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stop treating muses as if they are nothing but their face claims 2k15

[ikilledtherpc-deactivated202011]

Below is a masterlist of tumblr tips/guides on nationality and religion to help with making your characters more diverse. Be adventurous! Characters don’t have to be from your hometown or share your religion. Let me know if there’s anything else that should be added.

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 AUSTRALIA

a guide to austrialia by sweetcandirps

a guide to australia by robbiehelps

a guide to australia (sydney) by plythenepam-rph

how & why you should set your rp in australia by roleplaid

australian money by aussierph

australian school system by cassieofrph

australian slang by maguirewrites

ENGLAND

a guide to university in england by sarahhelps

british slang by inspirant

english school system guide by kylierpc

english slang - regions/countries by thewritershelpers

london education & schools by rpthemehelper

london holidays by rpthemehelper 

london sports by rpthemehelper 

writing british characters by roleplaybookstore

writing england: collection of resources for writers by wsswatson

FRANCE

masterlist of france guides by evansyhelps

french slang terms by marihelps

tips on paris by thatfrenchhelper

INDIA

harmful stereotypes by writingwithcolor

writing indian characters by writingwithcolor

a masterlist by milkovichhelps

JAPAN

a masterlist by benedicthelps

japanese education by peachxs

NEW ZEALAND

what you should know by colettehelps

new zealand as an rp location by leepacehelps

PARAGUAY

a complete guide by secondbreakfastofrp

traditions & holidays by secondbreakfastofrp

PHILIPPINES

the philippines as a roleplay location by dullhypotheses

a culture guide by snlguyshelp philippines

a name guide by snlguyshelp

SINGAPORE

singapore by northhelps

TAIWAN

taiwan by rpchew

MISC

writing well rounded and diverse south asian characters by spikehelps 

how to write a foreigner by the-writers-world

settings in north america by royalrph

masterlist of underused cities & towns by callierps

small town living in the united states by notmykingdom

small towns & rural settings by clevergirlhelps

a guide to southern characters by startraveller

how to portray southern characters by henley-rph

small/southern towns by katiematlinrps

CANADA

guide to toronto by emaginarium

all you need to know about quebec by pllrph

canadian location masterlist by roleplayneeds

USA

california by madsofrps

california (los angeles) by larinarph

california (orange county) by onceupona-roleplay

california (san francisco & the bay area) by coletteofrp

california (silver lake) by prattwrites

florida (st. augustine) by reynoldsrpc

georgia (atlanta) by irantrpc

new york by uniquesrph

new york by klariza-helps

new york by valofrps

new york (manhattan) by leyshrps

pennsylvania (pittsburgh) by thatssometal-rph

texas (houston) by psychictwinsrph

RELIGION*

why your character’s religion (or lack of) is important by petitelionwrites

top 5 cliches about catholics by catholicliving

christianity by ollierps

buddhism by ollierps

hinduism by olivedarph

hinduism by thewritingcafe

hinduism by greenoliverph

judaism by jojohelps 

judaism (holidays & observance) by melissarph

judaism (things to remember) by jojohelps

judaism (traditions, prayer & services) by melissarph

judaism (different denominations) by melissarph

jewish stereotypes by melissarph

writing jewish characters, and what to avoid by writingwithcolor

mormonism by emmy-helps

pacific rim faiths by greenoliverph

satanism by thetrolliestcritic

taoism by benedicthelps

vodou by olliehelps

vodou by greenoliverph

witchcraft & wicca by carolinedhavrnas

wicca by wormtailwrites

*judaism is an ethno-religion btw k cool

[androdragynous]

Have you ever wanted to answer over 300 questions about your characters in a row? Now you can! Using questions from Charahub, OC Surveys and a bunch of miscellaneous ask memes, I have compiled a list of 338 (I added one) questions for you to answer about your characters, in a simple copy/paste format so you can put them all on your own blog too. Because why wait for people to ask about your OCs when you can just ask all of the questions yourself? Worth it. I’ll also be updating it with more questions when I find interesting ones, so check back every so often!

