
Is it a sign language?
Is it a combination of the above?
Once you’ve decided how your language exists, you can move on to the next steps:
What culture does it belong to? Try reflecting the culture within the language. The Dothraki in A Song of Ice and Fire center their language around horses as spoken of in this article. Think of the sound and what emotions it could be compared to.
How old is it? Decide how old your language is and its history. Language changes over time and borrows from other languages as it grows.
Is it a dead language? A dead language is a language that is no longer used in ever day life. If there is a dead language (like Latin) in your culture, what records exist of it? Several cultures use the Latin name for species all over the world and English speakers use Latin phrases all the time. Does anyone study this language? Does anyone know how to pronounce it? Are there any missing pieces?
Who uses it? Decide who uses this language. If it is spoken and there is more than one language used in the area, is there only a certain group of people who speak this language? If it is written, what is the literacy rate?
Once you’ve established the above, you’ll have down the basics of your language. Now we’ll move on to specific types of language:
Spoken Language:
Alphabet: Again, really think of how you want it to sound. Create a phonetic alphabet for the spoken language and build the vocabulary off that.
Vocab: If the language is used sparingly in your story, start with the phrases you use first. Create words for these. See how they sound together. Keep track of these words and their various forms (past, present, plural, singular, etc.).
Grammar: Play with the sentence structure. In Latin, a verb is often at the end of the sentence. In Spanish, the adjective comes after the noun most of the time. Keep these structures consistent and don’t make it too confusing if you have trouble with this.
Translate: Translate everything you have into the language you write in, even if you don’t use it. Write as much detail as you can about your languages to make it as authentic as possible.
Style: What would be considered the “formal” style? If there is a written language, is the formal style used more often in writing than in speaking?
Accents: Does the pronunciation of words differ from place to place? It most likely will if the language is widespread. Accents are influenced by other cultures and languages. The accents of the southwestern US came from English accents while other southern accents came from the influence of France and Jamaica.
Stress: Know what syllables to stress. This will affect the pronunciation and overall sound of your language.
Written Language:
Alphabet: Create the written alphabet. There are a few ways you can do this. One is making new letters for each letter you have in the alphabet you write in and another is creating letters that stand for phonetic sounds. The shapes of the letters should be consistent throughout the whole alphabet for a better aesthetic appeal for for easier writing.
Direction: Which way is this language written? From left to right? Right to left? Top to bottom?
Translation: If this language is separate from a spoken language, can it be pronounced? Or only translated to read in another language?
Accents: If you’re writing with the Latin alphabet, use accents sparingly. Make sure you know how they affect pronunciation before using them and don’t drench your language with them.
Forms: How many forms of writing are there? Is there a lowercase and an uppercase?
Sign Language:
Gestures: Think of what gestures may exist in your culture. Are there any friendly gestures? Any offensive ones? How often are they used?
Full Language: Is there a fully developed sign language? Was it created for those who are hearing impaired or for another reason? When writing this, don’t describe all the signs made unless what is being said might be important or meaningful to the story. Keep the description short.
Other:
Name the Language: Calling the language the “common tongue” is overdone, boring, and just plain lazy writing. Give the language a name.
Borrow: If you want, you can borrow root words from another language to base yours off of. You can also borrow grammar rules from other languages if you wish. Borrowing can often make this process easier for you and it may help readers familiar with the base language see the similarities in your new language.
History: What is the history of the language? Was it once dead and then brought back? Are there any negative connotations with certain words? What are the histories behind these words?
Create Your Own Language
How to Create a Language in One Day
Language Construction Kit
Using Invented Languages in Your Novel
In need of that push to get writing? Try a writing prompt.
