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[strangersfromastrangeland]

Yo, be on the look out guys I just got followed 3 times consecutively and they’re not RPers. They’re titles are random last names the ones that followed me have “HURST,” “WINTERS,” and “CARRILLO;” and each of their posts have some sort of “job survey”/”career survey” idefk link under them. Be on the look out. Don’t click the links. Probably no buenos.

[averycutemayor]

writing resources masterpost

i am just CRANKING out the masterposts. linked to original posts whenever possible. enjoy!! 

100 beautiful words

name generators

plotting made simple

places to put character descriptions

guide to fantasy

how to passive voice

research resources

regular masterpost i’m including bc of all the writing/grammar links

for writers creating their own worlds/characters

who and whom how to

ways to avoid saying the word ‘very’

several ways to find the word you’re looking for

look up illegal stuff in a legal way

deflate inflated phrases

rhymes made easy

start the story

good character traits ref sheet

character traits generator

write real people

limits of the human body

best yet most infuriating writing advice

seven steps to the perfect story

100 ugly and beautiful words

quick guide to myers briggs personalities

eye shapes for writers

four temperaments

tip top writing tip

visualize your character’s house

random writing tips

castle terminology

kurt vonnegut’s rules for writing fiction

words that describe a voice

surnames/last names masterpost

random city/name generators

character building stuff

size comparison

build a realistic character

here’s why every word is important

hemingway writing checker

ideas for character flaws

if you think writing a book is easy, read this

cis person writing trans character? read this

stages of deterioration in the human body

resources for writing character bios

stuff u should know about all ur characters

[saralancewrites]

This super useful generator can help give your character interesting habits and quirks.

[pissyeti]

in case you are looking for inspiration for your OCs and junk or just wanna look at cool stuff i have lots of tags for you

colors

characters

music

aesthetic

references

[howtofightwrite]

When picking out something to use as an improvised weapon, what would be the most important thing to take into account about it?

That you take what’s available. The trick about “improvised” weapon is that it’s improvised.

Or according to Google’s dictionary:

im·pro·visedˈimprəˌvīzd/

adjective

adjective:

improvised

created and performed spontaneously or without preparation; impromptu.“an improvised short speech”

done or made using whatever is available; makeshift.“we slept on improvised beds”

For example, your character is at a bar and they are about to be attacked or threatened by another angry person (drunk or not). They might grab their beer bottle by the neck and slam it down on that person’s head. They also might grab a mug and hit them with it, they might throw their drink in that person’s eyes before they lunge in to go to town. Assuming the chairs are wieldly and they’re backed into a corner, they might pick it up off the floor and attempt to either hit someone with it or keep them at bay using the legs. It’s going to be awkward, but whatever works.

Think about the environment they’re in, think about what is around in that environment that they have access to, and most importantly what every day household item your character thinks is going to make for a good weapon. The vast majority of these are going to be snap decisions made with limited information while under pressure.

You have the better ones a more experienced character and less law abiding character might choose to carry around with them or keep in their car. Then, it’s more likely they’ll carry whatever they can easily explain away.

For example, would you question why someone would keep a heavy duty metal flashlight in their driver’s side door? Obviously, it’s in case the car gets stuck at night. It’s not because it’s heavy, easy to wield, small enough to hide behind the leg, and great at cracking bones. You can also shine it in someone’s eyes, much in the same way you can use the high beams in your car to blind an enemy. That’s just a pleasant side benefit to a useful tool.

Why does a character keep a tire iron in their trunk? In case they get a flat, right? You’re less likely to think that the character used it to break three people’s arms last week on a collection round.

A car door can be an improvised weapon. Someone approaches to drag a character out of their car and instead of politely waiting, they slam it into them when they get close. Then, when they’re stumbling, crack them in the face or the arm with that heavy flashlight. Or they drag their fingers into the door, then open it and shut repeatedly several times until you crush (or even sever) their fingers. The heavier the car door, the better. In the same way, a door in your own home can become an improvised weapon. The character listens carefully, waiting for them to get close or reach or draw back to break it down, then they open it into them.

