rise above this

This tumblr is for Rise Above This. A Supernatural style RPG with no word count set in Seattle Washington. We allow vampires, werewolves, witches and humans.

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Rise Above This - The hiatus

We have been on a hiatus for a bit, and we are currently in the middle of a revamp. We are aiming to have the site back online by Monday the 9th, so be looking for that. I am also planning on doing a master list of the face claims that will be opening up again on the fifteenth after our inactive accounts get cleared out.

We are still having the zombie outbreak plot that we had planned before, however because of recent events and a poll that we have taken, it looks like the date might be pushed back a few more months. The poll is still open until tomorrow so if any members have not voted, please do so before it is too late!

Another update that you guys will be interested in is that we now have 2 mods in addition to our new admins, so members should welcome Kris to the ranks and congratulate fellow member Damian who was also chosen to help us. I think that is all the news currently, but updates will be posted as they are formed on the site.

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Mods needed

Rise Above This is a supernatural creatures roleplay with vampires, werewolves and witches that is based in Seattle, Washington. In a few months the site will also include a site wide zombie outbreak plot twist as well. For more details, please contact us.

We're currently offline and in the middle of a revamp, and we'd really like to have two experienced mods to help us before we go back online. Both of these positions would have the option of becoming full administrators after a probationary period. One moderator would be primarily over advertising and the other would be helping us with claims/screening posts once we were online and moving again. To contact us please send us an ask.

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Moderator Needed

Hello everyone! The admins at Rise Above this are looking for a moderator to help with our site. Rise Above this is a supernatural creatures role play that is based in Seattle that focuses on werewolves, vampires, witches and humans (and soon there will be a zombie plot put into place. For more information please see the site).

As a mod we would expect you to help with advertising (posting on other sites as well as checking linked backs for our ad and closing them, posting on first posts and closing them), helping to update the claims, making sure that everyone is following the rules on the board, as well as player relations (answering questions/welcoming people in the cbox ect.) This person needs to be friendly and relatable as well as be able to handle the pressure of being moderator as well as an active member in the rp community.

If you are interested in the position please contact Tisha or myself through our tumblr, DM on twitter or PM on the site found here.

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Character Name Resources

Below the cut, you will find a little list of name creation resources I’ve compiled. If you have any useful resources or articles not mentioned on the list, feel free to suggest them to me, and I will add them to this post.

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Music for Writing

Music can lead to great inspiration and can help you keep up the pace while you’re writing. Thankfully there are several places you can go to get good, free music.

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Writing References

Words and References:

Massive Dictionary for Writers

Writing a Series

Visual Dictionary

Grammar Definitions

Glossary of Book Terms (2)

Literary Terms

Some Words About Word Count

English Grammar (with Russian translation)

Pronunciations of Words from All Languages

Punctuation Guide

Plot Terms and Definitions

Plot & Structure:

Plot Development

Developing Events in Your Story

The Hero’s Journey

Four Essential Plot Points

Basic Plots in Literature

Ten Simple Keys to Plot Structure

Plot vs Exposition

Plot Checklist

Exposition in Fiction

Balancing Exposition

Easing Exposition

Setting or Exposition

3 Rules for Writing Endings

Writing Powerful Endings

Successful Endings

Writing a Story Middle

Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (2)

Three Parts to Every Story

Subplots:

Subplots

7 Ways to Add Great Subplots to your Novels

The 7 Shoulds of Writing a Subplot

Who Needs Subplots?

Subplots

Knowing Your terms: Subplots

Weave Subplots into your Novel

Understanding the Role of Subplots

Plot, Plot Layers, and Subplots

Plot and Subplot

Subplots - Chicken Soup for your Novel

How Many Subplots are Acceptable?

Subplots by Word Count

Too Many Subplots?

World Building:

World Building Links

World Building Questionnaire (2)

Planet Maker

World Building 101

World Building for Science Fiction

Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

The Seed of Government (2)

The Magic of World Building

Characters:

Story Guide Worksheet

How to Create Great Characters

Character Arc 101

"Hero" is a Four Letter Word

Character Questionnaire (2) (3) (4) (5)

Character Justification

Conflict Can Limit Your Characters

Creating Characters from Plot

Character Bio

Guide to Writing a Villain

Eight Female Archetypes

Sixteen Personality Types

Charahub

Fixing Unlikable Characters

Offensive Mistakes Well-Intended Writers Makes (2)

Character Sheet

Morality Alignment

Morality Alignment Test (2) (3)

Creating Compelling Characters

Consistency is Key 

Desires and Conflict

Mary Sue Test

Mary Sue Villain Test

Writing Lycanthropy

Body Language (2) (3) 

Dialogue:

Character Conversations

How to Write Dialogue (2) (3) (4)

Speaking of Dialogue

Ten Tips

Character Dialogue

Believable Dialogue

25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue

Witty Dialogue Reference Post

Dialogue Tips

Writing Really Good Dialogue

Writing Good Dialogue

Dialogue

Point of View:

Types of POV

Point of View

Third Person Multiple POV

First Person vs. Third

Third Person Omniscient vs. Limited

Using Third Person Omniscient

Writing Exposition in the First Person

Writing in First Person

First Person POV (2)

First Person or Third?

