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@calicocastiel
What if i'm currently writing pure self-indulgent Jorah Mormont x reader, it might be over 19k already. it might be cringe/cliche to be a sort of canon retelling with you know, self insert. But I'm doing this bc i like this stuff, and because there is nothing of it???? gotta take care of the supply if you have demands right
sympathetic villain/hero sentence starters.
" hey... you don't need to do this... you don't need to be what they made you. "
" i get it. you think you have no choice, that you have to be the bad guy the world painted you out to be. but you don't! "
" shh... it's alright, now. you were SO brave, you really were! be proud of that! but you were never going to win against me... "
" look. look how the world treats you... you're such a good person, and they know it. that's why they expect you to bleed for them... "
" no, no... please, don't do this. don't stand in my way! i'm fighting THEM! not you! "
" it wasn't me. not this time. i know what people are saying, but... i swear to god, it wasn't me. "
" of course they sent you. they ALWAYS send you! because they know, they KNOW that i don't want to hurt you! "
" i don't wanna be a hero/villain! not if it means hurting you! "
"it's okay... it's alright. i don't want to be the good/bad guy/gal/one today. go ahead, do what you gotta do. and do it with a clear conscience. i forgive you. "
" i just wish we had met some other way... "
" i have no choice! you have to understand, i don't want to hurt you! but... this is the only way. "
Send me a number and a paring, and I’ll write a ficlet!
“Here, let me see.”
“Don’t look down.”
“I’m sorry I yelled at you…”
“Will you just hold still?”
“This isn’t just about you…”
“What’s that behind your back?”
“When you’re happy, I’m happy.”
“I wish this moment could last forever…”
“There’s a leaf in your hair.”
“I think I twisted my ankle…”
“Why are you giving me such a hard time about this?”
“Look into my eyes, what do you see?”
“Of course you’d believe that…”
“Your hands are so much larger than mine.”
“Shhh, they’ll hear us.”
“It doesn’t look like you’ll need stitches…”
“Remember when you used to care?”
"Why didn’t you text me back?”
“Will you just tell me the truth?”
“You’re too damn cute.”
“Why are you laughing?”
“That stuff can’t be good for you!”
“This will only take a second…”
“Don’t look at me like that!”
“This tastes bitter…”
“You think you could do better?”
“Isn’t this a gorgeous view?”
“You’ve been so selfish lately!”
“Anything but that!”
“Why did you think that was a good idea?”
“Stop it, you’re embarrassing me.”
“Your eyes are red… Were you crying?”
“We’re running low on time here.”
“You’ve got something on your cheek.”
“If I could just get you to understand…”
“Don’t move, it’ll be okay.”
“Hey, don’t raise your voice at me!”
“Let’s take a deep breath…”
“Come on, it wasn’t that bad.”
“You call that music?”
“Damn auto-correct…”
“You can’t have it both ways.”
“I’ve made a huge mistake…”
“Don’t worry about it. Everyone screws up.”
“You can’t do that!”
“If you love it so much, then why don’t you marry it?”
“We go on three…”
“I’m not bothering you, am I?”
“I didn’t know you could do that.”
“I forgot you used to like this stuff!”
@belatedbeliever1127 helped me compile this list, since we wanted more fic request options. Feel free reblog and join in!
“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.
“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.
“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”
“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”
Things I didn’t know
“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”
You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.
Okay, but someone please explain question marks when followed by a dialogue tag. How do?
“The speech tag is still part of the previous sentence,” she explained, ‘so it isn’t capitalised.“
“What do you mean?” he asked. “But there’s a full stop as part of the question mark!”
She nodded gravely. “I know!” she said. “A lot of people find this confusing. But the speech tag belongs to the line of dialogue, it’s still part of the sentence, so it’s wrong to capitalise it.”
She reblogged the post again, because she had recently read far too many potentially enjoyable stories marred by poor dialogue punctuation.
I’ve only seen this post in screenshots till now..
NOICE. Can’t wait to use this
“There are two more ways"—she pointed to the blackboard—“to punctuate interruptions. One is with the em dashes outside the quotations marks to indicate continuous speech. The action occurs at the same time as speech. The other—” she sipped from a glass of water “—is em dashes within the quotation marks to indicate interrupted speech.”
106 prompts.
I would like to try something new. Request a number with any character from Stranger Things or Riverdale (though my muse for Stranger Things is much stronger). I just want to see what comes. I have a flight tomorrow, so some time to come up with new ideas. Thanks!
Where do we go from here?
I can’t sleep. I can’t eat.
I have nowhere to be.
I got it, I got it.
Are you fucking kidding me?
You’re the only thing I haven’t screwed up.
I’ve made peace with it
I think you’re just like me.
Come and get it.
How is this my fault?
You’re so dramatic.
I need this to be just what this is
It was a Sunday.
Let’s be honest with ourselves.
I’m not sure we were supposed to be anything.
You deserve a Hell of a lot more
You’ve been a great friend.
I’m ready for this.
We go to the same parties
You were always going to leave.
I hope it’s not too late.
I don’t want to talk about sex.
You said you had my back
Look me in the fucking eyes.
I hope it all bites you in the ass.
It’s got to end.
We don’t need each other anymore.
Come with me.
It feels like nothing at all.
You’ll find some other girl to kiss.