If you can pick it up and is decently solid, it can become a weapon. A rolled up newspaper can be a weapon. A plate can be a weapon. A frying pan is an excellent weapon, nice, metal, sturdy, especially one that’s been sitting on a hot range or if one were cooking anything in it.

A backpack carrying text books or any heavy books can become a weapon.

Car keys are a weapon.

A broom is a weapon.

Your character can be as safe or as vicious as they want. Play a game with yourself, look around the room and ask “if I were being attacked right now, what would I grab?”. Then, ask your character that question, think about it from their reaction and their background. Think about what they’d do or what they’d choose if they started with nothing and it had to be right now.

Think about where they are and what’s around them. Think about what they have access to. Think about their environment. Then, don’t ask yourself “what would be the best choice for this situation” because your character doesn’t have the time for a “best choice”. They’ve got time for “I see it, I grab it, I hope it helps”. (Also, “I hope I know what to do with it once I have it in my hands”.)

The problem that comes in with a lot of writing of violence is that you can’t munchkin it. Well, you can, but it kills all tension. The advice Toph gives Aang in the second season of Avatar: the Last Airbender when teaching him earthbending. There is no cool move or trickety trick that‘s going to get you through that rock, you’ve just got to dig in. Commit. Write the scene. They’re in it now, they’ve got to be the ones to get themselves out.

One of the hardest parts of writing in general, not just violence, is that sometimes the story doesn’t go the way you expected or planned. Sometimes, it takes off in a whole new direction. Instead of fighting it, let the current take you. See where you end up. Run with it. Live in the moment.

So what if your character grabbed a useless weapon or what they’re trying to improvise doesn’t work out? It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to die. (They could.) It’s more a question of what they do next rather than trying to brute force the situation into one that works to their benefit.

A character is defined by what they do when things go wrong, when things don’t work quite right, how they adapt to their changing environment. Their resourcefulness, their cleverness, their ability to maneuver or even fuck up a situation. Their actions could make the situation better, but they could also make it worse. They can make mistakes. They can screw up.

That doesn’t make them bad characters. Or say anything bad about them if they aren’t particularly good at fighting. What makes a badass a badass is how they deal with situations, not the fact that they can kick the ass of everyone in the room. Your character will always have to earn the title anyway, rather than starting with it as a default. So long as the mistakes your character makes are incorporated into their development then it doesn’t really matter.

Take chances. Make mistakes. Put them on the defensive. Make them think. Make yourself think. Imagine different ways out of a bad situation. Think about the consequences. If your character does X how do the other characters respond? Do they get angrier? Do they become scared? How do they try to take back control? Which one feels like the right course for this character? Imagine it from the perspective of a different character. How would they do it differently?

Think about it. That’s pretty much all you need to do.

-Michi

[oclove-rph]

So I’m helping my friend start an RP blog and sometimes I’m bad at articulating quite everything I’ve noticed in my 3 years on the RP side of tumblr.

So. I’m hopping onto this basically dead blog to help out.

I might do this in parts maybe. Like do a series thing who knows? I don’t.

I am pretty busy elsewhere so this will be a slow coming thing. But I guess in the meantime I can help some people out with things.

~Tic

Oh I fixed the admins page; it works now.

