waiting on the other side

[supcrgirls-deactivated20181014]

the coalition + clans

[foodwalls]

Lucky: From District 1, winner at 16, forced into prostitution, eventually joins the resistance. One of the four that go through the Capitol away from the main group. Damages his back. Needs new spine.

Kyra: From District 4, winner at 17, joins the resistance. One of the four that go through the Capitol away from the main group. Scars on her face, looses an eye (gets new biotic one).

Tre: District 4 designer and handler. Subverts the Capitol through couture similar to Cinna, joins the resistance when it becomes dangerous in the Capitol.

Mikey: Tech-head from the Capitol. Joins resistance, works with Beetee on tech.

Dory: District 8 champion at age 15. Marries Harvey to escape Capitol's grip, hides member of the resistance in her home, eventually is taken by the Capitol, broken out by the resistance, and joins them as a healer.

Harvey: Capitol, is Dory's life-saving sponsor and marries her. Hides member of the resistance in his home, subverts the Capitol and goes into hiding when she is taken.

Cadoc: Comes to the Capitol with Dory after she wins the games, is a prolific musician.

Harriett: From District 4, parents were dissenters and she was brought to the Capitol as an Avox. Becomes Cadoc's Avox. After the war, Charlie comes up with biotech to give her a new tongue.

Ian: From District 4, disguises himself as Kyra's brother to join her. Joins the resistance. One of the four that go through the Capitol away from the main group. Suffers from internal bleeding and dies in Dory's arms.

Cat: Extremely gifted mechanic from District three. Joins the resistance and destroys the Capitol's transportation system by crashing trains and shutting down terminals. One of the four that go through the Capitol away from the main group.

Luca: Capitol citizen and model. Falls for Cat, ends up joining the resistance. Avid attendee of KxS crazy parties.

Cassie: Tribute alongside Charlie from District 11. Dies in the arena.

Charlie: Tribute and winner from District 11. Eventually escapes outside of Panem with Tess and works with the resistance to spearhead the movement. Return to work with District 13 and those in the Capitol.

Tess: Handler for District 11. Eventually escapes outside of Panem with Charlie and works with the resistance to spearhead the movement. Return to work with District 13 and those in the Capitol. Also works with Mikey and Beetee / Gale on tech.

Robbie: Mayor's son in District 11. Eventually works with Charlie and Tess in the resistance. Becomes a healer and dies protecting Hannah and some of the children in the last days of the battle.

Karan: Capitol citizen, subverts the Capitol with lavish sex parties and secretly supporting Avoxes. Top level resistance member.

Sam: Capitol citizen, subverts the Capitol with lavish sex parties and secretly supporting Avoxes. Top level resistance member.  

Isha: Works in the factories in District 5, is Hannah's love at home. Joins the resistance.

Hannah: Champion from District 5. Returns to live quietly in the district. Joins resistance. “Black Widow”.

Miles: Peacekeeper located to District 12, falls for Rosa.

Rosa: Lives in the Seam with Julian and Fee, used to prostitute herself to get them extra food.

Julian: Lives with Rosa and Fee in the Seam. Works in the mines.

[digivolvin]

u know i’ve expressed my love for fake married/fake dating many, many times but like. is anything better. is anything better on this earth. does any trope or genre truly care for us quite like this one. let us reflect on a few of the gifts that fake married/dating consistently gives us:

character a asks “hey, will you pretend to be my date for a week for [convoluted excuse that could easily be solved without a fake relationship]?” character b, fully convinced of the futility of their DEEP AND UNREQUITED LOVE, figures this’ll be a chance to spend time with them and possibly put their feelings to rest. character b is always wrong & it is always amazing.

having to SHARE A LIVING SPACE FOR ARBITRARY FIC REASONS. having to see eachother in their pajamas first thing in the morning, messy haired, drowsy eyed and soft faced. going from “you can have the bathroom first” to brushing their teeth beside eachother and feeling like this closeness has always existed (at the same time, painfully aware that it won’t always). 

related to the last one — “”practicing”” their casual touching so that it’s easier when they’re in public. feeling SWOOPS OF ARDOR AND AGONY when they feel the brush of a hand on their neck, or an arm loop around their waist. don’t you love how fake marrieds/dates are always method actors who must FULLY INHABIT their roles. i love it. i live for it. 

bed sharing. :^) we all pretend we’re bigger than this but we are not. 

