Kate Fierro

Writer, dreamer, plot bunny breeder

[ashen-crest]

I can do it. I can write a chapter. I am capable of putting sentences together. I know what a comma is. I am Aware of the Character.

[fangirlinginleatherboots]

just so yall know

art block is your brain telling you to do studies.

draw a still life. practice some poses. sketch some naked people. do a color study. try out a different technique on a basic shape.

art block doesnt stop you from drawing, it stops you from making your drawings look the way you want them to. and thats because you need to push your skills to the next level so you can preform at that standard

think of it as level grinding for your next work.

[gallusrostromegalus]

As a scientific illustrator- this is 100% true and going to review your basics will fix it every goddamn time.  Not only does it keep your skills sharp, when you’re not emotionally invested in the final product of a piece, you relax and your brain makes more/better art juice for you.  So, when you get back to that big/important piece?  You’ll know what to do and how to do it.

Nothing in nature blooms all year round.  Rest, and take care of yourself.

[strawbebbynya]

i want someone to put this into writer’s blocks now

[404computerhamstersnotfound]

Writer’s block means you need to relearn the whole alphabet. idiot.

[redwingedwhump]

For writers block- same thing. Do Studies.

Write a description of an object. write the weather today. Write a made up characterization of a random photo of an actor from the internet as to the character they are in that picture. Write a little story about your pet’s day. Write about spilling soup and make it super dramatic and tragic. Write about someone’s day being ruined and make it funny. Write a meetcute coffeeshop AU of two OCs you’d never put together- maybe from different stories. Write them breaking up.

Write a bunch of short stuff meant for no audience ever and super duper self indulgent.

[blackaquokat]

@sweetiepie08

[accidental-spice]

@kanerallels

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

I found out relatively recently that it really helps if I write short fiction surrounding the novels I write. Like oh? I’m stuck for a bit? Ooh there was that section I wanted to explore but doesn’t fit in the plot really. There was that what-if that could never happen in the actual story but would be fun to explore. It keeps me in the characters’ headspace (tho that’s not always what I’m needing) but not right where they are exactly.

[winterinhimring]

Yes! I have gotten past writers’ block multiple times by writing drabble collections. Making something coherent happen in just 100 words is a very different challenge from writing a long story and it also lets me get past plot points that I don’t want to explore in-depth.

I am also going to have to start drawing studies now…

[netherworldpost]

I love it when you haven’t drawn your characters for a long, long while and you start and There They Are.

Writing them. Same thing.

It’s always you, you are always there.

[asterrwritess]

if you're really struggling to write your story its ok to work on something completely different for a while. even if it is incredibly stupid and going absolutely nowhere.

its refreshing and helps get the ideas moving again.

[bitbybitwrites]

[aquilacalvitium]

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

[aquilacalvitium]

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

[duckprintspress]

Meet Weird Story Starters

Everyone dreams of meeting their special someone, but the world is awash with meet-cutes, and even meet-uglies, so here - have a prompt list of meet weirds, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

“Do you believe in love at last sight?”

“Pick a card - any card…no, not that one!”

“No offense…full offense…but your dog would be way cuter if it weren’t peeing on my leg.”

“No way, I grabbed that bouquet first - it’s mine!”

“I see you’ve noticed my unusual companion…no pictures, please.”

“Excuse me…I know the line ‘are you an angel cause you look like you fell from heaven’ is trite, but could you get up please? You’re kind of crushing me.”

“Why are you stealing all of those bread sticks?”

“Your dog is staring at me like it remembers me from a past life.”

“Oh, yeah, ‘cause you sure look like you’re getting some nightly!”

 “What do you mean, they vanished into thin air?”

“Are you a devil? Cause you’re setting me on fire. No. Literally. Stop.”

“I don’t give a fuck about Valentine’s Day. Move or be obliterated.”

“Look, I’ve already gotten fired today - I’ve got nothing left to lose!”

“I can’t tell if you’ve actually got tentacles, or if I’m hallucinating again.”

“You know, instead of pointing out that I’m drenched, you could have offered to share your umbrella, asshole!”

“That is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life - and I work at a baby animal rescue.”

“No, I said turn left, not ri– hell, I think you just broke my nose.”

“Mx., while the Fire Department does help with pets who’ve climbed trees…that is unmistakably a cactus, so please excuse my language when I say, respectfully: what the fuck?”

“Please, I’ll pay anything, but I need a ride pronto - it’s my sibling’s wedding in ten minutes and I have the rings!”

“You…shall not…PASS…oh, fuck, okay, you pass, just put that thing away, it’s pointy! Are you trying to kill me or something?”

If you write a story with any of these prompts, feel free to @ us and we can reblog!

[mudwerks]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

[flippyspoon]

like to charge reblog to cast financial ruin of the AI industry 🔮

[novella-november]

originally posted August 8th, 2025.

Authors have until March 30th, 2026 (That is just 9 days as of this reblog, which I am posting on March 21st, 2026) to file their claim against Anthropic to be reimbursed up to $3,000 per work found in the list.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement

Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is March 30 Background  Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits b

Please click the above link for all of the exact details of how to file a claim and to check for your works, and share this post as far and wide as you can before March 30th, 2026!