[defcliff0rd]

oh god this is really long and probably only makes sense to me but oh well i also kind of got lazy toward the end of making this also this will constantly be updated okay thank u enjoy

general tips:

• mary sue • characterizations • writer’s block [2] • 5 essential story ingredients • 4 ways to reveal backstory • how to show and not tell • 8 words you probs should avoid • outlining • be confident!!! • common errors • become a better writer via stephen king • why your ass needs to read [2] • finding inspiration [2] • point of view • why first chapters matter • flashbacks • 9 important tips • receiving criticism • avoiding cliches • characters u need to chill (out) with • make your character likable • advice via christopher hitchens • setting up your story • things u should research

grammar:

• speech tags • writing dialogue [2] • american v. british • punctuating dialogue • grammar tips • basic rules of punctuation • commas • semicolons and colons [;] • apostrophes [2] • dashes and parenthesis • underlining and italicizing • hyphens • adjectives • proofreading

generators:

• young adult [2] • quick character • random name [2] [3] [4] • character personality [2] • background • character identity • basic family relationship • flaws and weaknesses • personality • character interests • character secret • character motivation • superpower • place name • city type [2] • general person • traits and quirks

naming your character: • popular baby names in ‘12 • worldwide names • name meanings • victorian era names • sci-fi names [2] • how to choose character names [2] [3] [4] [5] • surnames

ideas:

• writing prompts • soulmate au’s [2] [3]

how to write a someone with/on…:

• mental disorder masterlist [2] [3] • a marijuana high [2] • an ecstasy high • a heroin high [2] • a opiate high •  a shroom trip •  an lsd trip •  weed brownies • an amphetamine high • a cocaine high

how to write…:

• young characters • characters who lost an important person • bitchy characters • drunk characters • nice characters • characters with night terrors • manipulative characters • friends w benefits relationships • witty characters • distant characters • a kiss • villains [2] • rich characters • flirty characters • smut • the 50s/60s/70s • death scenes • sociopaths • actors • nerds • rebellious characters • male characters • ballerinas • injuries • shy characters • babies • drug addicts • someone drugged w roofies • drug dealers [2] • addictions • hungover characters

describing/descriptions:

• colors • body language [2] [3] • positive + negative traits • someone’s voice • skin color • physical looks [2] • clothes • eye colors (visuals) / eye colors

words:

• that word you can’t remember • words that don’t exist in english • words that aren’t translatable in english • wheel of emotions [2] [3] • descriptive words • stop saying “said” so much [2] • instead of “whispered” • emotion vocab • stop using “looks” so much also • instead of… • 100 words for facial expressions • british v. american terms • character flaws

stuff i didn’t rly know where to put:

• website to help u focus • types of phobias [2] • good traits and faults / bad traits and virtues • build a home • make a family tree • worldwide weather • interesting jobs [2] • rhymezone • cliche finder • 101 date ideas • drug info

[oclove-rph]

Been wanting to bring this back for a bit. Anyone need any help?

-Tic

[madisonsmagazine]

MY WRITING MASTERPOST

I just have a lot of writing tips and masterposts and just stuff in my likes and I decided to put them all into this. All rights goes to the people who made them.

Cool Other Masterposts:

Writing Specific Characters

Writing References

Writing Masterpost

Character Guides

Writing Help for Writers

Ultimate Writing Resource List

Lots of RP Guides

Online Writing Resources

List of Websites to Help You Focus

Resources for Writing Bio’s

Helpful Links for Writing Help

General Writing Resources

Resources for Biography Writing

Mental Ilnesses/Disorders Guides

8 Words You Should Avoid While Writing

The Ultimate Writing Masterpost

General:

The Official Ten-Step Guide to Becoming the Next Gatsby

The Periodic Table of Storytelling

Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

34 Writing Tips that will make you a Better Writer

50 Free resources that will improve your writing skills

5 ways to get out of the comfort zone and become a stronger writer

10 ways to avoid Writing Insecurity

The Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Insecurity

The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers

You’re Not Hemingway - Developing Your Own Style

7 Ways to use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel them In

8 Short Story Tips from Kurt Vonnegut

How to Show, Not Tell

5 Essential Story Ingredients

How to Write Fiction that grabs your readers from page one

Why research is important in writing

Make Your Reader Root for Your Main Character

Writing Ergonomics (Staying Comfortable Whilst Writing)

The Importance of Body Language

Fashion Terminology

All About Kissing

Genre Help: Romance

187 Mental Illnesses

Types of Mental Illness

Eye Color List

Spectral Groupings

Do you have trouble creating your titles?

