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This is a work in progress but I will be deactivating this blog and moving to a new blog! So, if you like, you can follow that one, it’ll be at the same url but I’ll be changing the content and stuff. So. Yeah! Thanks for following and stuff.
PSA!
This is a work in progress but I will be deactivating this blog and moving to a new blog! So, if you like, you can follow that one, it'll be at the same url but I'll be changing the content and stuff. So. Yeah! Thanks for following and stuff.
Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outlining, Setting, and World Building, plus some links to generate Ideas and Inspiration.
CHARACTER, POINT OF VIEW, DIALOGUE
10 Days of Character Building
Name Generators
Name Playground
The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
Priming the idea pump (A character checklist shamlessly lifted from acting)
How to Create a Character
Seven Common Character Types
Handling a Cast of Thousands – Part I: Getting to Know Your Characters
It’s Not What They Say …
Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”
How to Start Writing in the Third Person
Web Resources for Developing Characters
What are the Sixteen Master Archetypes?
Character: A compilation of guidance from classical and contemporary experts on creating great dramatic characters
Building Fictional Characters
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Character Building Workshop
Tips for Characterization
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Villains are People, Too, But …
Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue
Speaking of Dialogue
Dialogue Tips
Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills (character traits)
How to Write a Character Bible
Character Development Exercises
All Your Characters Sounds the Same — And They’re Not a Hivemind!
Medieval Names Archive
Sympathy Without Saintliness
Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Difference for Successful Fiction
Family Echo (family tree website)
Interviewing Characters: Follow the Energy
100 Character Development Questions for Writers
Behind the Name
Lineage Chart Layout Generator
PLOT, CONFLICT, STRUCTURE, OUTLINE
How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method
Effectively Outlining Your Plot
Conflict and Character within Story Structure
Outlining Your Plot
Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets
How to Write a Novel
Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
Plunge Right In … Into Your Story, That Is!
Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid
Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”
The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations
The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plotting Tricks
Conflict Test
What is Conflict?
Monomyth
The Hero’s Journey: Summary of the Steps
Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
Plotting Without Fears
Novel Outlining 101
Writing the Perfect Scene
Fight Scenes 101
Basic Plots in Literature
One-Page Plotting
The Great Swampy Middle
SETTING, WORLD BUILDING
Magical World Builder’s Guide
I Love the End of the World
World Building 101
The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help You Bring Your Settings to Life
Creating the Perfect Setting – Part I
Creating a Believable World
An Impatient Writer’s Approach to Worldbuilding
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
Setting
Character and Setting Interactions
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
Creating Fantasy Worlds
Questions About Worldbuilding
Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping
World Builder Projects
IDEAS, INSPIRATION
Quick Story Idea Generator
Solve Your Problems Simply by Saying Them Out Loud
Busting Your Writing Rut
Writing Inspiration, or Sex on a Bicycle
Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips to Engineer a Productive Flow
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits
Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging
Random Book Title Generator
Finishing Your Novel
Story Starters and Idea Generators
REVISION
How to Rewrite
One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle
Editing Recipe
Cliche Finder
Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written
Writing 101: So You Want to Write a Novel Part 3: Revising a Novel
TOOLS and SOFTWARE
My Writing Nook (online text editor; free)
Bubbl.us (online mind map application; free)
Freemind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
XMind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
Liquid Story Binder (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $45.95; Windows, portable)
Scrivener (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $39.95; Mac)
SuperNotecard (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
yWriter (novel organization and writing software; free; Windows, Linux, portable)
JDarkRoom (minimalist text editor; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
AutoRealm (map creation software; free; Windows, Linux with Wine)
carrie o'connor | anna kendrick
lillian cutler | emma stone
tara wyatt | imogen poots
naomi herrera | naya rivera
Because I'll forget:
Carrie: Anna Kendrick
Tara: Imogen Poots
Lillian: Emma Stone
Naomi: Naya Rivera
just how smart are you?
Simon's a douche, Fox. Grade D meat stuffed into a counterculture tortilla and seasoned with angst and daddy problems.
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I made this to help with character development and stuff, I thought tumblr might like it. I thought it would be easier to have it as an image rather than a word document.