"kiss me while everyone’s looking."

the character who wasn’t aware they were in love (maybe always had been) until the fake relationship is in full swing, realizing they have to sort their feelings out before their time together is up. sometimes they succeed and angst is minimal. most of the time they don’t, really.

telling eachother “i love you” in public and meaning it, heart aching over it, but bELIEVING THE OTHER 2 BE ACTING. my soul is still 15, this garbage still gets me. u don’t get pining better than this.

the days leading up to the end of the arrangement where one of them, still confused and muddy about their Feelings and unsure how to break things off, stiffens to the casual, reflexive touching and puts their walls back up. the other one accepts and respects this as the end of their agreement and squashes back down all the hope they ever had, stuffs it next to the heartbreak they’re ignoring deep in their chest. 

when they realize they’re actually fully and enthusiastically mutual about the way they feel and it’s, like, two parts euphoria and one part agony because they just cannOT BELIEVE, the happiness tears them in two. maybe there are weepy or laughing kisses. i don’t know but i’m usually invested like 2000%. i love fake dating/marrieds. 

I LOVE EM.

[aphtexts]

aus i really really want

ancient gods like actuAL GODS FROM GREECE OR EGYPT OF WHATEVER au

parent-teacher conference au

time travelers au

'my parent is running for president but the other candidates kid is really cute' au

working in a mansion as butlers/maids au

'hey remember that idea you had 3 years ago while we were drunk off our asses? letS DO IT' au

baristas trying to make better lattes than the other au

tumblr mutuals who havent met and are too scared to talk to each other so instead they aggressivly reblog from each other au

gardeners au

person a being a guard outside buckingham palace that person b always tries to distract au

the thief and the conman au

'what do you mean i didnt try to pick-pocket you your butt is just amazing' au

oops i accidentally summoned a demon au

co-captains who always argue au

lost a bet and now has to work for the other au

co stars of a hit disney show

high school teachers who always try to out do each other in lectures and labs and now everYONE SHIPS THEM au

'hey im running against you for student president' au

the ‘i didnt mean to throw that water balloon at you i meant to hit my friend behind you’ au

'i met you at a really crappy summer job but now its kinda fun' au

working for disney and dressing up as characters au

there was a food fight and i just threw spaghetti at the scariest kid in school au

the ‘ive been given a prophecy to save the world but i have to be partners with thiS ASSHOLE’ au

[intheshadowofsignificance]

OTP Parent(ing) Meme…Who:

packs the lunches

blows raspberries while cuddling

is the tickle monster

gives life lesson speeches

kisses the boo-boos 

breaks the bad news

joins the PTA

crashes sleepovers with embarrassing stories

gives the crazy nicknames

[fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment]

Write about your character from three different POVs.

Someone who likes/is friendly with your character.

Someone who does not like your character.

A character who is meeting your character for the first time (i.e. no biases)

Depending on the POV, what changes? What type of description does...

[shotbyhazelg]

The most valuable chart…

[deductionfreak]

[micaxiii]

yes thanks for colouring it I had a hard time reading that

[radicalkind-deactivated20140712]

// I’m going to reblog this to help all RPers when it comes to descriptions

// Even if you’re a great RPer you still need this.

// To describe

// y’know

// the things

[nimblesnotebook-blog]

Word Tracking Spreadsheets - These sheets also have sections for character and plot information.

[discosunfish]

I can't watch/read anything with lesbians in it anymore. My trust in representation has been completely ruined because of the media. I hate how we're portrayed, it makes me sick to my stomach.

I understand this. In some ways I think enough exposure to the depictions of lesbians that are widely available is essentially traumatizing for actual lesbians. Who wants to be told over and over that we are destined for nothing more than angst, early death, or a corrective het romance? The sense of inevitable tragedy (and the undermining of one’s hard-won self-knowledge) is toxic, and no matter how apparent or absurd it may be, I have felt it affect me.

I have a bit of a ramble on this subject.

I recently finished reading a history of lesbians in the 20th-century US (Odd  Girls and Twilight Lovers) and it made something click for me.