On being a co-writer || Additional tips on effective co-writing 

The length of a chapter

How to deal with too many story ideas

On writing two stories simultaneously || a similar ask

When a story stops working

Copyright

Reading critically for writers

The question of outlining

Avoiding publishing scams

Finding story ideas

Tips on building a platform [guest blog]

How much does writing “in genre” matter?

What a “real writer” is

Pennames and aliases

A series of thoughts on series titles

The self-pub miniseries: the why

The self-pub miniseries: the what

Rewriting fanfiction into original fiction

Formatting long quotes and songs 

Characters:

10 days of Character Building

Name Generators

Name Playground

Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Seven Common Character Types

Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters

Web Resources for Developing Characters

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Body Language Cheat

Body Language Reference Cheat

Tips for Writers: Body Language

Types of Crying

Body Language: Mirroring

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Character Chart for Fiction Writers

Villains are people too but…

How to Write a Character Bible

Character Development Exercises

All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!

Medieval Names Archive

Sympathy Without Saintliness

Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)

Behind The Name

100 Character Development Questions for Writers

Aether’s Character Development Worksheet

The 12 Common Archetypes

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2

Creating Believable Characters With Personality

Angry

Bad Asses

Bitches (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Childishness

Emotional Detachment

Flirtatious

The Girl Next Door

Introverts (2)

Mean Persons (2)

Psychopaths

Party Girls

Rich (2) 

Rebels

Sarcasm

Serial Killers (2)

Shyness (2, 3)

Sluts

Villains (2)

Witt

Body Language Cheat Sheet

Creating Fictional Characters Series

Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description

7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters

Character Development Questionnaire

How to Create Fictional Characters

Character Name Resources

Character Development Template

Character Development Through Hobbies

Character Flaws List

10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters

Ari’s Archetype Series

How to Craft Compelling Characters

List of 200 Character Traits

Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex

Making Your Characters Likable

Do you really know your characters?

Character Development: Virtues

Character Development: Vices

Character Morality Alignment

List of Negative Personality Traits

List of Positive Personality Traits

List of Emotions - Positive

List of Emotions - Negative

Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)

30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme

Words for Emotions based on Severity

Eight Bad Characters

High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types

How Not to Write Female Characters

Writing Female Characters

How to write empowering female characters

Why I write strong female characters

Red Flags for Female Characters Written by Men

Writing strong female characters

The Female Character Flowchart

Eight Heroine Archetypes

Eight Hero Archetypes

Help on picking character names

A tip about realistic characters

Strategies to create believable characters

Additional tips on writing PoC characters

Advice on writing genders

Creating unstable characters

Ambiguous Antagonists

A tidbit on psychological trauma [trigger warnings]

On writing accents

What makes characters stick with me

Sweetening up character description

Making an introverted character stand out

Conveying too much or too little character “inner reflection”

Revealing a character’s asexual orientation

Revealing a character’s gender & orientation

A habit of killing characters

When characters aren’t standing out

Breaking hearts with character deaths

Quick tips on expressing character 

Character development versus pacing 

A mini guide to character voice

A Description Resource

55 Words to Describe Someones Voice

Describing Skin Colors

Describing a Person: Adding Details

Emotions Vocabulary

90 Words For ‘Looks’

Be More Descriptive

Describe a Character’s Look Well

100 Words for Facial Expressions

To Show and Not To Tell

Words to Describe Facial Expressions

Describing Clothes

List of Actions

Tone, Feelings and Emotions

Writing A Vampire

Writing Pansexual Characters

Writing Characters on the Police Force

Writing Drunk Characters

Writing A Manipulative Character

Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship

Writing A Natural Born Leader

Writing A Flirtatious Character

Writing A Nice Character

Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains

Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain

Writing Villains that Rock

Writing British Characters

How To Write A Character With A Baby

On Assassin Characters

Disorders in general (2, 3, 4, 5) 

