Magik's Writing Thoughts

I’m 21. I’ve been a writer for pretty much as long as I can remember. Though the first fully written out stories of mine only date back to when I was about 12 or 13, I know for a fact that I was creating rather in-depth stories long before that. I've been working on a story for many, many years now. I'm just recently taking steps to maybe get that published. I start querying soon. Writing is my passion, there is no denying that. This blog is a collection of helpful writing hints that I find on Tumblr, as well as some of my own writing experiences. I guess I can give updates on the book and my life as well. Warning, there are a LOT of reblogs, but I'm going to be working on giving a more personal touch to this.

[dduane]

I love the little boat on this. (Also that the pennant on the boat is blowing in the right direction.)

(from a review of Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers at JohnAugust.com)

[observando]

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.

Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country (via observando)

[theworstassassinever]

Writing Masterpost

Character Help

MBTI Personality Test

MBTI Personality Descriptions

123 Character Flaws

Character Trait Cheat Sheet

List of Personality Traits

Character Virtues And Vices

Underused Personalities

7 Rules For Picking Names

Character Names

Character Name Resources

Surnames Masterpost

Types of Voice

Showing Character Emotion

Writing Characters Of Colour

More On Writing Characters Of Colour

All Characters Talk The Same

Character Description

100 Character Development Questions

Character Development Questionnaire

30 Day Character Development Meme

Character Development Check List

Character Development Through Hobbies

List Of Character Secrets - Part 1 - Part 2

Mysterious Characters

Flat Characters

European Characters

Creating Believable Characters

Writing A Drunk Character

Writing Manipulative Characters

Writing Witty Characters

Writing Natural Born Leaders

Writing Rebellious Characters

Writing Indifferent Distance Characters

Writing Bitchy Characters

Writing Popular Characters

Writing Child Characters

Writing Villains

Villain Archetypes

Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes

Writing Homosexuals as a Heterosexual

Writing Males as a Female

Writing Convincing Male Characters

Writing Characters Of The Opposite Sex

Revealing A Characters Gender

The Roles Of Characters

Creating Fictional Characters From Scratch

Creating A Strong, Weak Character

Writing Characters Using Conflict And Backstory

Switching Up A ‘Too-Perfect’ Character

Help I Have A Mary-Sue!

Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Realistic Dialogue

Flirty Dialogue

On Dialogue

General Help

Alternatives To Said

Avoiding Unfortunate Implications

Begin A Novel

Finishing Your Novel

Creating Conflict

Show Not Tell

Words For Emotions Based On Severity

Getting Out Of The Comfort Zone

A Guide To Writing Sci-Fi

Naming The Story

The Right Point Of View

Essential Story Ingredients

Writing Fantasy Masterpost

Five Rules For Thrillers

Pacing Action Scenes

Writing Races

Using Gender Neutral Pronouns

Dos and Don’t of Writing

General Writing Tips

Plotting

Outlining Your Novel

Creating A Compelling Plot

The Snowflake Method

Beginning and End, But No Middle!

Prompts and Ideas

Prompt Generator Lists

Creative Writing Prompts

Story Starting Sentences

Story Spinner

Story Kitchen

Writing Prompt Generator

Quick Story Generator

Dramatic Scenes

Plot Bank

Masterpost of Writing Execrises

Research

Survival Skills Masterpost

Mental Illness

Limits Of The Human Body

Stages of Decomposition

Body Language Cheat Sheet

Importance Of Body Language

Non Verbal Communication

Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Anxiety

Schizophrenia

Borderline Personality Disorder

Degrees of Emotion

List Of Phobias - Part 1 (A - L) - Part 2 (M -  Z)

Psychology In Writing

Psychology Of Colour

Mob Mentality

How Street Gangs Work

Street Gang Dynamics

How To Pick A Lock

Death Scenes

Realistic Death Scenes

Fighting and Self Defence

Fighting Scenes

Problems With Fighting Scenes

Every Type of Fight Scene

Fantasy Battle Scenes

Body Language Of Flirting

Flirting 101

Kissing

Sex Scenes

Ballet Terms

Torture Guide (Trigger Warning)