In the year 2014 when we say things like “Please stop killing lesbian characters/making them sleep with men/making them all so miserable” the noise we get in reply seems to amount to “But complex stories are important, sexuality is complicated, reality is complicated, real life doesn’t have fairy tale endings.” (Weirdly enough these rules don’t seem to apply to fictional het romances with anywhere near the same results.)

People won’t admit that it’s anti-lesbian to represent lesbians as almost uniformly miserable and/or mistaken about their sexuality.

HOWEVER. Historically in the US, depictions of lesbianism were widespread even  (perhaps even moreso?) in the most virulently anti-lesbian periods — think the 1930s and 1950s. And censors didn’t necessarily have any problem with this, as long as lesbianism was not depicted as a permanent or potentially happy condition.

They knew back then that simply depicting lesbians was not an inherently pro-lesbian act, contrary to what people will admit now, and could in fact be the opposite.

Historically, when an explicit anti-lesbian agenda was broadly accepted, it was also perfectly congruous with the depiction of lesbians. What made fictional depictions of lesbians sufficiently anti-lesbian for the times was that the characters:

were self-loathing, miserable, possibly suicidal, AND/OR

died, AND/OR

went back to men.

Obviously, these tropes persist to the current day, sometimes in milder forms and sometimes not, but I’ve never heard anyone acknowledge that they are inherited from some of the most virulently homophobic periods in US history. 

When your gut tells you that shit is anti-lesbian propaganda, it’s right. People will get really offended by this and want to argue about a work being artistic, progressive, etc. but — go with your gut; take care of yourself; we deserve more.

[yahighway]

You just spent 30 days writing around 1,600 words a day. It will be terrible. There will be places where you wrote [RETURN TO THIS SCENE AT A LATER DATE] or [SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS FIGURE IT OUT AFTER CHRISTMAS]. That’s okay.

Get tips from Sumayyah Daud on how to conquer November ~ “NaNoWriMo Approacheth!” (via writtenwordsl)

[bossuary]

showed up for the same flash mob AU

met during a tv dance show audition AU

rival private investigators AU

caught in a flooded city and can’t evacuate AU

is this your lost cat? AU

bespoke tailor and wealthy customer AU

dog-walker AU

ghosts of a massive catastrophe AU

cross-country bus driver and passenger AU

[authorkurikuri]

AU ideas!

➸ gets into a cab only to find someone else already inside AU ➸ out walking their dog who starts chasing after the other person’s dog AU ➸ cat/dog runs away and other person finds it AU ➸ mistaken identity AU ➸ pen pals AU ➸ sit next to each other in orchestra AU ➸ partners in (literal) crime AU (theft? fraud? hacking? murder?) ➸ partners in dance class AU ➸ trapped on a deserted island together AU ➸ wizard AU where one accidentally apparates into the wrong house ➸ protester and police officer AU ➸ lab partners AU ➸ new neighbors AU ➸ one’s blind and falls in love with the other’s voice AU ➸ hair stylist/make up artist and actor/model AU ➸ bffs when they were little but one moved away and they run into each other again AU ➸ mailman(/woman) and person who receives a lot of mail AU ➸ private detective and client AU ➸ archaeologist AU ➸ paramedic AU ➸ runaway royalty and confused commoner AU ➸ android and human AU ➸ ghosts in love AU ➸ go to the same support group AU ➸ just keep running into each other everywhere AU ➸ orchestra player/pianist and concertgoer AU ➸ younger siblings are best friends AU ➸ photographer and model AU ➸ writer and editor AU ➸ immortal and non-immortal AU ➸ screenwriter and director AU ➸ greek god and roman counterpart AU ➸ ALL OF THE AUS

[starrify-everything]

TIPS:

Tips For Characterization

21 Harsh But Eye-Opening Tips From Great Authors

The Importance Of Body Language

34 Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better Writer

Things Almost Every Author Needs To Research

Eight Short Story Tips

How To Stop Procrastinating

Ten Exercises In Creativity

How To Show (Not Tell)