Attention Deficit Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Anxiety (2, 3, 4, 5) 

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome

Bipolar Disorder (2, 3)

Cotard Delusions

Depression (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)   

Eeating Disorders (2, 3)

Facitious Disorders

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Multiple Personality Disorder (2)

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Night Terrors

Kleptomania (2)

A Pyromaniac

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychopaths

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2) (3)

Sex Addiction (2)

Schizophrenia (2)

Sociopaths (2)

Aspergers Syndrome

Apathy 

Autism

Someone Blind (2)

Cancer (2, 3)

Disability

Dyslexia

Muteness (2, 3)

Stutter

Actors

Ballet Dancer (2)

Christianity

Foreigners

Gamblers

Hinduism

Hitmen

Satanism

Smokers

Stoners

Taoism

Journalists

Vegetarians

Alcohol Influence (2, 3, 4, 5)

Cocaine Influence

Ecstasy Influence (2)

Heroin Use

LSD Influence

Marijuana Influence (2, 3)

Opiate Use

Tips on Writing Dialogue:

It’s Not What They Say…

Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

The Great Said Debate

He Said, She Said, Who Said What?

How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters

Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life

Tips on Writing Point of View:

Establishing The Right Point of View

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The I Problem

Style & Craft of Writing:

The literary “weak verb”

Do you have word tics?

Victoria’s Vitamins: vague descriptive words

Victoria’s Vitamins: mood

Breaking writing habits

Varying sentences

Describing colors

Sweetening up character description

Purple prose

Grammar is a tricksy thing

"Smartening" the language of your narrative

Building suspense and making readers sweat

A couple tips about description in fast-paced scenes

Content:

The story of exposition

10 ways to hit your reader in the gut

Make your reader root for your main character

Make your reader hold their breath

What’s the big deal about intros?

A tip about description

The word count of your manuscript

Things that make me keep reading

Choosing ideas and endings

When to describe setting

Battling cliches

Is your story YA, NA, or adult?

When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story

Flashbacks with multiple POVs

Bulking up your word count

Avoiding cliches

Conquer that opening line || response || discussion

Tips on revealing setting awesomely kind of

Deciding between different ideas for the same story 

Revision:

You’ve finished your manuscript! Now what?

Revision sucks but doesn’t have to suck

Where to find beta readers/critique partners

Tips on taking critique

Tips on giving critique

What to do with bad writing advice

Additional insight on bad writing advice

Five quick steps to get into revising that manuscript

When to say you’re done revising

Beginning the awesome journey of revision

Friends are not always the best readers 

Plot, Structure, & Outline:

Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Novel

Conflict and Character Within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets

How To Write A Novel

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations

The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks

Conflict Test

What is Conflict?

Monomyth

The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps

Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes

Plotting Without Fears

Novel Outlining 101

Writing The Perfect Scene

One-Page Plotting

The Great Swampy Middle

How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?

Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps

How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel

Create Structure in your novel using index cards

Choosing the best outline method for you

Hatch’s Plot Bank

Setting & Making Your Own World

Magical Word Builder’s Guide

I Love The End Of The World

World Building 101

The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life

Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1

Creating a Believable World

Setting

Character and Setting Interactions

Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping

World Builders Project

How To Create Fantasy Worlds

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

Helpful Tools & Software:

Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for

Write or Die - Stay motivated

Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites

My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free

Bubbl.us - Online Mind Map Application, Free

Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, 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 Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable

Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac

SuperNotecard - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable

JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine

Grammer & Revision:

How To Rewrite

Editing Recipe

Cliche Finder

Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written

Writing 101: Revising A Novel

20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes

Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language

Grammar Urban Legends

Words Instead of Walk (2)

Commonly Confused Adjectives

A Guide on Punctuation

Common Writing Mistakes

25 Synoms for ‘Expession’

How to: Avoid Misusing Variations of Words

Words to Keep Inside Your Pocket

The 13 Trickiest Grammar Hang-Ups

Other Ways to Say..