Writing Prompt Websites and Blogs
Prompts & Pointers
Creative Writing Prompts
Sunday Scribblings
One Minute Writer
Hourly Writing Prompts
Writing Prompt Generator
Writer’s Digest
Creative Writing Solutions
Writing Prompts That Don’t Suck
Visual Writing Prompts
The Write Prompts
Photo Prompts
Write World Blocks
A Writing Prompt a Day
Creative Prompts
Creative Writing Prompts
Prompt Snaps
Get Scribbling
Write One Leaf
The Story Starter
Writing Prompt Lists
501 Writing Prompts
Fifty Quick Writing Prompts (About)
Prompt and Prompt Writing (Klariza Helps)
20 Prompts (Lovely Helpers)
Creative Writing Prompts (Working Writers Club)
RP Helper’s Drabble Prompts
1001 Story Ideas (Write Pop)
Words and References:
Massive Dictionary for Writers
Writing a Series
Visual Dictionary
Grammar Definitions
Glossary of Book Terms (2)
Literary Terms
Some Words About Word Count
English Grammar (with Russian translation)
Pronunciations of Words from All Languages
Punctuation Guide
Plot Terms and Definitions
Plot & Structure:
Plot Development
Developing Events in Your Story
The Hero’s Journey
Four Essential Plot Points
Basic Plots in Literature
Ten Simple Keys to Plot Structure
Plot vs Exposition
Plot Checklist
Exposition in Fiction
Balancing Exposition
Easing Exposition
Setting or Exposition
3 Rules for Writing Endings
Writing Powerful Endings
Successful Endings
Writing a Story Middle
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (2)
Three Parts to Every Story
Subplots:
Subplots
7 Ways to Add Great Subplots to your Novels
The 7 Shoulds of Writing a Subplot
Who Needs Subplots?
Subplots
Knowing Your terms: Subplots
Weave Subplots into your Novel
Understanding the Role of Subplots
Plot, Plot Layers, and Subplots
Plot and Subplot
Subplots - Chicken Soup for your Novel
How Many Subplots are Acceptable?
Subplots by Word Count
Too Many Subplots?
World Building:
World Building Links
World Building Questionnaire (2)
Planet Maker
World Building 101
World Building for Science Fiction
Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
The Seed of Government (2)
The Magic of World Building
Characters:
Story Guide Worksheet
How to Create Great Characters
Character Arc 101
"Hero" is a Four Letter Word
Character Questionnaire (2) (3) (4) (5)
Character Justification
Conflict Can Limit Your Characters
Creating Characters from Plot
Character Bio
Guide to Writing a Villain
Eight Female Archetypes
Sixteen Personality Types
Charahub
Fixing Unlikable Characters
Offensive Mistakes Well-Intended Writers Makes (2)
Character Sheet
Morality Alignment
Morality Alignment Test (2) (3)
Creating Compelling Characters
Consistency is Key
Desires and Conflict
Mary Sue Test
Mary Sue Villain Test
Writing Lycanthropy
Body Language (2) (3)
Dialogue:
Character Conversations
How to Write Dialogue (2) (3) (4)
Speaking of Dialogue
Ten Tips
Character Dialogue
Believable Dialogue
25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue
Witty Dialogue Reference Post
Dialogue Tips
Writing Really Good Dialogue
Writing Good Dialogue
Dialogue
Point of View:
Types of POV
Point of View
Third Person Multiple POV
First Person vs. Third
Third Person Omniscient vs. Limited
Using Third Person Omniscient
Writing Exposition in the First Person
Writing in First Person
First Person POV (2)
First Person or Third?
How to Write Winning First Person Stories
Genre:
Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
Crime Fiction Sub Genres
So You Want to Write Crime Fiction
How to Write Crime Fiction
Smut Writing Guide Master List
Adding Sexual Tension
How to Write Sexual Tension
Literary Genres
Genre Index
13 Horror Writing Tips
Classic Horror Novel Structure
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[30 Days of Summer] Character Development meme: Day 13
Drexel grew up in a small village in northern Silvain. As with most children, the place he grew up in seemed huge; it was his entire world. He read of other places, lands across the sea, and always wanted to travel to them one day. But home, home to him was really the only place he could ever settle down, the only place that would ever call to him on an almost spiritual level. As he grew up, home became a fond memory, an anchor that would hold him through traumatic times. Home to Drexel represented peace, comfort, wonder, a life...all of the things he hoped he would gain if he ever got to leave the ASO. Home to him now is still the same, but it also became a place of strength and a source of reasoning. He chose to fight in the war because he could not bear to let his friends and family back home be forced to live the life he was.
[30 Days of Summer] Character Development meme: Day 12
Describe their best and worst memories from childhood.
His best memory would have had to have been when he first met Exee. He was on his way to his hiding spot (after having successfully having stolen a blackberry cobbler from his aunt's windowsill) and literally ran into little Exee. She was crying and (now) covered in cobbler and her father was coming out of the house screaming at her. Drexel immediately picked up on what was going on, grabbed her hand, and ran with her into the woods. When they arrived at his hiding spot he broke out his self-made first aid kit, wiped the dirt and cobbler and blood (she had cuts all down her legs and a bleeding gash on her cheek) off of her, bandaged up the more severe wounds, and talked with her. He calmed her down and comforted her and that's the exact moment they became best friends; while it's not the most happy memory, it's the moment he met Exee and she is the most important thing to him outside of his mother and sisters.