Ten Ways To Avoid Writing Insecurity

Why Research Is Important In Writing

Five Ways To Get Out Your Comfort Zone

Seven Ways To Use Brain Science To Hook Readers And Reel Them In

The Difference Between Good And Bad Writers

Five Essential Story Ingredients

Formatting Your Manuscript

Four Ways To Have Confidence In Your Writing

99 Ways To Beat Writers Block

You’re Not Hemingway, Helping You Develop Your Own Skill

Best Apps For Writers

Online Whiteboard

This Sentence Has 5 Words

GRAMMAR (WORDS):

Urban Legends From The World Of Grammar

20 Common Grammar Mistakes

Synonyms For Said

Alternatives For But

Alternatives For Angry

Alternatives For Whispered

200 Words To Describe Light

45 Ways To Avoid Saying Very

Colour Names

Other Ways To Say…

Lay vs Lie

Make Words Longer

Words And Meanings

Common English Mistakes

Online Etymology Dictionary

Tip Of My Tongue

Cliche Finder

NAMES:

7 Rules Of Picking Names For Fictional Characters

Names In Different Time Periods

Behind The Name

Meaning Of Names

Fake Name Generator

Random Name Generator

Quick Name Generator

Fantasy Name Generator

Baby Names Country

Muslim Names And Meanings

Indian Names And Meanings

Name Playground

NOVEL:

How To Rewrite

Editing Recipe

How To Write A Novel

Writing 101: Revising Your Novel

Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written

Finishing Your Novel

Novel Outlining 101

Outline Your Novel In 30 Minutes

13 Most Common Errors On A Novels First Page

How To Organize And Develop Ideas For Your Novel

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:

Family Tree Maker

Tips For Characterization

Character Trait Masterlist

Character Bio Help

Character Writing Exercise

123 Ideas For Character Flaws

Three Ways To Avoid Lazy Character Description

How To Create Fictional Characters

Writing Magical Characters

Character Development Sheet

Character Development Worksheet

Character Chart

Character Chart For Fiction Writers

100 Character Development Questions For Writers

Ten Questions For Creating Believable Characters

Ten Days Of Character Building

Writing Effective Character Breakdowns

PLOT, CONFLICT, STRUCTURE and OUTLINE:

When To Change Paragraphs

36 (plus 1) Dramatic Situations

How To Write A Death Scene

The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Tips For Creating A Compelling Plot

One Page Plotting

How To Create A Plot Outline In 8 Easy Steps

Choosing The Best Outline Method For You

Creating Conflict And Sustaining Suspense

Conflict Test

What Is Conflict?

Writing The Perfect Scene

How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?

SETTING, WORLDBUILDING AND FANTASY:

Masterpost For Writers Creating Their Own World

World Building 101

Creating A Believable World

Maps Workshop - Developing The Fictional World Through Mapping

Creating Fantasy And Science Fiction Worlds

Writing Fantasy

Myths

Creating The Perfect Setting

POINT OF VIEW:

Establishing The Right Point Of View

How To Write In Third Person

The I Problem

OTHERS:

Types Of Crying

Eye Colours

Skin Tones

Who Do I Write Like?

Write Rhymes

Survive Nature

How To Escape After Being Buried Alive In A Coffin

[fashioninfographics]

A Visual Dictionary of Tops

More Visual Glossaries: Backpacks / Bags / Bra Types / Hats / Belt knots / Coats / Collars / Darts / Dress Shapes / Dress Silhouettes / Eyeglass frames / Eyeliner Strokes / Hangers / Harem Pants / Heels / Nail shapes / Necklaces / Necklines /  Puffy Sleeves / Shoes / Shorts / Silhouettes / Skirts / Tartans / Vintage Hats / Waistlines / Wool

Via

[goddessofsax]

Here’s a handy dandy color reference chart for you artists, writers, or any one else who needs it! Inspired by this post x

[whenwritersblock]

Yes please.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

A novel in progress is a box of holes. As you go along you keep trying to fill them, until you run out of stomach, patience, or box. You never run out of holes.

Michael Chabon

I am in the middle of rewriting my first draft and nothing has struck me as truer than this.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

The Worst Ways to Begin Your Novel: Advice from Literary Agents - The Write Life

[foodwalls]

Implement this advice from literary agents and avoid being relegated to the slush pile.