[shi1498912]

!!!SIGNAL BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!

[xiaq]

One of the best things about being a writer is thinking of something small you can add to your work that’s just. Devastating. Like you’re sitting there going. Oh. That would be diabolical. People would get really riled up about that. Exquisite. Let’s do it.

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #3827:

start

[sin-djarin]

[smallestflowtree]

PSA for fanfic writers

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

Different Stories Resonate with Different People

[lovingmyselfishard]

I will always reblog this.

[brightwanderer]

I once spent three hours scouring the internet to find this comic again, I will not let that be repeated.

[headspace-hotel]

types of writing sessions

got on computer, looked at document, was like “fuck this shit” and got off

wrote like 150 words that consist of bloating the existing useless conversation or scene even more

wrote SO MANY WORDS but it was because you were so desperate to escape the Bad Part

wrote SO MANY WORDS but it was because you were so desperate to get closer to the Good Part

got on your document, ran into research issue, spent like an hour on Wikipedia, ah shit

the somewhat satisfying “fixing everything I hated about the scene I wrote the day before” session

decent amount of progress that took like 3x longer than it should have because you were repeatedly distracted

In The Zone and completely absorbed, just BLAZING through a few thousand words, probably close to the ending, probably listening to playlist

Not actually a writing session, just listening to playlist

the session where you write like a paragraph, suddenly realize the unfixability of your current plot predicament, and cry

that weird session where you don’t have much time and you’re super tired and you write like a page but you reread it the next morning and holy shit these words came from the fingers of god why is it so good

that session that is purely just navigating the boring shit of getting from one scene to the next and it sucks but you leave off on the cusp of something interesting and it feels good

the satisfyingly exhausting session where you write the Good Part and you’re confident it came out pretty well and you’re full of thoughts and stuff about where things are going next but you need to let them rest

get on computer, write exactly one sentence, get off computer. Now you can say you wrote today

[cryotrash]

Did you know that most plot holes can be fixed by making your characters canonically stupid

"This doesn't make any sense, why would he ever-" my man hasn't stumbled onto a thought in years

[rhysintherain]

Fun and easy ways to temporarily make your smart characters stupid:

Sleep deprivation

Drugs

Pretty girl

Pretty not girl

Hungry

Stressed out

Got bored and stopped listening

[luna-azzurra]

A writer's relationship with their own work goes: this is genius, this is garbage, this is genius, this is garbage, i should never have been born, okay actually this line is good

[moniquill]

[jade-cooper]

Cooper’s Writing Masterpost

Tools

► yWriter – I am starting with the writing software I am using for years now. It is simple, it lets you write chapter by chapter, organise scenes, reorganise everything again and again. It’s available for Windows, Android, iOS and Mac. And: IT IS FREE! Check this video for more information: 

► WriteOrDie – A software, which urges you to write for your life with the devil right at your heel. It’s not free but…

► WriteOrDie WebAPP – Try it… with Kamikaze Mode and set to „evil“… It will automatically delete your sentences word by word if you stop writing! ;)

► Scrivener – Also not free, but this is a small developers team and it’s really worth it!

► Ulysses – A writing App for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Here is a video about it: https://vimeo.com/182869039

► iWriter – Another Writing App for Mac, iOS and Android.

Plotting tools

► Zim Desktop – It’s a text editor to create a collection of wiki pages, comparable to Wikipedia, MediaWiki, TiddlyWiki, Twiki, but with one great difference: You do not upload any of your precious ideas to the net. Zim Desktop uses your private computer as database source. You can export it as html file and uplaod it to your other devices for offline usage when you’re not at home. It’s free.

► Zim Desktop Plugins – Also free ;)

► FreeMind –  For the start of your great novel ideas.

Dictionaries, Synonyms etc.

► Thesaurus.com – The title says it all.

► Woxikon – one of my favourites, because it’s available in german, english, spanish, french, italian, portuguese, dutch, swedish and polish.

► WordNet – A lexical database for english.

► GermaNet – A lexical database for german.

► Heinzelnisse – A norwegian online dictionary in english.

► GEMET – General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus

► Openthesaurus – Thesaurus in german.

► Old High German Dictionary – in german ;) Here’s the direct link to the dictionary

► Thesaurus Linguae Graecae – A digital library of greek literature

► Latin dictionary – A list of latin words, without search function

► Eurovoc – A european thesaurus provided in several european languages.

Names – for like e v e r y t h i n g !

► »Yet another Fanatasy Name Generator« – Yafnag for short – This random name generator provides lists of fantasy names. You can change the number of minimum or maximum letters and you can use the filter to names with your preferred prefix and suffix.

► The 7 Rules of Picking Names for fictional characters 

► Seventh Sanctum – A name generator for nearly EVERYTHING, e.g. characters, races, realms, traits, titles…. really… try it out!

► Arwen Undomiel – An elvish name generator

► Fantasy Name Generators – Also a name generator for everything, also for coat of arms, flags and armor.