I’m writing down my thoughts.
This isn’t about you.
Anger isn’t a sufficient reason.
You are just a boy.
You wouldn’t be here without me.
It must be important to you.
I dare you to love me.
There’s no coming back from this.
Give me one night.
I don’t really mind the winter.
You need to get home.
The feeling is still there.
I don’t want you to have my number.
I wish I could talk to you.
You’re not trying to understand
I don’t know if he’s bathed.
What are you so desperate to prove?
It’s not enough to be sorry
Look at how happy that made her.
It’s not a crime to be hurt.
Did you pay the bill?
I’m feeling so much better about it.
Can you tell me about it?
It’s always an almost.
You’ll get over it.
Maybe, I like you.
I can’t take it.
I know you think you’re not enough.
Don’t walk away from me.
I didn’t want you to find out.
Were you just pretending?
You will get caught.
I miss those days.
I’m on my fucking knees.
I missed this.
You wouldn’t know, would you?
There’s glitter all over your face.
I didn’t mean to make you wait for so long.
I have cried 1,000 oceans.
It matters to me.
I got caught up in all your bullshit.
Get off the floor.
It makes me want to kill him.
Don’t you think I’m entitled to that?
Say you mean it.
I just thought if you saw me…
You can’t just waltz back into my life like it’s all okay!
I’ve seen worse.
That’s a lie.
Why are you starting shit?
Are you suggesting I leave my boyfriend?
Don’t treat me like a child.
You’re never going to change
You’re responsible for this.
You always come back to me
Do you tell yourself I’m okay?
That’s the best part of this.
Are you accusing him?
Of course, you’re running away.
I know it’s what you want.
Do you think he/she is better than me?
I tried to be your friend.
It’ll hurt for a bit.
I hope you weren’t planning on getting any sleep tonight.
I don’t know what I believe.
You were wrong about me.
I’ll be fine on my own.
You only want me when I’m not there.
I can’t save you from yourself.
That’s why I drive there all the time.
I just don’t feel that way anymore.
They could never tear us apart
You’re worse.
I know what you like.
Please, don’t wear that dress.
It’ll just be for a little while.
˗ˏˋ VALENTINES PROMPTS ˎˊ˗
It’s the month of love, though every month is the month of love. Anyways, choose either a prompt from AU MEMES/TROPES or DATING SCENARIOS with the celeb/fictional character/wrestler of your choice, also state if you want a headcanon or imagine.
~Link for ask box is in bio.~
❝AU MEMES/ TROPES.❞
Coffee shop
Movie Night
Rivals to Lovers
Enemies to Lovers
Arranged marriage
Secret admire
Wedding
Love letter
Love triangle
Retreat weekend
Cozy cabin in the woods
Breakfast in bed and watch romantic movies
Scavenger hunt
A quiet night at home
Kiss at midnight
Recreate your first date
Volunteer together
Adopt a pet
Soulmates
Roommates
Fake relationship
Secret relationship
Domestic AU
Proposal
He/she loves the reader, but the reader doesn’t know him/her.. {Example he is from another universe
He/she broke the reader’s heart in the past and wants the reader back
Reader believes no one can ever love her
Friends with benefits
Forbidden love
There from different classes
Affair
Bodyguard
Teacher/ Student {course this is a collage student who is legal)
Teacher/ Parent
Forced proximity {also known as stranded, shipwrecked, castaway, snowbound,etc..}
Reunion/Reunited lovers
Childhood friends
Amnesia
Accidental pregnancy
Best friend’s sibling
Millionaire
Blackmail
Firefighter
Office romance
On the rocks
Runaway bride/or/groom
Scars
Secret baby
Siblings ex {spouse, lover, girlfriend/boyfriend, etc…}
Revenge
Sudden baby {one of the lovers discovers a baby or inherits a child}
First love
Scandal-Induced Marriage.
A Bet.
Mistaken identity
Dark past
Love/hate relationship
On the run
Kidnapped
Betrayal
Secret identity
Best friends wedding
Fake engagement
Fling
Reader/or lover is a supernatural creature. {Example, vampire, werewolf, demon, angel, mermaid, merman, doppelganger etc..}
Reader is half human/ half {demon, angel, etc..}
Jilted bride
Stood up
Speed dating
Maid
Break up to make up
Protector
Time travel
Tortured hero
Jealousy
Agents dating
Hunters dating
Crush
Sleeping with the ex
Sleeping with the boss
Age gap/difference
Mistress /whatever the male version is of mistress
Fake marriage
Gangster {lover is a gangster}
Unholy matrimony {a villainous married couple}
Accidental kiss
Almost kiss
Bunch of people are attracted to reader much to her annoyance
Villainesses wants a Hero { evil villain is attracted to the good guys}
Weakness turns on lover
Bodyguard betrayal
Double agent
Love-interest betrayal/traitor
Love turns them evil
Lured into a trap
Family don’t approve
Love spell
❝DATE SCENARIO IDEAS.❞
Moonlit boat ride.
Ice skating.
Beach date.
Spa date.
Arcade.
Aquarium.
Amusement Park.
Animal Shelter & Adopt one.
Bowling.
Brewery.
Bake.
Bonfire.
Botanical Garden.
Bubble Bath.
Bungee Jump.