His worst memory would be the day the ASO Trackers came. He and Exee had been out at their hiding spot by the river when Drexel's older sister Krennie came to get him. Long story short, his house was on fire, he believed his mother and sisters to be dead along with several of the villagers, the village itself was destroyed, and he killed six people before finally letting himself be taken. That was the start of ten years of servitude and slaughtering and the start of when he began to hate himself.
[30 Days of Summer] Character Development meme: Day 11
What did they want to be when they grew up?
Drexel was kind of a strange child. He was unarguably his own person right from the start. Unlike most children, he was observant and rational and extremely (eerily) intelligent. However, he was a little troublemaker. There were several children in the village he grew up in, but none of them were interesting enough for his liking. Until he met Exee (at age 5 or 6) his only playmate was his sister Celaya; she was just as fiendish as he was except she knew how to use her cuteness to her advantage. (She never taught Drexel this trick though he begged her to all the time.) He absolutely loved to play tricks on anyone and everyone. His most notable was when he took a wolf pelt rug from the library and went to scare the local Sheppard's flock. He not only succeeded in scaring the sheep (and the young Sheppard) half to death but he also broke his right arm and got his sweets taken away for a month. (though Celaya did sneak him pastries from time to time.) When he grew up, he wanted to be an inventor.
[30 Days of Summer] Character Development meme: Day 10
Relationships and history:
What is their family history like? How does it affect them? How do they feel about their family? How does their family feel about them?
Drexel's family history is honestly not that different from the history of many families that reside in Silvain. Because the wall separated the races, families all over were divided; the ASO has also helped divide families by forbidding any contact of it's members to nonmembers. When Drexel was a week old, his father left. He grew up believing that his father was shirking his responsibilities which to Drexel was one of the worst things a person could do. Not having a father growing up and also believing his family was murdered by the ASO screwed him up a lot. Between that and the toxic environment of the ASO, Drexel is just a mess.
When he's finally told the truth about his mother and sisters (that they're still alive) he's the happiest he's been in a decade. He absolutely adores his family. His mother is the strongest person he knows. She raised Drexel and his three sisters by herself and still managed to be the head healer of the village they lived in. He loves his sisters and manages to get along with them all despite their differing personalities. He would do, has done, everything in his power to keep his family safe and they would do the same for him. However, Drexel has “daddy issues”. Towards the beginning of the novel, Drexel's father reappears. Technically it's the second time they have seen each other, but Drexel was too young to remember the first time. Manus and Drexel's relationship is strained. Drexel is too old to have the sense of parental authority re-installed in him. He is also too old to fantasize about why his father left. He knows why and how Manus left and he doesn't believe he should have chosen work over his family. He doesn't respect his father in most aspects and hates that people always say they're similar.It's not until it's too late that Drexel finally comes around and begins to forgive his father.
[30 Days of Summer] Character Development Meme: Day 9
How are they with technology?
Are they specially qualified in any particular field? Would they be considered at the top of the field?
Have they ever been publically acknowledged for anything? (Ex. Nobel Prize)
Is there anything they’ve deliberately sought to improve at?
Do they speak more than one language?
Drexel is a technopath—he can control technology with his mind. This power also entails the knowledge of the inner workings of the object; he's really handy with wires and chips and the like and likes to tinker.
He is specially qualified in a specific field. His power is rare and strong enough that the ASO tracked him down and forced him to work for them. After they polished him up and he learned to control his power, Drexel was put in charge of the surveillance and security of Rubix City. That's kind of a really big deal because the ASO highly values being able to spy on their members and to put one man in charge of an entire city (the second largest out of three total) is a pretty big deal.
Drexel isn't publicly acknowledged for anything until later in the novel when he has to go through the Vampire's “coming of age” challenge. It was a huge deal because it not only gained him respect among the Vampires but also with all of the beings beyond the wall. He only speaks one language, the common tongue that everyone in Silvain speaks regardless of which side of the wall they live on. There are multiple things he's sought to improve himself in but none of them really matter except for a few—mastering his feelings for Exee and mastering the “alter ego” he adopted for the ASO.