Get the questions yourself >HERE<! I’d appreciate a reblog of this post or credit on the page if you use this list, but I don’t really mind either way.

[herhmione]

masterpost for writers creating their own worlds, or even just characters

names that have specific meanings

meanings of any names

popular baby names

upper class names

common last names

fancy last names

aristocratic/royal names

random name generator

random place name generator

list of latin words

english to latin translator

english to greek translat

or

greek mythology database

the culture of ancient rome

list of legendary creatures

fantasy name generator

feel free to add in any links!

[klariza-helps]

Hi! Do you have any information about children psychology? Like how much they understand at certain ages, when they begin to feel guilty about stuff, what is required for them to get attached to something, what might affect them or have a big impact in their lives, etc? Also something about the adequate height and weight according to their ages. I know it's a lot, but I need some help searching. I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Thanks in advance!

Lucky for you, I’m a completely self-proclaimed psychology expert. No I’m kidding, I just took a class. I’ll be discussing this similarly to the way I formatted my notes, which were based off the textbook and various lessons my teacher attempted to present to us.

I’ve given you a basic outline on what you should know, and you can take from it what you’d like. If you have any other questions about developmental psychology that weren’t answered, just shoot me another message!

001. NEWBORNS’ ABILITIES 

After birth, the genetic program regulates how the brain develops. During the first 3 months, the most active areas of the brain are involved in processing sounds, sights, and touches, which helps to prepare the infant for dealing with sensory information from the surrounding environment.

Sensory development:

Newborns show a preference for their mother’s face over strangers’ faces in the first few days after birth. Newborns first learn to recognize a person’s eyes. At 4 months, infants visually distinguish faces. By 3 or 4 years, their visual abilities are equal to that of an adults.

1-month-old infants have keen hearing and can discriminate small sound variations. By 6 months, infants have the ability to make all the sounds necessary to learn language. Newborns are attracted to female voices.

Newborns have a well-developed sense of touch.

A 1-day-old infant can discriminate between odors. 6-week-old infants can smell the difference between their mother and someone else. Newborns are born with an innate preference for sweet and salt. 

By 6 months, infants develop depth perception, and would hesitate around the visual cliff. 

Motor development:

Proximodistal principle -> Activities regarding the bottom are mastered before activities using the arms. Infants roll over before they walk.

Cephalocaudal principle -> Infants lift their heads before they control their bottoms enough to sit up. Infants sit up before they crawl.

In developing motor skills, most kids go through the same stages. Yet, if one child is given more opportunities to practice their stepping reflex earlier in life, they will began to walk earlier. Development of motor development is heavily influenced by maturation, but timing is affected by experience/learning, or nature.

002. DEVELOPMENTAL NORMS

Sitting up alone - average 5.5 months (range 4.5-8.0 months)

Crawling - average 10 months (range 7.0-12.0 months)

Walking alone - average 12.1 months (range 11.5-14.5 months)

003. ATTACHMENT

Attachment theory dictates that babies form attachments to parents through a gradual process that begins after birth and continues throughout early childhood. 

Infants have crying, which elicits care and sympathy. At 4-6 weeks, they begin social smiling, which elicits joy and pleasure. At 6 months, they give parents a happy greeting when they reappear after a short absence. These behaviors contribute to a child expressing needs and understanding their parents’ emotional experiences, which ultimately help to build a parent-child attachment. 

Separation anxiety is a clear sign the infant has become attached to one or both parents. By the end of their 1st year, infants usually show close attachment.

Different kinds of attachment occur:

Secure attachment - infants use their caregiver as a safe home base. [Associated with being more trusting, enjoying relationships more, and dealing better with stress.]

Insecure attachment - infants show resistance towards their caregiver. [Associated with being dependent, having poor social relationships, and having poor coping skills.]

Attachment is not affected by how long a child is in day care, but by the caregiver’s sensitivity, caring, and responsiveness to needs.

004. PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 

Sensorimotor (birth to age 2) -> Infants interact with and learn about their environments by relating their sensory experiences to their motor actions. Children have problems with object permanence. 