Camping.
Cruise.
Concert.
Cooking Classes.
Café.
Cat cafe
Candlelit Dinner.
Canoe.
Carnival.
Cinema.
Cloudgazing.
Cook dinner.
Dance Lessons.
Diner.
Dinner.
Dolphin Swim.
Drive-in Theater.
Fair.
Ferris Wheel.
Festival.
Fishing.
Gala.
Game Night.
Gaming/Video Games.
Go Karts.
Hiking.
Horseback Ride.
Hot Air Balloon.
Hot Tub.
Hotel.
Helicopter Ride.
Ice Skating.
Ice-cream.
Karaoke.
Kayaking.
Lunch.
Movie Marathon.
Massage.
Mini Golf.
Outdoor Movie Marathon.
Picnic.
Paddleboat.
Park.
Pizza.
Restaurant.
Resort.
Road Trip.
Rock Climb.
Rodeo.
Roller Coaster ri.de
Roller Skate.
Skydive.
Stargaze.
Spa.
Safari.
Scuba Dive.
Skate.
Ski.
Skinny Dip.
Sky gaze.
Snorkel.
Snowboard.
Stargaze.
Sundaes.
Sunrise.
Sunset.
Surf.
Swim.
Takeout.
Theme Park.
Trail.
Underwater.
Vineyard.
Volunteer.
Water Park.
Waterfall Hike.
Weekend Getaway.
Whale Watching.
Wind Sailing or Surfing.
Wine Tasting.
Winery.
Yacht.
Yoga.
Zipline.
Zoo
ATTENTION WRITERS
Google BetaBooks. Do it now. It’s the best damn thing EVER.
You just upload your manuscript, write out some questions for your beta readers to answer in each chapter, and invite readers to check out your book!
It’s SO easy!
You can even track your readers! It tells you when they last read, and what chapter they read!
Your beta readers can even highlight and react to the text!!!
There’s also this thing where you can search the website for available readers best suited for YOUR book!
Seriously guys, BetaBooks is the most useful website in the whole world when it comes to beta reading, and… IT’S FREE.
HEY! BECAUSE OF OP, THEY CREATED A SPECIAL WELCOME IF YOUR FOUND THEM THRU A TUMBLR WELCOME, ITS A YOUTUBE VIDEO.
They also sent me this; which was super cool
*slams reblog button*
@findingtallahassee holy shit! This is cool!
“Authors retain all rights to works posted on BetaBooks, and can add or remove content at their discretion. BetaBooks makes no claim to any of the work posted on the site.”
Incase anyone was wondering
@judiops
end-of-year poetry prompts for the signs
Aries: Apotheosis for beginners
Taurus: All the strings attached to you
Gemini: Who you would be if your heart was on your sleeve
Cancer: A manifesto explaining why you love
Leo: What colors are you?
Virgo: Pros and cons of being lost and being found
Libra: The opposite of you
Scorpio: Burning water, frozen flame
Sagittarius: Your autobiography in less than 13 lines
Capricorn: A city where you’re the only resident
Aquarius: A list of things you can’t remember
Pisces: Loving what you fear, fearing what you love
Hey you! Write 1,667 more words.
And to help you, here are some prompts.
“You should always, i mean always, have a backup plan.”
“Did you, fall in?”
“I was looking for that.”
“The photo booth was a nice touch.”
“It’s been ten years, get over it.”
(my favorite) ways to say i love you
you’re really something, aren’t you
come here
sit next to me?
you’re my favorite
i was just thinking about you
i notice you all the time
here, i made this for you
this instrumental reminds me of you
if you do it, i’ll do it
i miss you so much
i wish i had known you sooner
you’re warm
“You don’t want to at least speak a few words before we try to kill each other?”
Awesome Sites and Links for Writers
Just about every writer out there has several go-to websites that they use when it comes to their writing. Be it for creativity, writer’s block, to put you in the mood or general writing help. These are mine and I listed them in hopes that you’ll find something that you’ll like or find something useful. I’ve also included some websites that sounded interesting, but I haven’t tried out yet.
Spelling & Grammar
Grammar Girl – Grammar Girl’s famous Quick and Dirty Tips (delivered via blog or podcast) will help you keep your creative writing error free.
The Owl – is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) it's a great resource for grammar guides, style tips and other information that can help with your writing, especially academics.
Tip of My Tongue — have you ever had trouble of thinking of a specific word that you can’t remember what it is? Well, this site will help you narrow down your thoughts and find that word you’ve been looking for. It can be extremely frustrating when you have to stop writing because you get a stuck on a word, so this should help cut that down.
Free Rice – is a great way to test your vocabulary knowledge. What’s even better about this site is that with every correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. So, please disable your adblock since they use the ads on the site to generate the money to buy the rice.
HyperGrammar – the University of Ottawa offers up a one-stop guide for proper spelling, structure, and punctuation on this site.
AutoCrit – the AutoCrit Editing Wizard can check writing for grammar errors, clichés and other no-no’s. It also provides a number of other writing resources as well.
Writer’s Digest – learn how to improve your writing, find an agent, and even get published with the help of the varied blogs on this site.
Syntaxis – it allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with a ten-question quiz. The questions change every time you take the quiz so users are sure to be challenged each time around. It definitely helps writers know if there’s something that they need to brush up on.