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Here's a big fat list of character traits for your enjoyment, too. (Also known as: what I did the whole time I was on absence.) Total: 273
Accepting
Accident-prone
Accommodating
Active
Adaptable
Addict
Adventurous
Affectionate
Aggressive
Agile
Altruistic
Ambitious
Analytical
Anxious
Apathetic
Apprehensive
Arrogant
Articulate
Assertive
Athletic
Attention-seeking
Attentive
Belligerent
Benevolent
Bitter
Boisterous
Bold
Bossy
Brave
Calculating
Calm
Careless
Caring
Cautious
Charismatic
Charming
Childish
Clever
Clingy
Close-minded
Cold
Compassionate
Competitive
Composed
Conceited
Confident
Conformist
Conservative
Considerate
Controlling
Conventional
Cooperative
Courageous
Courteous
Cowardly
Creative
Critical
Crude
Cunning
Curious
Dangerous
Deceitful
Dedicated
Deliberate
Demanding
Dependable
Dependent
Detached
Detail-oriented
Determined
Devoted
Diplomatic
Direct
Disciplined
Dishonest
Disrespectful
Distrusting
Domineering
Driven
Dynamic
Earnest
Easygoing
Efficient
Egotistical
Eloquent
Empathetic
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Escapist
Exploitative
Expressive
Extroverted
Fair
Fickle
Flamboyant
Flexible
Flighty
Flirtatious
Follower
Forceful
Forgetful
Forgiving
Friendly
Generous
Giving
Goal-oriented
Good-hearted
Good-humored
Good-natured
Gossip
Graceful
Gracious
Greedy
Gregarious
Guarded
Guilty
Gullible
Hard-working
Haughty
Helpful
Honest
Hopeful
Humble
Humorous
Hypochondriac
Hypocritical
Idealistic
Imaginative
Impatient
Impractical
Impulsive
Inconsiderate
Indecisive
Independent
Indirect
Individualistic
Indulgent
Industrious
Inferiority complex
Inflexible
Influential
Inhibited
Inquisitive
Insecure
Insightful
Inspirational
Intelligent
Introverted
Intuitive
Inventive
Investigative
Irrational
Irresponsible
Jealous
Judgmental
Kleptomaniac
Know-it-all
Knowledgeable
Lazy
Leader
Level-headed
Logical
Loner
Loyal
Lucky
Maneater
Manipulative
Materialistic
Mature
Melodramatic
Mistrustful
Moody
Naïve
Narcissistic
Nitpicky
Nonchalant
Nosy
Nurturing
Objective
Oblivious
Observant
Obsessive-compulsive
Oppressive
Optimistic
Orderly
Organized
Original
Outgoing
Oversensitive
Passionate
Passive
Passive-aggressive
Patient
Peacemaker
Perceptive
Persistent
Personable
Persuasive
Pessimistic
Playful
Possessive
Practical
Precise
Pretentious
Procrastinator
Productive
Promiscuous
Protective
Quirky
Rational
Realistic
Reassuring
Rebellious
Relentless
Reliable
Resilient
Resourceful
Respectful
Responsible
Restless
Risky
Romantic
Secretive
Self-assured
Self-aware
Self-centered
Self-critical
Self-deprecating
Self-involved
Selfish
Selfless
Self-motivated
Self-pitying
Self-reliant
Sensible
Sensitive
Sentimental
Shallow
Sharp
Short-tempered
Skeptical
Spineless
Spontaneous
Squeamish
Stoic
Strict
Stubborn
Submissive
Superficial
Superiority complex
Supportive
Tactful
Tactless
Tense
Timid
Trustworthy
Tyrannical
Unemotional
Unimaginative
Unmotivated
Vain
Vengeful
Vindictive
Visionary
Vivacious
Volatile
Warm
Weak
Wise
Wishy-washy
Withdrawn
Witty
“How about this one?” “You know you look beautiful in anything, right?” “Oh, I know. I just wanted your opinion on which one you’d have more pleasure in taking off later.” “……… Babe, please behave in front of my parents.”
30-Day Original Story Development Challenge
Here is a 30 day original story development challenge. It can be filled by prose or illustration or comic or even just script, whatever works for you and how you’ll be displaying the setting. Feel free to reveal as much or as little as you want.
Day 1 - A main protagonist, their bio.
Day 2 - A Main protagonist’s love interest(s), their bio(s).
Day 3 - A main protagonist’s best friend(s), their bio(s).
Day 4 - A main antagonist, their bio.
Day 5 - The place a character sleeps.
Day 6 - The place a character works/goes to school/hangs out whatever.
Day 7 - A major story location.
Day 8 - A character’s parent(s) or guardian
Day 9 - A minor antagonist.
Day 10 - Your character when they were young(er)
Day 11 - What kind of people show up in the background in your world?
Day 12 - How does a character comfort themself?
Day 13 - What kind of foods are popular in the setting?
Day 14 - What is a character’s biggest regret?
Day 15 - What are a character’s bad habits?
Day 16 - What was a character’s first romantic and/or sexual encounter like?
Day 17 - What are popular sports and hobbies in your setting?
Day 18 - What would your protagonist do if they saw your antagonist on the street?
Day 19 - What would your antagonist do if they saw your protagonist on the street?
Day 20 - Demonstrate a character and their best friend and/or love interest interacting as they most commonly do.
Day 21 - What is a character’s deepest desire?
Day 22 - What animals appear in your setting?
Day 23 - A unique place in your setting.
Day 24 - Where did you draw inspiration for the setting/story from?
Day 25 - A character’s proudest moment.
Day 26 - What special talents or abilities does a character have?
Day 27 - Describe/Illustrate is an average day to a character.
Day 28 - A character’s most embrassing moment.
Day 29 - Describe/illustrate an important thematic element.
Day 30 - Describe/Illustrate a major event in the setting’s history.
