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[drawingden]

Drawing Clothes Tips by joua.k

[nkim-illustrates]

The Ranger and the Witch P2.

[drawingden]

[Tutorial] Mermaid Tails 2019 by inkogeki

[theticklishpear]

Do you have any methods or tips on planning a multiple POV novel? I was looking at your 10-step model and was wondering if you have anything similar for 2+ characters. Do each of them get 10 steps, or do the 10 steps have to cover all?

I didn’t create the 10-point plot model, only use it for my own writings, so I’m not sure of the creator’s intentions (I’m not even sure who created it at all, since it was a handout in school ages ago with no attribution). I tend to use it for overall plot of an entire book. It’s not meant to be all-inclusive for every single plot moment that will occur, but rather it’s meant as a general outline to then build up further. It’s a starting point.

That said, I have used simplified versions of it for shorter stories and character arcs as well, so take a look toward the middle/bottom of that article for a glimpse into that process. If the 10-point plot model appeals to you, there are ways to modify it to fit multiple POV narratives.

Start first by looking at each of the characters in turn and mapping out their stories, even if you don’t intend for all of it to get on-screen. This also includes mapping out plot events that are common to more than one character’s progression.

You could certainly do 10-points for each of them, but unless several of the more major events are going to cross over, then you might instead think about reducing it to five- or seven-point plots. Every arc is going to have a beginning, middle, and end, and within that, there will always be a climax of some kind. (Remember that climaxes don’t have to be BIG, like battles. Climaxes can be small and still be meaningful.)

Perhaps something like this:

Now, obviously these are subjective and you can tweak things for what the story needs, particularly in terms of pacing.

You might choose to have one for each character and each line runs parallel to the others, or you might choose to mesh them together into one larger 15- or 20-point model.

Remember: You can put as many or as few scenes in these boxes as you want. As much or as little time can pass between these blocks as you need. The boxes can be used for one character or three. They don’t have to be rigid.

There isn’t really a good way to lay out one definitive point model that any multiple-POV narrative could use because the pacing for those kinds of stories tends to vary widely. When it’s important to have a scene from one character versus another character is very dependent upon what each of those characters is going through, what’s important to the overall story you’re trying to tell, and how you want it to progress.

I have my 10-point plot model up on a wall with post-it notes that I move around a lot before deciding on an order of events for a story. For a multiple-POV narrative using these models, I imagine it would be much the same. Lots of mushing together and pulling apart, and mushing together again in a slightly different arrangement until you get the overall arc of the book and the beats of the individual character arcs to feel right when you’re telling yourself the story in your mind. 

I know that didn’t really answer your question much, but I hope you’re willing to cultivate some patience and try to figure out whether these work best for you, or if another model will be better. It takes time to figure out what works for the type of story you’re telling because nothing is a one-size-fits-all method.

Good luck!-Pear

How to Write a Novel with Multiple Points of View from NY Book EditorsWriting in Multiple Points of View from @wondrousworldbuildingWriting with Multiple POVs from @roselinproductions4 Things to Look For from @brynwrites8 tips for using multiple POVs expertly from nownovelMastering Multiple POV in 6 Steps from Mythic Scribes

[theticklishpear]

Tomorrow is the anniversary of a decision I made to help writers think differently about what they’re writing, to give them one more perspective in a vast sea of other advice- and perspective-givers, but you’ve shown that it wasn’t a waste of time. You’ve stuck with me, and let me share with you what I know; you’ve let me encourage you, and you’ve let me in on a very special part of yourself: your stories and your dreams. Thank you! To celebrate the milestone, here’s your annual round up of what we’ve accomplished this year.