Word Frequency Counter – this counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your text.
EditMinion – is a free robotic copy editor that helps you to refine your writing by finding common mistakes.
Proofreading for Common Errors – this is a simple tutorial on proofreading your writing by Indiana University.
BBC – has a section for helping you with your skills, especially in writing, from grammar to spelling, to reading, to listening and to speaking.
Tools
Copyscape – is a free service that you can use to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. It’s pretty useful for those that want to check for fanfiction plagiarism.
Plagium – is another a copy detection system, that provides a very similar service to Copyscape and uses Yahoo! rather than Google to perform its searches. Just keep in mind that searches for simple text up to 25,000 characters remains free of charge, but any larger requires credits to be purchase.
Write or Die – is an application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination.
Written? Kitten! – is just like Write or Die, but it’s a kinder version. They use positive reinforcement, so every time you reach a goal they reward you with an adorable picture of a kitten.
Fast Fingers – offers you an easy way to improve your typing skills. It’s puts you through a quick typing game that tests your typing speed and improves it at the same time. It’s also a great way for writers to warm up.
Information & Data
RefDesk – it has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s great to use when you need to find something and check your facts.
Bib Me – it makes it easy to create citations, build bibliographies and acknowledge other people’s work. This is definitely something that academics will love. It’s basically a bibliography generator that automatically fills in a works cited page in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turbian formats.
Internet Public Library – this online library is full of resources that are free for anyone to use, from newspaper and magazine articles to special collections.
The Library of Congress – if you’re looking for primary documents and information, the Library of Congress is a great place to start. It has millions of items in its archives, many of which are accessible right from the website.
Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names – is the most accurate list of popular names from 1879 to the present. If your character is from America and you need a name for them, this gives you a accurate list of names, just pick the state or decade that your character is from.
WebMD – is a handy medical database loaded with information. It’s not a substitute for a doctor, but can give you a lot of good information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, etc.
MedlinePlus – is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site that contains information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. It also offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free. You can use the site to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.
Mayo Clinic – is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group.
World Health Organization (WHO) – is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and ageing; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.
Google Scholar – is an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories and so on. While Google Scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac – this classic almanac offers yearly information on astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.
State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation provides this database, full of health facts on a state-by-state basis that address everything from medicare to women’s health.
U.S. Census Bureau – you can learn more about the trends and demographics of America with information drawn from the Census Bureau’s online site.
Wikipedia – this shouldn’t be used as your sole source, but it can be a great way to get basic information and find out where to look for additional references.
Finding Data on the Internet – a great website that list links that can tell you where you can find the inflation rate, crime statistics, and other data.
Word References
RhymeZone – whether you’re writing poetry, songs, or something else entirely, you can get help rhyming words with this site.
Acronym Finder – with more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials.
Symbols.com – is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more.
OneLook Reverse Dictionary – is a dictionary that lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word.
The Alternative Dictionaries – is a site that you can look up slang words in all types of languages, including Egyptian Arabic, Cherokee, Cantonese, Norwegian and many, many others.
Online Etymology Dictionary – it gives you the history and derivation of any word. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
MediLexicon – is a comprehensive dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care abbreviations and acronyms.
Merriam Webster Online – the online version of the classic dictionary also provides a thesaurus and a medical dictionary.
Multilingual Dictionary – it translate whatever you need from 30 different languages with this easy-to-use site.
Writing Software
Open Office – why pay for Microsoft products when you can create free documents with Open Office? This open source software provides similar tools to the Microsoft Office Suite, including spreadsheets, a word processor, the ability to create multimedia presentations, and more.
LibreOffice – is a free and open source office suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formula.
Scrivener – is not a free program, but it’s certainly a very popular one. It's great for organizing research, planning drafts, and writing novels, articles, short stories, and even screenplays.
OmmWriter – is for Mac OS X, a free simple text processor that gives you a distraction free environment. So you can focus only on your writing without being tempted or distracted by other programs on your computer. They are currently working on a Windows version of their software as well, so keep an eye out for that if you’re interested.
FocusWriter – is another free distraction-free writing application that keeps your writing space simple and clean without sacrificing functionality. It includes a daily goal tracker—work count and time spent writing—spell checking, real-time feedback on variables like word and page count, and tabbed document browsing. The great thing about this is that it's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Q10 – is a free portable distraction-free writing tool for Windows. The interface includes nothing but a tiny bar at the bottom that displays the character, word, and page count—you can toggle the bar off for a totally distraction free workspace.
Evernote – is a free app for your smartphone and computer that stores everything you could possibly imagine losing track of, like a boarding pass, receipt, article you want to read, to do list, or even a simple typed note. The app works brilliantly, keeping everything in sync between your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It’s definitely a useful app for writers when you have ideas on the go.
Storybook – this open source software can make it easier to manage your plotlines, characters, data, and other critical information while penning a novel.
ScriptBuddy – is a full-fledged screenplay software program. It handles the proper screenplay format automatically, so you can concentrate on your story. It is easy to use and the basic version is free.
TheSage – is a free application, which is a comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus that provides a number of useful and in some cases unusual search tools.
Sigil – is ideal for e-book authors because it's a free EPUB editor with a stack of essential features.