Proofreading

300+ Sophiscated and Underused Words

List of Misused Words

Words for Sex

100 Beautiful and Ugly Words

Words to Use More Often

Alternatives for ‘Smile’ or ‘Laugh’

Three Self Editing Tips

Words to Use Instead of ‘Walk’, ‘Said’, ‘Happy’ and ‘Sad’

Synonyms for Common Words

Alternatives for ‘Smile’

Transitional Words

The Many Faces and Meanings of ‘Said’

Synonyms for ‘Wrote’

A Case Of She Said, She Said

Creativity Boosters:

*Creative Writing Prompts

*Ink Provoking

*Story Starter

*Story Spinner

*Story Kitchen

*Language is a Virus

*The Dabbling Mum

Quick Story Idea Generator

Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud

Busting Your Writing Rut

Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips To Engineer A Productive Flow

Writing Inspiration, Or Sex on a Bicycle

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 & Idea Generators

Words to Use More Often

How to: Cure Writer’s Block

Some Tips on Writer’s Block

Got Writer’s Block?

6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

Tips for Dealing With Writer’s Block

Improvement:

Improve Your Writing Habits Now

5 Ways to Add Sparkle to Your Writing

Getting Over Roleplaying Insecurities

Improve Your Paras

Why the Right Word Choices Result in Better Writing

4 Ways To Have Confidence in Your Writing

Writing Better Than You Normally Do

How’s My Driving?

Motivation:

Backhanding procrastination

On habits and taking care of yourself || Response

More troubles with writing motivation

The inner critic and ways to fight it

The writing life is hard on us

For troubles with starting your story

Writing to be published

"You’re a writer, will you write this for me?"

Writing a story that’s doomed to suck

Writing stamina builds slowly

When depression goes and writing goes with it

Additional inner critic strategies

Tips on conquering NaNoWriMo (or any project, really)

You will change as a writer

Ways to keep writing while in school

13 quick tips when you’re starting your novel

First draft blues

Getting in your own way 

Writing an Application:

How to: Make That Application Your Bitch

How to: Make Your App Better

How to: Submit a Flawless Audition

10 Tips for Applying

Para Sample Ideas

5 Tips on Writing an IC Para Sample

Writing an IC Sample Without Escaping From the Bio

How to: Create a Worthy IC Para Sample

How to: Write an Impressive Para Sample

How to: Lengthen Short Para’s

Prompts:

Drabble Stuff

Prompts List

Writing Prompts

Drabble Prompts

How to Get Into Character

Writing Challenges/Prompts

A Study in Writing Prompts for RPs

Para Prompts & Ideas

Writing Prompts for Journal Entries

A List of Para Starters

[happyrphelper]

A masterlist of actors and actresses with mental or physical disabilities (listed based on their disabilities). When casting any of these actors, think of the importance of their disability, just like with casting correct ethnicity, casting people with disabilities is also important. I hope this list is helpful for diverse roleplaying games. 

[happyrphelper]

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[characterandwritinghelp]

How do I make or establish a demonym for a ficticious country?

Demonyms are an interesting aspect of naming a location. Let’s look at what makes a demonym.

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[oclove-rph]

Going to be about all day again today, if anyone wants any help with anything, or a promo for themselves/ friends blogs!

~ Tac

[luottxmus]

[oclove-rph]

"тнє ωσяℓ∂ нαѕ иєνєя єνєи вєєи ѕℓιgнтℓу ¢ℓσѕє тσ тнє ωσя∂ вeaυтy."