Two-Year Blogaversary masterpost Three-Year Blogaversary masterpost

We added post series on Creature Companions, Dialogue, Relationships, Space Building, and we’ve picked up the Magic Building series again to talk about practitioner tropes. Night of Asking and the Night of Musing events continued strong, and you all indulged me with the Title Stories meme. The gmail for one-on-one consultations still doles out advice to those in need of longer conversations; the NaNo Chatzy room returned; and you tolerated my 4th State of the Blog(ger) Address. Take a look down this year’s memory lane:

Process:

Getting Back In the Swing of Things

Ways To Narrow Down Ideas

What To Do When Ideas Are Lacking

Fleshing Out Ideas

How To Choose Ideas That Last

Is My Plot Too Full?

Plotting: Modifying The 10-Point Plot Model For Multiple-Narrator POVs

Plotting: Staggering Side Plot Climaxes

Plotting: When Side Characters’ Stories Are More Intriguing

Retooling A Character To Really Be Something

Character Arcs: Jerks & Nice Characters

Character Arcs: Static VS. Dynamic

Worldbuilding Without Burning Out

Creating Immersive Worlds

Texture Building & Building Up An Undeveloped World

Planning For Happy or Bittersweet Endings

Secondhand Embarrassment

Write What You Want To Read And Why It May Or May Not Work

Thinking Yourself Out Of Corners

Staying Motivated During Redrafting

Handling Rejection

Craft:

Things I Want To See More Of: (part one) (part two)

Things I Want To See Less Of: (part one) (part two)

Expanding Plots & Connecting Points

Characterization Without Cramming

Describing Familiar Places

Scare Your Readers

Writing Third Person Omniscient

First Person Narration VS. Third Person Limited

Forming Narrative Voice Outside Of Dialogue

Multiple-Narrator POV With Limited Numbers Of Narrators

Telling Stories Over Decades

Naming Consistent With World

Naming: Desert Desert & The Dark Mountain

Determining Time Period

Translation Convention

Retelling The Classics

Showing A Character’s Age In First Person POV

Villains Hiding In Plain Sight

Writing Characters From A Group Not Your Own

Writing Queerplatonic Relationships

From Fanfiction To Original Fiction

National Novel Planning Month:

Returning to the second half of a novel

Notes to make during re-reads

Setting up a back-up idea

Listen to your sounding-boards

NaNo prep for short stories and essays

Prepping from scratch on short notice

National Novel Writing Month:

Week One: Never Too Early to Start

Week Two: Never Too Late to Start

Week Three: You’ve Been Part of Something Huge

Week Four: My Hope For You

Week Five: Meeting More Than Wordcount Goals

Grammar & Publishing:

Pros and Cons of Pseudonyms

The Proper Use of En- and Em-dashes

The Proper Punctuation Of Dialogue

Querying An Illustrated Story Aimed 8-12

Topical Discussions:

Places to Learn Culture

Separating Mythical Creatures With Similar Traits

Differentiating Types of Magic In Various Races

What Position Do Centaur Sleep In?

Non-Harry Potter Wands

Life On a Water World

Blending Magic & Technology

Contraception in Fantasy

Cultural Ideas Of Record Keeping & History

Time Travel

Religion Or Philosophy?

Combining Disparate Ideas: Western & Fantasy

Drug Use In the Middle Ages

Kingdoms Grown From Scratch

Why Was Harry Potter So Popular?

Centaur, Dryads, and Merfolk

Creating Alien Species

An Exercise In Developing Demigods

Book Recommendations:

The Horse and His Boy

The Paper Magician

The Hangman’s Daughter

Pear’s Personal Favorites

Encouragement:

I don’t feel like I have enough experience

Similar but not the same (x)

Trust in your ability to grow

How to celebrate working out a sticky bit

For all you non-NaNo-ers out there

Building confidence

I used to be good…what now?

Is it wrong to write as much for validation as for pleasure?

No matter what, you are a writer (aka, Pear got angry)

[rdjlock]

Happy valentine’s day！バレンタインデーの楽しみ!