YWriter5 – is a free word processor and is designed for Windows XP, Vista and beyond. It's a small but very comprehensive tool which helps you to plan your novel. It breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. You can set up deadlines, for instance, and the program’s Work Schedule report will let you know how much you’ll have to do, each day, to finish on time. You can even enter your characters, locations and items and freely organize them into scenes. This definitely sounds like it’ll be useful for NaNoWriMo writers.
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) – is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS and Android OS. The basic version is free to use, but a fully featured professional-grade version is also available. This software allows users to view, create and share office documents that are fully compatible with dozens of document formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. In other words, the format is similar to a Microsoft Word document (.DOC or .DOCX file) and supports formatted text, images, and advanced page formatting. Kingsoft Writer documents can be converted to Microsoft Word *.doc files in the software.
Creativity, Fun & Miscellaneous
National Novel Writing Month – is one of the most well-known writing challenges in the writing community, National Novel Writing Month pushes you to write 50,000 words in 30 days (for the whole month of November).
WritingFix – a fun site that creates writing prompts on the spot. The site currently has several options—prompts for right-brained people, for left-brained people, for kids—and is working to add prompts on classic literature, music and more.
Creative Writing Prompts – the site is exactly what it says. They have 100+ and more, of prompts that you can choose from.
My Fonts – is the world’s largest collection of fonts. You can even upload an image containing a font that you like, and this tells you what it is.
Story Starters – this website offers over one trillion randomly generated story starters for creative writers.
The Gutenberg Project – this site is perfect for those who like to read and/or have an ereader. There’s over 33,000 ebooks you can download for free.
The Imagination Prompt Generator – click through the prompts to generate different ideas in response to questions like “Is there a God?” and “If your tears could speak to you, what would they say?”
The Phrase Finder – this handy site helps you hunt down famous phrases, along with their origins. It also offers a phrase thesaurus that can help you create headlines, lyrics, and much more.
Storybird – this site allows you to write a picture book. They provided the gorgeous artwork and you create the story for it, or just read the stories that others have created.
Language Is a Virus – the automatic prompt generator on this site can provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of different authors.
Background Noise/Music
SimplyNoise – a free white noise sounds that you can use to drown out everything around you and help you focus on your writing.
Rainy Mood – from the same founders of Simply Noise, this website offers the pleasant sound of rain and thunderstorms. There's a slide volume control, which you can increase the intensity of the noise (gentle shower to heavy storm), thunder mode (often, few, rare), oscillation button, and a sleep timer.
Coffitivity – a site that provides three background noises: Morning Murmur (a gentle hum), Lunchtime Lounge (bustling chatter), and University Undertones (campus cafe). A pause button is provided whenever you need a bladder break, and a sliding volume control to give you the freedom to find the perfect level for your needs and moods. It’s also available as an android app, iOS app, and for Mac desktop.
Rainy Cafe – it provides background chatter in coffee shops (similar to Coffitivity) AND the sound of rain (similar to Simply Rain). There’s also individual volume and on/off control for each sound category.
MyNoise: Online Fire Noise Generator – If you love the sound of fire crackling in a fireplace, this is the site for you.
8tracks – is an internet radio website and everyone can listen for free, well it use to be completely free. Unlike other music oriented social network such as Pandora or Spotify, 8tracks doesn’t have commercial interruption (that’s if you get 8tracks Plus). Users create free accounts and can either browse the site and listen to other user-created mixes for as long as they like, and/or they can create their own mixes. It’s a perfect place to listen to other writer’s playlist, share yours or find music for specific characters or moods. Note: Joining is still free, however you’re now limited to 1 hour of free listening for each week (or more depending on how much people like your mixes). If you want unlimited access it’s $30 per year or $5.00 a month.
Playmoss – with 8tracks no longer having free unlimited listening and no commercial interruptions many people looked for an alternative and Playmoss is what 8tracks use to be. It has all the same basic features that 8tracks has, only with extra goodies like unlimited skips, able to see the entire tracklist before playing, start at any point in the playlist, see how many playlists contain a certain song and even collaborate playlists with other people.
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my parents aren’t teaching me life lessons.
#i need some adults to TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LIFE
I’m an adult.
Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:
even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving out
generic is almost always just as good as name brand. But there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid NyQuil, Chips-Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies
just imagine the person on the other end of the phone hates talking on the phone as much as you do. Even a receptionist. I worked as one and I hate talking on the phone
at least once in your life you will go to Wal-mart to buy something under $20 like an ironing board or something and your debit card will get rejected. No one will judge. Everyone at some point in their lives has had $2.98 in their bank account.
thrift stores
everyone else is too busy panicking about everyone else noticing every tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about them to notice any tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about you
you will screw up. a lot. you live and you learn. and when you start to think too hard about that embarrassing thing that happened and how you wish you could change it, just tell yourself that what’s done is done. There’s no changing it, so just forget it and move on. It’s the only way to stay sane.
do the dishes before the sink grows its own ecosystem
you can’t put Dawn dishsoap in the dishwasher.
if you are the only one in the aisle at the grocery store, and you need to get from one end to the other without even looking at anything in that aisle, then you should totally cart-surf down the aisle. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hold on to the little things. They make all the difference.
never try to make cake from scratch at 3am. You end up with a topographical map of Middle Earth.