Preoperational (age 2 to 7) -> Children learn to use symbols to solve simple problems and to think or talk about things that aren’t present. Limitations during this stage include issues with conservation and egocentric thinking. 

Concrete (age 7 to 11) -> Children can perform a number of logical mental operations on concrete objects. Children learn to sort objects by size and color.

Formal (age 12 through adulthood) -> Adolescents and adults develop the ability to think about and solve abstract problems in a logical manner. Egocentric thinking reappears in adolescent thinking (imaginary audience and personal fable). 

Note that these stages are not as orderly as Piaget imagined. Psychologists have also learned that genetic factors influence many cognitive abilities.

005. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

Freud’s Psychosexual Stages:

Oral Stage (first 18 months) -> A time when the infant’s pleasure seeking is centered on the mouth. If a child is locked in this stage, they would continue to seek oral satisfaction as an adult (could lead to chewing erasers on pencils, etc). 

Anal Stage (1.5 to 3 years) -> A time when the infant’s pleasure seeking is centered on the anus and its functions of elimination. Fixation at this stage would lead to behaviors focused on either retention or elimination. Retention usually takes the form of being very neat, behaviorally rigid, etc. Elimination can take the form of being messy or generous.

Phallic Stage (3 or 6 years) -> A time when the infant’s pleasure seeking is centered on the genitals. Children will compete with the parent of the same sex for the affection of the opposite sex. Problems in resolving this stage lead to the Oedipus complex.

Latency Stage (6 to puberty) -> A time when the child represses sexual thoughts and engages in nonsexual activities.

Genital Stage (puberty through adulthood) -> A time when the person has renewed sexual desires that they want to fulfill through relationships.

Erikson’s Psychosexual Stages 

Stage 1: Trust versus Mistrust (infancy through first year) -> If parents are responsive, the child develops trust. If parents are neglectful, the child may begin to view their world as uncaring and have difficulties later on.

Stage 2: Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (1 to 3 years old) -> If the child is encouraged to explore, they will develop a sense of independence. If their parents disapprove of explorations, the child may feel shame.

Stage 3: Initiative versus Guilt (3 to 5 years old) -> If the caregivers encourage initiative, the child will learn to plan and initiate new things. If not, the child may feel uncomfortable and develop a feeling of being unable to plan their futures.

Stage 4: Industry versus Inferiority (5 to 12 years old) ->  If the child can direct energy into working at tasks, the child will develop a feeling of industry. If not, they may feel inferior or incompetent.

Stage 5: Identity versus Role Confusion (adolescence) -> Children need to leave behind the behaviors of childhood and develop the more responsible behaviors of adults.

Psychologists tend to agree with Erikson on the idea that psychosocial conflicts contribute to development and that the first few (particularly 5) years were not a barrier for development. Psychologists also tend to agree with Freud about childhood events being important. 

Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory emphasizes the importance of learning through observation, self-reward, and imitation in the development of behaviors. You do not need to perform behaviors or receive external rewards to learn new skills. 

006. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Noam Chomsky and many other linguists believe that people are born with the ability to learn language.

Four Stages in Acquiring Language:

Babbling (begins at 6 months) -> Babbling is when an infant begins to make one-syllable sounds, such as “ba-ba-ba.” By 6 months, infants have learned to discriminate between sounds. In deaf children who have only been exposed to sign language, babbling is manual. 

Single Word (about 1 year of age) -> Infants say single words that refer to what they can see, hear, or feel. About half refer to objects (cookie) and the ther half to actions or routines (up, eat, more). Parents usually respond by speaking in parentese (motherese). 

Two-word combinations (about 2 years of age) -> Strings of words that express various actions (”me play”). The new ability to communicate by combining words marks the beginning of learning about grammar. From around age 2, children begin to learn a new word every 2 hours or so. Language development is partly dependent on how responsive the caregiver is.

Sentences (about 4 years) -> Sentences range from 3 to 8 words and indicate a growing knowledge about grammar. Children’s first sentences differ from adult sentences due to telegraphic speech and overgeneralization. 