► Fantasy Name Generator by Samural Stoddard  – Last update 2011, but still working and still useful.

► A list of Nahuatl names and Nahuatl Pronunciation and Spelling Guide (Aztec) 

► Serendipity   – Not only a random generator, but also a random description generator for your fantasy city.

► Random RPG Generator  – For names, cities, creatures, prompts

► Dictionary of Names

Prompts

► Write real people – click and drag 

► Seventh Sanctum  – Quick Story idea generator (Told you so… it’s great for everything.)

► Try their Writing challenge generator 

► Adam Maxwell’s Fiction Lounge – Writing prompt generator and much more

► Chaotic Shiny – good for everything:

Story Arc Generator 

Inspiration finder 

Writing exercise generator 

► The Writer – writing prompts 

► 1001 Story Ideas

► 20 prompts for when you’re blocked 

► Prompts and prompt writing 

► 50 Quick writing prompts for Journals, Blogs, and Essays 

► 501 Writing Prompts – PDF file

► Hourly Writing prompts  – Mostly active during nanowrimo

► Writer’s Digest  – Writing Prompt Boot Camp

► Creative Writing Solutions  – Creative Writing Prompts

► Awesome writing prompts 

► The Story Starters  – A story starter generator

Writing Tips:

► Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for writers 

► Andreas Eschbach – Mythen übers Schreiben  (german only. Sorry, but english is not the only language in the world ;) )

► Marcus Johanus’ Top 10 Schreibtipps (also german only)

► PIXAR’s 22 rules of storytelling

► Neil Gaiman’s 8 rules of writing

► Getting yourself to write 

► 12 Editing and Proofreading tips

► The 5 words theory

► Words to use more often 

► Character Trait Cheat Sheet 

► Help! I have a Mary Sue!

► How to write a scene in 11 steps 

► Tips for creating a compelling plot

► Outlining your novel 

► I have a Beginning and End, but no Middle! 

► The Snowflake Method for designing a Novel  – Really important and useful to prevent writer’s blocks. Available in German, Italian, Russian, French, Spanish and Japanese

► Planning your Novel 

► Fictional Location Reference

► 123 ideas for character flaws 

► A character building question meme 

► How to make a character’s death sadder 

► Writing Tips: Writing Blood Loss 

► Underused personalities / traits 

► Character virtues and vices 

► Tip of my tongue  – Find the words you’re searching for

► FamilyEcho  – Create a family tree of your characters

► 23 emotions people feel, but can’t explain 

► Start your novel 

► Finish your novel 

► Guide to write Science Fiction

► 5 Ways to get out of your Comfort Zone 

► Do’s and Don'ts 

References, history, good to know or creepy facts

► How to tape your hands before a fight 

► Animal tracks 

► Medieval Torture Devices 

► Cultural differences in communication 

► The Sand Floor Room 

► Medieval Herbs and their uses 

► Historical Fashion Masterpost

► Illustration of a flintlock mechanism’s function 

► Different types of carriages

► A timeline of 18th century shoes 

► The 11 most sexually depraved things the roman emperors ever did 

► The Revolutionary power of fanfiction for queer youth 

► Lost places gallery  for your thriller and horror inspiration

► Meditations by Marcus Aurelius  Quotes

► Poetry Recources  Everything about poetry

► Google Scholar 

Mythology

► Symbolism: Birds 

► Fearsome critters 

► Skandinavian Folklore 

► In which Diversity isn’t a Myth 

► Wikipedia: Mythology main article 

► Wikipedia: List of legendary creatures by type 

► Factmonster 

► Creatures and Monsters from Greek Mythology 

► The List of Mythical Creatures 

► Ancient Origins 

► Mythical Creatures from A-Z 

► Norse Mythology

Free goodies

► Project Gutenberg  – Free ebooks

► Projekt Gutenberg DE  – German Version

► LibriVox –   Free public domain audiobooks

► Bartleby.com  – Great books online

► Poemhunter –  All about poems

► Zeno.org – Classic German literature in Old High German. Want to read Grimm’s Fairy Tales in its original language? Here you go! 

► Free historical children’s books 

► The New York Public Library Digital Collections – Search and use public domain resources for free

Competitions and Communities

► Autorenwelt – A list of many competitions in and around Germany.

► National Novel Writing Month  – November is the month for all writers to go nuts! 50.000 words in 30 days! NaNoWriMo is actually not a competition but a call to kick your own ass to get yourself to write like a maniac. Check the Wikipedia article, still not convinced? Check the massive community or ask your followers how many participated in it in the past. ;)

► Writers’ Cafe 

► Writer’s Dock 

Raise your spirits! ;) Life is too short to be too serious!

► 26 of the greatest book dedications 

► How people think I write smut 

► The process of writing a fanfiction 

► Lesser known editing and proofreading marks 

  and…

► 18 ways to tie a necktie – Not useful for writing, but I thought you should know about it.

The writer’s job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

– Vladimir Nabokov

I will probably edit this list and add more links to it, e.g. music lists for special moods. Do you  have a suggestion? Hit my ask box with your ideas! :)