15% tip.
the best way to get money for food is to tell your grandparents about how you basically live on microwaved mac and cheese. Their horror may result in twenty bucks and orders to go out and get yourself “a real dinner”.
sometimes life sucks, and knowing that it might get better doesn’t always make it suck any less, but you’ll never get to the non-sucky days without enduring the suckiness.
no seriously, NEVER put Dawn in your dishwasher
Do not buy generic brand spaghetti sauce either.
Always check the type of light bulb that goes in lamps. A 60w is not interchangeable with a 40w.
Dollar store batteries work just as well as store brand.
Reward yourself from time to time when you do things that you needed to get done. It’s a good way to remind yourself to do them. Going out to pay a bill? Get Starbucks or something you don’t get often. Rewards don’t have to be huge, they can be small things like that.
Rice, pasta, flour, sugar, cheese, eggs, milk, a pack of chicken, a pack of frozen veggies and a well stocked spice cabinet go a long way food-wise. Splurge and get the biggest container of rice you can. You don’t have to go back and buy it again anytime soon and it makes a TON of meals in the meantime.
Rice can be cooked on the stove. You don’t need a fancy rice cooker. Two parts water to every one part rice (two cups water for one cup of rice for example). Get your water boiling, add rice, put a plate or lid on it, put it on low for 20 minutes. It should be done.
Keep a calendar on your pc of bill due dates. If your bills are set up at inconvenient times, like all of the services started on the first or something, then call up the company and find out if you can get your billing date switched to something more manageable. A lot of places do try to work with you.
There is no shame in calling a company and asking for an extension on a bill. Let them know what you can pay, pay that amount, and they arrange when the rest of the payment is required. This can stop you from having services shut off man. It shows responsibility on your part.
Take time to eat, even when you don’t feel like eating. Your body needs energy to live.
Wash or rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. It prevents gross caked on junk.
“The Works” is an excellent cheap toilet cleaner.
MAGIC. FUCKING. ERASERS. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING JUST DON’T SCRUB HARD. I took the ring out of our bathtub with one. Also generic ones work just as well.
Keep some bleach around but if you use it for cleaning? Dillute it. There’s rarely ever a case where you need to pout straight bleach on anything. A cap full or two in a bucket of water works just fine.
DO NOT MIX CLEANERS. Chemical reactions are can be very dangerous. Here’s a good list. (Note that vinegar and baking soda can actually be a good combo for removing smells from things but it’s not very good at actually -cleaning-.)
If you drink? Don’t take meds at the same time it’s just not good.
Make sure you check the dosages on your pill bottles. No one wants to accidentally overdose on cough syrup or ibuprofen.
If you have a uterus make sure you have a heating pad and ibuprofen on hand for the pain. Hot baths also generally help and Ginger Tea is excellent for any nausea.
Buy a first aid kit. It’s worth it in the long run.
You can often do your taxes online at places like TurboTax.
Here’s some good sex ed resources because I had to explain what a yeast infection was recently.
Petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) is good for chapped lips and you can get a decent sized tube or tub of it (generic brand version) for cheaper/same price as Chapstick.
KEEP TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT IN YOUR HOUSE FOR CUTS AND SCRAPES AND SORES.
~~Medications~~
Over the counter medications (stuff you can buy right off the shelf no prescription needed) have a name brand and a generic name. ALWAYS buy generic if it’s available it is literally the same thing and way cheaper usually.
Some names to remember when you’re looking for meds!
Acetaminophen = Tylenol
Used to treat pain and reduce fever. Do not take with Ibuprofen.
Ibuprofen = Advil, Midol, Motrin
Used for pain and fever, is an anti-inflammtory. Is good for period cramps because it is an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
Naproxen = Aleve, Naprosyn
Treats fever, pain, arthritis pain, gout, period cramps, tendinitis, headache, backache, and toothache. Is also an NSAID.
Acetaminophen + Asprin + Caffeine = Excedrin
Usually marketed as “Migraine Relief” as a generic.
Asprin = Bayer
Use for pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. Makes you bleed easily so should not be used for periods. Might reduce risk of heart attacks.\
Triple Antibiotic Ointment = Neosporin
Used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing.
Also a general mutli-vitamin isn’t a bad idea and if you don’t get a lot of fruits or milk/sunshine in your diet you might want to get vitamins C and D specifically for daily use.
if you do accidentally lapse and put dawn in your dishwasher, run it empty and put hair conditioner where the detergent goes. that’ll clean it out (tip given to me by dorm custodian when roommate did the thing).
if you live off ramen, add stuff to it! add veggies you like, don’t use the whole flavor packet to cut down on sodium and msg or don’t use it at all and add your own spices.
if you’re making something with potatoes in it (beans, stew) potatoes are done when you can easily stab a fork through them.
you can microwave a hotdog as long as you put it in a microwave safe container of water. microwaves work by making water molecules vibrate. also, when reheating rice leftovers, add a small amount of water, like maybe a spoonfull, so it doesn’t get hard and crunchy.
the rice cooking advice above is for long grain rice. if you’re making short or medium grain rice, a 1:1 ratio (one cup water for one cup rice) is better, so the rice doesn’t come out too mushy.
buy a few cans of chicken. wholesale club stores like sam’s, costco, or bj’s tend to carry multipacks for a good price. they’re incredibly useful for when you forget to defrost meat.
buy meat on sale and put it in the freezer. buy vegetables on sale, and put them in the freezer. frozen veggies are often as flavorful and good as fresh ones, keep longer, and often come in microwaveable bags or with microwave directions.
soak ink stains in milk to help get them out or at least lighten them.
soak blood stains in water as soon as possible, with a bit of detergent or stain remover. scrub at them. use cold water, heat binds proteins to fabric. tbh, there’s no real need to change the washer from cold-cold setting unless the thing you’re washing says to wash in warm water.
acetone, found in most nail polish removers, dissolves super glue.