The Hide - apocalyptic group verse

The world has been destroyed by humans. Now, those who remain, have divided themselves into 4 teams. These teams fight for survival, whether it’s fighting wild animals for food, or each other. The world is now torn, each old relationship left forgotten for the sake of survival.

The Teams

Note: You will be able to choose your characters team. Please choose a team that suits them and their personality, even if it is quite hard to do so.

Team Bronze

The only team with a proper leader, Amelia Smith. This team is made up of people with good design and engineering skills. Any base they make is sturdy, and they are able to construct useful devices. One of their problems is that, well, they aren’t exactly skilful when it comes to fighting and killing others.

Team Ammo

This team is filled with the reckless and wild, along with those who don’t just kill to survive, but for the fun and thrill of it. Despite being powerful, this team has never been good at staying in hiding. Due to recklessness and excitement, the team members tend to let go of themselves more than they should if they want to survive.

Team Midnight

The other teams still don’t know want this team is called. If the name leaks out, the team fears that people will discover their strategy. This team is full of people who are good at generally surviving. Some of them have hunted, some of them have seen plenty of documentaries. They have one tactic, they only come out at night while the others sleep. Because to their lack of PvP skill, the team separates into smaller groups and hides in daylight.

The Hide

The Hide technically isn’t a team, it’s the home to a few people with mixed skills. The hide is a cavern, ledges connected with rope bridges and ladders. An upside down castle hangs from the ceiling of the cavern. These people stay here, and a few occasionally go out the hunt. Those who stay, well, they have become a little more than slightly insane. Some refuse to leave, the simple idea of it causing panic, while others could never make contact with anyone outside of the Hide.

The Rules

・No OOC drama. We came to see drama between the muses, not the muns. ・Please follow everyone is the verse and track the tag v; The Hide. If you make any posts to do with it, please use this tag. It means that others can find your opens and posts easily! ・Please try to be active. I don’t mean reply to every open and make 20 a day, I just mean don’t sit for weeks without doing anything unless you have a reason. ・If you do any triggering threads, please make sure that it’s tagged correctly. ・OC’s are welcome, and encouraged to join, as are canon characters! ・Unless you figure some twin thing out with another mun, please don’t repeat characters. ・NPCs will be used and included. Only team member I’d rather you wouldn’t use as an NPCS is Amelia Smith, as she is actually one of my OCs. ・Do not god mode. If wanting to harm or kill a character, ask the mun you are RPing with first. ・Note: if your character dies, please remember to collect them from the underworld, inbetween or heaven so you can continue RPing (haha the mun is so funny haha… ha… ha). ・Please don’t put your character in a team because you like that team. If it doesn’t suit them, I will move the character into another team. If you have any question, contact me or littlered-mermaid.

Form

Fill out the form and submit it to me here. It is incredibly likely that I will accept it, so don’t be shy.

Character’s Full Name: Age: Team (and why? If in The Hide, include how they are insane): Personality: Past (if in The Hide, include how they became insane if you’d like to): Skills: Weaknesses:

Current members

Triss Rose Waiton - The Hide - luottxmus

Ariel Castalia Triton - Team Midnight - littlered-mermaid

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Guide to Writing Steampunk

BASICS

Punk Genres: most common genres are in italics

Atomicpunk: Optimistic retro science fiction based on the Space Age. Think The Jetsons.

Biopunk: This genre is about altering genetics and DNA. These stories often take place in the near-future in which humans have been altered or in which human experimentation is common.

Candlepunk: Similar to clockpunk, but darker and with less technology.

Clockpunk: Think Da Vinci’s inventions, but more advanced while. This genre follows the aesthetics and technology of Western civilization during the mid to late middle ages, though sometimes it’s set in the Victorian era.

Cyberpunk: Has advanced technology and often focuses on artificial intelligence and the cyber world. The setting is often near-future rather than far-future. Blade Runner is an example.

Dieselpunk: Based on aesthetics and technology between World War I and World War II, sometimes up until the Cold War.