[fireytika]

#latepost comic updaaaate~ read here : http://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/frozen-heart/episode-14/viewer?title_no=80572&episode_no=21 #webtoon #webcomic #comic #colorful #sunset #sky #colorfulsky #winter #cabininthewood #frozenheart #dragon #fantasy #digitalart #artoftheday

[fireytika]

Helloo guys~ check out the latest update of FROZEN HEART~ if you like fantasy, dragons, and bishonen, you should totally check this out :

[drawingden]

Some tips for feet by mannequin-atelier

[stringbing-deactivated20210318]

Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead explanation, along with combo. Material coming soon for my upcoming 2D animation tutorial package.

[stringbing-deactivated20210318]

Head rotation tips - recorded a demo for my upcoming Intro to 2D Animation Tutorial Package. I talk about flipping, tracking techniques and utilizing arcs to maintain solid drawing.

[fireytika]

30 minutes painting. Too lazy to draw lineart. will continue later~ #colorful #sky #artoftheday #scenery #clouds #flower # sword #adventure #fantasy #art #illustration #painting #digital #artsy #instaart #beautiful #instagood #gallery #masterpiece #creative #instaartist #oc #whitehair #nature #forest #art_hub #art_help #animeartassistant #anime_ignite #animeartcollective #otaku's art

[fireytika]

The Poison master, Ariza Nightclawler. I madr this drawing for my inking tutorial. A5 paper, Drawing pens & finecolour marker. #oc #anthro #hybrid #furry #wings #fantasy #princess #magic #witch #artofinstagram #artoftheday #gallery #masterpiece #animeartassistant #animeart #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #instablackandwhite #monoart #insta_bw #bnw_society #bw_lover #bw #bw_society

[fireytika]

Yoo guys~ i made inking tutorial~ you can read it in here : https://fireytika.deviantart.com/journal/Inking-Tutorial-725950193 free template for practicing XD #tutorial #guide #inking #hatching # crosshatch #pen #rendering #freetemplate #blocking # block #pointilism

[studysection]

Hey guys! As a writer myself, it’s hard to have a lot of resources for writing in one place. That’s why I decided to create this masterpost, and maybe make more if I find future resources. I hope you like it, and expect to see more masterposts like this in the future!

Generators

Character

Appearance Generator

Archetypes Generator

Character Generator

Character Traits Generator

Family Generator

Job/Occupation Generator, (II)

Love Interest Generator

Motive Generator

Name Generator

Personality Generator, (II)

Quick Character Generator

Super Powers Generator

Names

Brand Name Generator

Medicine Title Generator

Name Generator

Quick Name Generator

Vehicle Generator

Town Name Generator

Plot

First Encounter Generator

First Line Generator, (II)

Plot Generator, (II), (III)

Plot Device Generator

Plot Twist Generator

Quick Plot Generator

Setting/World-Building

City Generator

Fantasy Race Generator

Laws Generator

Pet Generator

Setting Generator

Species Generator

Terrain Generator

Prompts

Subject Generator

”Take Three Nouns” Generator

Word Prompt Generator

Misc

Color Generator

Decision Generator

Dialogue Generator

Journey Generator

Title Generator, (II), (III)

Some Tips

Just a few I found from the writing tips tag!