YOU’RE ALL DOING GOD’S WORK BLESS YOU
Takes pictures, have prints made and put them in photo albums. Be IN the pictures, have someone take pictures of you and your friends. Get over not looking perfect in thw picture. Someday that friend might be gone and those pictures might be all you’ll have, you will want to be in them. I made that mistake with my best friend, i always felt weird asking for a picture together… he died of cancer January of 2014 and now i have no pictures of us together. Its my only regret in life.
This is really helpful, thank you all!
I’m the newest of new adults but I’m gonna throw these little tips in there. IF YOU HAVE AN OLD CAR:
-coolant or water if your car overheats (coolant is preferable cause it won’t hurt the engine in the long run but hey i know money is tight)
-flashlight in case you break down at night and need to check under the hood and your phone is dead
-SPARE TIRE.
-jumper cables.you will at some point leave your lights on. you just will.
AAA or any other road side service is never a bad investment i swear. (try to mooch it off your parents as long as you can though)
Know how to change a tire. You’re going to need to do it at some point in time and you can’t always rely on someone else to do it for you.
Don’t be afraid to go to your local food bank. They are there for a reason.
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help period. Life is hard, everyone needs help occasionally.
You can put a LOWER wattage bulb in a lamp that says it’s for a higher one, but don’t put a HIGHER wattage bulb in. Also, watts refer to the amount of electricity used. LUMENS refers to the amount of light put out, and can vary quite a bit between brands, even though the wattage is the same. Look for the one with the highest lumens unless you actually want a slightly dimmer bulb in a certain location. Those dollar store batteries? Fine if they’re alkaline. “Heavy-duty” batteries, however, won’t last nearly as long. You can microwave a hot dog and bun simply by wrapping them in a toweling for a minute, less if you don’t want them scalding hot.
Reblogging to save lives.
Two adulting (kitchen-related) tips from me!
1. Buy a roll of parchment paper from the cooking shit aisle. A big roll will last you for-fucking-ever. Pretty much any time you’re using a baking pan you can line it with that stuff and save yourself A: food sticking to the pan and B: it’s a quick rinse and it’s clean.
2. Bread can get fucking expensive, so make your own. A bigass bag of flour and a bag of active dry yeast (store it in the friiiiidge!!!) works out a FUCK of a lot cheaper than buying bread at the store, and you can do so much more with it. Bread, pizza, rolls, cinnibuns, homemade pizza pockets. It seems intimidating but it’s stupid easy.
Seriously. It’s stupid simple to make, and most of the “3 hours” to make it is sitting around surfing the internet or doing whatever the fuck you want while the dough rises. If you have an afternoon free once a week to sit and play video games or surf the net, you have the time to make your own bread on the cheap. Here’s my simple-as-fuck recipe:
2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (You can buy a bag of this stuff CHEAP in bulk stores, the little packets are hella stupid priced) 1 cup warm water (think a hot bath) 1 ½ teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil (any kind works for the most part) 2 ¼ cups flour 1 teaspoon salt
1. Stir the yeast, water, sugar, and oil up in a bowl. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It will foam up VERY high, this is the yeast getting happy! If it doesn’t get all foamy, the water may have been too hot or not hot enough. Remember, Yeast is alive! Treat it like a nice girlfriend!
2. Mix your flour, salt, and the yeast concoction up in a bowl.
3. Knead that shit for about 5 minutes. It will start sticky as heck, but will come together into a nice dough. If it’s still super sticky, toss in a bit more flour. Here’s how to knead it:
4. Put your dough in a covered, lightly oiled bowl and leave it someplace warmish for an hour. At that point it will have roughly doubled in size, give it a gentle punch to release the gasses that have built up inside. Cover it again and let it sit for a bit longer.
Boom. You have bread dough. Here are some baking times and uses for ya:
Optional egg-wash: Just crack an egg into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, and mix the bejeebus out of it with a fork. Brush (or if you’re like me, goop it on with said fork) that shit thinly on bread before baking for a nice crust.
Pizza: Stretch it on a pan, stab the fucker all over with a fork, add toppings, bake 425*F 15-20 minutes.
Bread Sticks: Make snake-shapes, let rest on pan 10-ish minutes, bake 400*F 10-20 minutes.
Dinner rolls: Make ball-sized (yes those balls) balls. Place on greased pan, let rest 10-20 minutes to rise. Egg-wash and bake 375*F 25 minutes.
Bread: Lightly score (cut) the top, let sit for 20-ish minutes on/in whatever you’re using to bake it, egg-wash, bake at 375*F for 20-ish minutes. It’s done when it sounds hollow if you knock on the bottom.