The critical language period is the time from infancy to adolescence when language is easiest to learn. Both innate and environmental language factors affect our development in language. To learn more about what happens when someone is deprived of language during the critical period, please read up on the cases of Genie and Victor [I encourage you to watch + and + movies for a better understanding of their cases]. 

007. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT FOR CHILDREN: A CHART 

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hendrixrph presents: a character page theme

In an attempt to get back into coding, I decided to make a character page theme for multi-muse blogs and skeleton/bio rpgs. 

Features:

Filter characters by multiple criteria. Want to see all of the open males or non-binary vampires? No problem!

The filters shown are only examples, they can be changed to whatever you want.

Pictures are 200px by 250px. 

More information about the character when you hover over the picture

Regular Version

Live Preview || Pastebin

Condensed Version

Live Preview || Pastebin

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[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

[asumas-gaiden]

hipster cool and funky fresh rp resources.

[asumas-gaiden]

           Short list of things to help with tumblr rpers. Some of these things can probably be found on various other rp help blogs but these are things that I have picked up/figured out/or personally use while roleplaying on tumblr. So ya know, here ya are.

Aesthetic based resources;

messletters —- you can find symbols, edit your text to look really ｃｏｏｌin about a million ways and just about anything else text based here.

visitor/online tracker —- you can customize this however you’d like, it’s just a tracker that shows how many people are viewing your page at the time.

follower tracker —- same site and works the same as the online tracker. Displays and tracks your followers in case you’re into that.

cursors-4u —- cursors! just pick the cursor you want, and copy the code you want, and from there follow the application instructions. Usually it’s just to post them into your description or your custom html.

RPers dash help;

xkit —- hopefully you know about this but if not bless you poor baby here is xkit. it’s an extension for tumblr that will fix your dash and more basically. 

Reblogging as text —-this is important for anyone knew to rping who reblogs as a link and can’t figure out when the post theiy’re reblogging is being cut off.

Trimming your posts —- please trim your posts, geesh.

Other things;

befunky —-a very good, free resource where you can edit icons; you can make them beautiful, round the corners, do whatever you want here. Helpful if your muse has a little known fc and you have to make your own icons, but don’t have PS.

tumblr static img uploader —-if you’re editing a page and you need to use image urls to insert your images, it’s useful to put them into tumblrs static image uploader first. That way you don’t lose them if the original site or poster deletes the image, and tumblrs static uploader is hosting, so it will load quickly~.

theme-hunter —-really the only theme resource I use; I get all of my themes and pages from here about 99% of the time.

kiwi6 —- it’s a site that you can hotlink music from as an alternative to dropboxing your music into a music player for tumblr. It’s quick and easy and it stores all of the songs you upload.

billy music player —- a small, easy to use music player that’s pretty popular on tumblr. As long as you use a hotlinked song (from dropbox or kiwi6) they should play without buffering and you just post the embedded code into your description box.

[brooklyncap-archive]

100 days of headcanons:

Day 1: Childhood Day 2: Family Day 3: Dreams Day 4: Smile Day 5: Strength Day 6: Weakness Day 7: Hope Day 8: Loss Day 9: Desire Day 10: Clothes Day 11: Destiny Day 12: School Day 13: College Day 14: Work Day 15: Family Day 16: Bed Day 17: Breakfast Day 18: Nightmares Day 19: Fear Day 20: First kiss Day 21: Parents Day 22: Siblings Day 23: Heart Day 24: Illness Day 25: Hair Day 26: Skin Day 27: Pet peeve Day 28: Anger Day 29: Funny Day 30: Happy Day 31: Grief Day 32: Death Day 33: Hurt Day 34: Sandwich Day 35: Feet Day 36: Future Day 37: Lonely Day 38: Friends Day 39: Sex Day 40: Kinks Day 41: Sleep Day 42: Health Day 43: Cooking Day 44: Music Day 45: Art Day 46: Intelligence Day 47: Social  Day 48: Scars Day 49: Injuries Day 50: Fight Day 51: Love Day 52: Hate Day 53: Disappointment  Day 54: Aspiration Day 55: Admiration Day 56: Sunshine Day 57: Ocean Day 58: Heights Day 59: Cold Day 60: Pain Day 61: Resilience  Day 62: Hands Day 63: Children  Day 64: Technology Day 67: Writing Day 68: Sad Day 69: Faith Day 70: Loyalty  Day 71: Honesty Day 72: Morning Day 73: Night Day 74: Evening  Day 75: Phone Day 76: Sunset Day 77: Medicine Day 78: Jewelry Day 79: Relatives Day 80: Book Day 81: Photos Day 82: Colours Day 83: Diary Day 84: Tears Day 85: Humility Day 86: Selfless Day 87: Movie Day 88: Heat Day 89: Clock Day 90: Money Day 91: Fun Day 92: Comfort Day 93: Waiting Day 94: Scent Day 95: Voice Day 96: Seasons Day 97: Handwriting Day 98: Face Day 99: Storm Day 100: Time  

