Ok so here’s a collection of posts I’ve written regarding how to write various thing. Some of these are reblogs but most are my own or ones I wrote significant comments in my reblogs. I suggest checking out the related tags for more information and to see all the posts in that tag and other topics since these are just scraping the surface and simply a starting point.
How to Write Bipolar Disorder:
Part 1: What is Bipolar Disorder
Part 2: Misconceptions & What’s Wrong with Hollywood’s portrayal
Part 3: What to Call Bipolar Disorder in Fiction?
How to Write Trauma, Fear, and Anxiety:
Tags: Writing PTSD, Writing Mental illness, Writing Disability
Part 2: What are Specific Phobias
Part 3: What is Social Anxiety
Part 4: What are Panic Attacks
Part 5: Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Part 6: What to Call it in Fiction
How to Write Autistic Characters
Tags: Writing Autistic Characters, Writing Autism, Writing Disability
Stimming and Touch Hyposensitivity
Intersection of Aspec and Autistic
Writing Allistic Characters
General Ableism and Abuse Apologism in Writing and Writing Villains
Tags: Ableism in media, writing villains, writing disability, writing abuse
Using Ableist Slurs in Writing
Blaming Abuse and Freudian Excuse
Making Villains Villains BC of Torture is Bad
Abuse Ableism and Villains
Blaming Abuse and Mental Illness of Villain Actions to Distance
How to Write Queer Characters
tags: Writing Queer Characters, Writing Trans Characters, Writing Aspec Characters, Writing Asexual Characters
Pitfalls in writing Ace Characters
Ace Non-Human Autistic and Abused Characters
Voyeuristic Abuse Narratives
Non Abused People Writing Abuse
Abuse Statistics and Why Dying for Freedom is Traumatizing
Why “Trauma Turns People Dark” Is inaccurate and bad
Why Abused Makes You Abuser Is Bad
Forgiving an Abuser Narrative
More on the Forcing Forgiveness
The Focus on Absence instead of Presence
Forgiving Abusers Is Bad Trope