You bet your ass you can deep-fry this shit for cheapie yeast doughnuts. Roll that shit in sugar or dip it in whatever, it’s fucking tasty.
Bagels: YES. YOU. CAN. Form bagel-shapes out of the dough and boil them in salty water for about 2 minutes. Egg-wash them and bake them at 400*F for 10 minutes.
Cinnamon Rolls: Roll that shit out into a rectangle. Brush it with a mix of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a pinch of salt (no exact amounts here, do it to your taste). Roll it up into a log, and cut it into discs. Let them sit 20 minutes in a pan and then bake at 375*F 15-17 minutes.
You can add whatever you want to the dough for some variety, just if it’s dried spices remember you really only need 1-ish tablespoons. I personally like making bread with about 1 tablespoon of dill in the dough. Roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cheddar, roll it into a log, squeeze the ends shut, and bake it like a regular loaf of bread. Cheesy dill bread OMNOMNOM.
*ahem* That got a bit long. But yeah. Bread’s expensive, yo. Save your wallet.
(Also it’s ridiculous amounts of therapeutic to bake, for me anyway)
Being able to bake your own bread is pretty awesome, if you got the time for it.
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“Do you wanna talk about it?”
“No, I’m fine. It’s a panic attack for another day, another time.”
dialogue prompt #52
A: “I wish you could block people in real life.”
B: “Restraining order.”
C: “Murder.”
dialogue prompt #52
A: “I wish you could block people in real life.”
B: “Restraining order.”
C: “Murder.”
Other ways to say said 😍👏🏼
Anger:
Shouted, bellowed, yelled, snapped, cautioned, rebuked, accused, cursed, exploded, raged, seethed, snarled, taunted, bickered, fumed, asserted, chastised, quipped Hollered, Howled, Ranted, Reprimanded, scoffed, scolded, Taunted, Swore, Thundered.
Affection:
Consoled, comforted, reassured, admired, soothed, Affirmed, cooed.
Fear:
Whispered, stuttered, stammered, gasped, urged, hissed, babbled, blurted, implored, Croaked.
Disgust:
grimaced, winced, cringed.
Determination:
Declared, insisted, maintained, commanded.
Excitement/Happiness:
Sighed, murmured, gushed, laughed, Shouted, yelled, babbled, gushed, exclaimed, chattered, effused, simpered, chirped, trilled, cooed, Beamed, Cheered, Grinned, Rejoiced.
Sadness:
Cried, mumbled, sobbed, sighed, lamented, wept, glumly, sniffled, wailed, bleated, whimpered, Cried out, Croaked
Conflict/confrontation:
Addressed.
Jabbed, sneered, rebuked, hissed, scolded, demanded, threatened, insinuated, spat, glowered.
Making up:
Apologised, relented, agreed, reassured, placated, agreed, assented.
Amusement
Teased, joked, laughed, chuckled, chortled, sniggered, tittered, guffawed, giggled, roared Laughed,.
Storytelling:
Related, recounted, continued, emphasized, remembered, recalled, resumed, concluded.
Surprise:
Marveled, perplexed, bleated.
Uncertain
cautioned, conceded, doubtfully, guessed, hesitated, vacillated, Asked
Other words In alphabetic order
Acknowledged, Admitted, Agonized, Announced, Answered, Appealed.
Beamed, Beckoned, Began, Begged, Bellowed, Beseeched, Blubbered, Bossed, Bragged, Breathed, Broadcasted, Burst
Cajoled, Called, Carped, Cautioned, Censured, Chimed in, Choked, Chuckled, Claimed, Commented, Conceded, Concurred, Condemned, Confided, Confirmed, Criticizd.,
Decided, Defended, Denoted, Dictated, Disclosed, Disposed, Disseminated.
Echoed, Emitted, Entreated, Exclaimed, Explained, Exposed
Faltered.
Gawped, Giggled, Glowered, Groaned, Growled, Grumbled, Grunted, Guessed
Held, Hinted,
Inclined, Indicated, Informed, Inquired, Insisted, Interjected, Invited Leered, Lied, Lilted
Maintained, Made known, Made public, Marked, Moaned, Mocked, Mourned, Mused
Observed, Offered, Ordered
Panted, Passed on, Pleaded, Pointed out, Pondered, Postulated, Praised, Preached, Premised, Presented, Presupposed, Probed, Proclaimed, Prodded, Professed, Proffered, Promised, Promulgated, Proposed, Protested, Provoked, Publicized, Published, Puled, Put forth, Put out
Queried, Questioned,
Reckoned that, Rejoined, Released, Remarked, Remonstrated, Repeated, Replied, Reported, Requested, Required, Requisitioned, Retorted, Revealed, Roared
Sent on, Settled, Shared, Shuddered, Solicited, Sought, Specified, Speculated, Stated, Stuttered, Stressed, Suggested, Supposed.
Teased, Testified, Thundered, Told, Told off, Touted, Trailed off, Transferred, Transmitted, Trembled, Trumpeted.
Understood, Undertook, Upbraided, Urged, Uttered
Verified, Vociferated, Voiced, Volunteered, Vouched for
Wailed, Wanted, Warned, Wept, Went on, Wheedled, Whimpered, Whined, Whispered, Wondered
Yawped, Yelled, Yelped, Yowled