Writing action / @berrybird

How to create a strong voice in your writing / @collegerefs

How to plot a complex novel in one day! / @lizard-is-writing

8 ways to get past writer’s block / @kiramartinauthor

psa for writers / @dasakuryo

”Write Using Your 5 Senses” / @ambientwriting

How People Watching Improves Your Writing / @wherethetransthingsare

Writing Science Fiction: Tips for Beginners / @fictionwritingtips

Creating Likeable Characters / @authors-haven

Vocabulary

Descriptive words / @somekindofstudent

Words to replace “Said” / @msocasey

Obscure color words / @mintsteelpeachlilac

Words to spice up your stories / @busyibee

Words to describe someone’s voice

Words to Use Instead of Very / @gaybybirth

Touchy Feely Words / @gaybybirth

Some Advice

Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for Writers

”But my plot isn’t UNIQUE or BIG enough!” / @youreallwrite

8 Things Every Creative Should Know / @adamjk

(How To) Get Over Comparing Yourself to Other Creatives / @adamjk

How to Get Over Common Creative Fears (Maybe) / @adamjk

14 Tips From Stephen King On Writing / @i-can-give-you-prompts

Playlists

Electronic Thoughts / @eruditekid

“Mix About Writing” An Instrumental Mix / @shadowofemirates

Shut Up, I’m Writing! / @ninadropdead

Chill / @endlessreveries

Breathtaking Film Scores / @tweedskirts

Music to Write to Vol. 1: Starlight / @crestadeen

Music for Written Words / @ghoulpatch

Dead Men Tell No Tales / @scamandersnewt

Fatale / @dolcegf

All These Things that I’ve Done / @referenceforwriters

Feeling Soaking into Your Bones / @verylondon

I Can Feel Your Pulse in the Pages / @rphelper

Morally Ambiguous / @scamandersnewt

Wonderwall / @wheelerwrites

Pythia / @mazikeene

Ballet: To Dance / @tanaquil

Websites and Apps

For Writing

ZenPen: A minimalist writing website to keep you free of distractions and in the flow.

The Most Dangerous Writing App: A website where you have to keep typing or all of your writing will be lost. It helps you keep writing…kind of. You can choose between a time or word count limit!

Evernote: An online website where you can take notes and save the product to your laptop and/or smartphone!

Writer, the Internet Typewriter: It’s just you and your writing, and you can save your product on the website if you create an account.

Wordcounter: A website to help check your word and character count, and shows words you’re using frequently.

Monospace: An Android app for writing on the go when you feel the inspiration, but you don’t have your laptop on you!

For Productivity

Tide: An app that combines a pomodoro-esque timer with nature sounds and other noises! (Google Play / Apple Store)

ClearFocus: An Android app with a pomodoro-type time counter to let you concentrate easier and stay productive.

Forest: An app with a time counter to keep you focused and off your phone, and when you complete the time limit, a tree grows in your garden! (Google Play / Apple Store)

SelfControl: A Mac downloadable app that blocks you from distracting mail servers, websites, and other things!

Prompt Blogs

@writeworld

@dialouge-prompts

@oopsprompts

@prompts-for-the-otp

@creativepromptsforwriting

@the-modern-typewriter

@theprofessionalpromptmaker

@writers-are-writers

@otp-imagines-cult

@witterprompts

@havetobememes

@auideas

@putthepromptsonpaper

@promptsonpaper

@fyotpprompts

@otpisms

@soprompt

@otpprompts

@ablockforwritersblock

@awritersnook

Writing Tips Blogs

@writeworld

@anomalously-written

@awritersnook

@clevergirlhelps

@referenceforwriters

@whataboutwriting

@thewritershelpers

@nimblesnotebook

@slitheringink

[tinysidestrashcaptain]

Reblogging to save a writer

[ohbytheangel]

Hey fellow writers! Enjoy!

[catghost2]

high quality expression references with varied facial types

[art-res]

Very useful! I love the range and how well lit these refs are. 

[forgetmeparanoia]

Reminders to myself (and any other artsy people who follow me i guess)

-You don’t get better at drawing by avoiding drawing until you are better at drawing.

- You don’t have to make a new masterpiece every day it’s okay if all you drew is a doodle of a bug. You are now +1 bug doodle better at doodling bugs. 

- Also it’s okay if the thing you drew didn’t turn out very good. Everything you draw makes you one step closer to being able to draw good. You are still +1 step better at drawing whatever you drew no take backsies.

- You are the only person who knows if your art didn’t turn out as good as you wanted it to. You are the only person who can see the things in your art that weren’t what you imagined in your head. No one else will know unless you tell them.

- Comparing yourself to other artists just isn’t fair. You get to see all of your art, the best stuff and the worst stuff. You usually only get to see the best stuff other artists make. You don’t get to see that half drawn badly propotioned face they drew at 2 am and immediately scrapped. So don’t compare your badly drawn 2 am face to their best work.

- Just keep making art. The only way you can really fail is if you give up.