Decopunk: Ranges from the aesthetics of the 1920’s to the 1950’s. Decopunk aesthetic is heavily based on modernism. Less gritty than dieselpunk.

Elfpunk: Basically urban fantasy, but with common high or epic fantasy creatures put in an urban setting rather than vampires and werewolves.

Nanopunk: Similar to biopunk, but biotechnology is less available and nanotechnology is common.

Sandalpunk: Set in ancient worlds, such as Rome, but with advanced technology.

Splatterpunk: Extremely graphic and contains a lot of gore.

Steampunk: This genre gets its name from the heavy steam-powered technology involved. Aesthetics are based on the Victorian and industrial eras of the Western world, though other cultural elements may be used.

Western Steampunk: Similar to steampunk, but with Western (as in Wild West) aesthetics and settings.

So why are there so many sub genres? For starters, they help agents and publishers get an idea of what they’re in for if you’re going through the traditional publishing route. While bookstores usually just put these genres within science fiction or fantasy, you can still market your book through sub genres to reach a specific group of people who are looking for these genres.   However, there are a lot of sub genres, most of which many have not heard of. If you’ve written one of these genres and intend to publish it, the best would be to put it under another name (with the exception of steampunk, cyberpunk, and biopunk). For example, if you have written a candlepunk story, you can propose it as fantasy, alternate historical fiction, or any other genre it may fit in. While atomicpunk is quite common, it’s not well known by that name. If you have written an atompunk story, the best way to market it would be to call it retro science fiction.   But what’s the difference between punk genres and historical fiction? The technology is a big difference. It’s usually more advanced for the time it’s modeled after.

  TECHNOLOGY

The technology is one of the defining aspects of steampunk. It’s the basis for the world you’re writing in. For the typical steampunk story, technology will be (of course) steam powered.

  A Guide to Steampunk Gadgets and Technology

Airship

Steampunk Airships Inspiration

Steampunk Blimps

Technology Steampunk Instructables

Steampunk Technology Inspiration

How Steampunk Works

Steampunk Gadgets

100 Functional Steampunk Gadgets

CHARACTERS & FASHION

Another defining feature of steampunk is the aesthetics and the characters. Steampunk takes the latter part of the word (punk) to mean the opposition of the mainstream, though that’s not always necessary in your story.

Research jobs common in the Victorian age and add steam to it. Your characters will revolve around their setting and their clothing may be a part of that too.

Steampunk Archetypes

Steampunk Clothing References

Steampunk as Aesthetic

Steampunk Character Inspiration

Steampunk Character Building

Characters, Personalities, and Personas

READING

Best Steampunk Books

Steampunk

Best Steampunk and Gaslight

Favorite Steampunk/Alt History

Best Fantasy, Steampunk, and Science Fiction BDSM

Asian Steampunk

Buttkicking Female Steampunk

Best Steampunk YA Books

Best Unknown Steampunk

Steampunk Adventures

Gay Steampunk

Best Vampire Steampunk

Steampunk Novels and Short Stories

Best of Cyberpunk

Best Cyberpunk Books

Books with Cyberpunk Themes

Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality

MORE

Researching Steampunk

A Brief Introduction to Steampunk

Steampunk Tropes

What is Steampunk?

So You Want to: Write a Steampunk Story

Steampunk Inspiration

8 Tips and Tricks Every Steampunk Writer Should Know

Writing Steampunk Fiction Tips

Kady Cross Shares her Secrets to Writing Steampunk

Tips for Successfully Creating Steampunk

Steampunk Wiki

List of Writing Steampunk Resources

Steampunk: a List of Themes

How to Write Steampunk

Writing Steampunk

Tips for Writing Steampunk

CYBERPUNK

Cyberpunk

Technology in Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk Technology

History of Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk Esstentials

What Happened to Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk Fashion (2) (3) (4)

Cyberpunk Attitude

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