[dominicwrites]

2.4 : GRANDEUR by dominicwrites

Live Preview

Code: pastebin

My next character page is now ready for release. This took me a little while to put together, trying to find the actual modal window code to go with it. Okay, so this may be a little complicated to work with but there are instructions in the code on pastebin that will walk you through it.

FEATURES - Full Screen Images (1920x1280 or whatever your preferred resolution it) - Modal Window Effect! - Modal Window Portrait (440x250) - Biography, w/ 4+ links and a Connections Section - Connection Icon (30x30) - Clickable Anchor Navigation

NOTE: You may need to have basic to intermediate knowledge of HTML/CSS to understand some of the code. Also, you may have no choice but to find large background/wallpaper sized images or else it won’t look pretty. Please like/reblog if you think this is helpful for those who like to display their characters in a grandeur fashion! And please respect my rules. Thank you, and enjoy!

[dominicwrites]

C H A R A C T E R  M A S T E R L I S T  P A G E  P A C K by dominicwrites

2.1: MUSES - Live Preview // Code: pastebin 2.2: HONEY BUNCHES - Live Preview // Code: pastebin

2.1 F E A T U R E S

Sidebar w/ description & 4 links

Sidebar image: 200x200

Character Portrait: 270x270

Hover Box Info

Info Header Image: 270x120

Info Small Portraits: 120x120

8 General Info Sections

Connections Section

4 Info Links

Biography Section (can be as long or as short as you want)

2.2 F E A T U R E S 

Large Header Portraits: 800x300

Top Header Image: 800x200

Hover Info Box

Character Portrait: 220x220

5 Info Links

Overflow Biography Description (can be as long or as short as you want)

4 Header Links

I’m happy to release these two Character Masterlists for the public as I feel accomplished and satisfied that they will be very useful for those who love displaying their characters in a grand fashion.

These masterlist pages can also be used for roleplays who have a multitude of characters. They display them in a simplistic manner. Unfortunately, they do not have any filter scripts but I will plan to work on them in the future if it’s possible to incorporate the codes so that it would be easier for people to understand.

I hope you enjoy these! Please like/reblog if you liked these.

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[oswinresources]

[firstlovcs-deactivated20180628]

instagram template by hollandsofrp

instagram changed their layout and i didn’t see anyone doing this yet so hey, hello, this is another template for you angels. this is 540x265 bc of the new ugly dimensions, so it’ll look nice on the dash. you will need one 80x80 picture for the icon, three 160x160 pictures for the latest images. every text can be customized and the font used is arial which should be already installed on everyone’s computer. things are organized in folders so you won’t get lost and you need to know about clipping masks to get this going.

please like/reblog if you find this helpful or downloaded and stay beautiful.

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[dnnyphantom-blog]

» modified rp meme:

ten faceclaims i want to use.

nine friendships.

eight characters i have played.

seven significant quotes.

six characters that aren’t mine.

five one true pairs.

four roleplays/groups.

three important moments/memories.

two character families.

one character i will never let go of.

[oswinresources]

But guys, what if instead we reblog people's picture and tag with something that has nothing to do with their muse, we go to the source and only reblog if we want to comment about their muse?!