Sibling Abuse (Trigger Warning)

Dream Sequences

Kleptomania

Psychiatric Hospital

Understanding issues, -isms and privilege

Revision

Cliché Finder

Reading What You’ve Wrote So Far

Synonyms For Common Words

Urban Legends On Grammar

Common Grammar Mistakes

Revising A Novel 

Setting

Average Weather Settings

Apocalypses

World Building 101

Bringing Settings To Life

Creating A Believable World

Mapping A Fictional World

Mapping Your World

Religion in Setting

Sounds to listen to whilst writing

Coffitivity

August Ambience

Rainy Mood

Forest Mood

SimplyNoise

SoundDrown

iSerenity

Nature Sound Player

myNoise

Tools

Tip Of Your Tounge

Write Or Die

Online Brainstorm

Family Tree Maker

Stay Focused

This took me a good few hours and a lot of effort to make and even though it was mainly for myself anyone can feel free to use it, for the note it is still under construction and I am undergoing fixes. So If anyone actually does use this other than myself and notices a broken link or something not quite right, could you please inform me about it? Thank you.

[lesbeast]

leave kudos to fanfiction writers. bookmark their fics. give them reviews. let them know you enjoyed reading their fic. its really important do it

[schnickledooger]

#we don’t get a lot of responses like fanart does#because creators don’t reblog or tweet about our stuff for legal reasons#and we get a lot of shit for being ‘not real writing’#so nice comments help a ton

(via justplainsomething)

[observando]

Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.

Neil Gaiman (via observando)

[lesbeast]

leave kudos to fanfiction writers. bookmark their fics. give them reviews. let them know you enjoyed reading their fic. its really important do it

[schnickledooger]

#we don’t get a lot of responses like fanart does#because creators don’t reblog or tweet about our stuff for legal reasons#and we get a lot of shit for being ‘not real writing’#so nice comments help a ton

(via justplainsomething)

[so-long-yall-deactivated2015020]

"never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them" — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice

[kamigarcia]

The perfect mug for #writers on deadline: “Ignore Everyone & Write Your Book.” http://bit.ly/1goXmfM

[so-long-yall-deactivated2015020]

"never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them" — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice

[writerswritecompany]

You know you’re a writer when… 

[theothernovelist]

Fiction

So, what I wish more non-writers would understand is that writing fiction is more like being a parent than being some sort of God-figure.  You create these people, your characters, and you love them and you do your best to morph them into the people you want them to be.  However, no matter how desperately you try to control their stories, they still surprise you because at the end of the day they are their own people.  Maybe you had great plans for their futures, but they may very well refuse to cooperate.  They sometimes completely ignore you and do whatever they want.. You start to notice things about them you never would have imagined.  And somehow, even though they came from within you to begin with, you manage to learn from them.  The more you help them to grow and develop, the less you’ll be able to control them (if you’re doing your job well). You get angry with them, they frustrate you to no end, and sometimes you find that your heart breaks for them. But then there are the days when they absolutely fill you with pride for what you’ve created, for what they’ve become. You’ll be surprised by what they can do.

[previouslygalfridian-deactivate]

Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don’t do it for money. That’s not what it’s about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They’re fans, but they’re not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.

The Boy Who Lived Forever | Time Magazine (via gypsy-sunday)

This is probably the best, non-judgmental description of fan fiction I’ve ever heard of in main stream media. 

(via raeseddon)

[writerswritecompany]

You know you’re a writer when…

[dduane]

[cranberryish]

when you’re writing and you come up with that one fucking killer line

[psych-facts]

Write to write. Write because you need to write. Write to settle the rage within you. Write with an internal purpose. Write about something or someone that means so much to you, that you don’t care what others think.

Nick Miller (via ablogwithaview)

[magiksbrain]

Cid using Shera's gun because she's injured.