How to Write Winning First Person Stories

Genre:

Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories

Crime Fiction Sub Genres

So You Want to Write Crime Fiction

How to Write Crime Fiction

Smut Writing Guide Master List

Adding Sexual Tension

How to Write Sexual Tension

Literary Genres

Genre Index

13 Horror Writing Tips

Classic Horror Novel Structure

10 Laws of Good Science Fiction

Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Names:

Irish Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Irish Surnames (2) (3) (4)

Scottish Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Scottish Surnames (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Welsh Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Welsh Surnames (2) (3)

English Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

English Surnames (2) (3) (4) (5)

Brittany Names (2)

Gaelic Names (2)

Cornish Names (2) (3) (4)

Cornish Surnames

Celtic Female Names (2) (3)

Celtic Male Names (2) (3)

Bible Names (2)

Find Names by Sound

Medieval Asian Names

Medieval Islamic Names

Medieval Names & Titles

Middle Eastern Names

North American Indian Names (2) 

French Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

French Surnames (2) (3) (4)

German Names (2) (3) (4) (5)

German Surnames (2) (3) (4) (5)

Western African Names (2) (3)

Northern African Names (2) (3) (4) (5)

Latin American Names (2)

Traditional Hispanic Last Names

Chinese Names (2) (3) (4) (5)

Asian and Pacific Names (2)

African and Middle East Names

Italian Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Italian Surnames (2) (3) (4)

Name Generator (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (Fantasy (2) (3) (4)) (Sci-fi (2))

Jewish Names (2) (3) (4) (5)

Jewish Surnames (2) (3) (4)

Russian Names (2) (3) (4)

Russian Surnames (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Scandinavian Names (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Scandinavian Surnames (2) (3)

Spanish Names (2)

Pagan Names

Nook of Names

What a Lovely Name

List of Names from Around the World

Etymology Dictionary

Name Playground

What’s in a Name?

7 Rules for Picking Names

How to Invent Names

Nickname Lists (2) (3)

Latin Place Names

Name Dictionary

First Names Reference Database

Slave Trade Names Database

History:

1920’s Reference Post

1920’s Setting

History of Childbirth

1920’s Slang

Medieval Reference Post

Medieval Scotland

All About Scotland

World Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry

National Heraldry

Titles in the Elizabethan Era

Titles Explained

Peerage Basics

National Museum of the American Indian

American Indian Tribes and Languages Master List

Historical Resources

Query Letters:

How to Write a Query Letter

The 10 Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Query Letter

Anatomy of a Query Letter: A Step-By-Step Guide

Successful Query Letters for Literary Agents

Query Letter FAQ

Master the Art of the Query

Writing a Solid Query Letter

Writing a Query Letter that Sells

Dos and Don’ts: How to Write the Perfect Query Letter

Query Letters

Rachelle’s Query Tips

How to Query a Literary Agent

Query Letters

A Pitch is a Pitch

Make the Perfect Pitch: The Novel Query

How to Write Great Queries

How to Write a Query Letter

How to Query an Agent

How to Write a Dynamic Query Letter

Writing a Good Query Letter

Sample Query Letter PDF

Sample Novel Query Letter

Ten Ways to Hook a Literary Agent

What Not to Put in Your Query Letter

What (Not) to Put in Your Query Letter

Query Letters - What, Why, How?

What (Not) to do Before Querying

What to Write in the Bio Section of your Query Letter

How to Write a Bio Paragraph in your Query Letter

The Last Paragraph of your Query Letter: the Author Bio

Writing the Hook for your Query

Query Letter Dos and Don’ts

Agent Reveals Pet Peeves

How to Write a Query Letter

Query Letter Mad Lib

How to Format a Query Letter

15 Reasons Agents Pass Over Query Letters

The Right Way to Write a Query Letter PDF

Query Letters

Writing a Query Letter

The Query Letter

How to Write a Query Letter

How to Write a Kick-Ass Query Letter

How to Write a Great Query Letter PDF

Query Letter to Agents

Writing a Killer Query Letter

15 Resources for a Better Query Letter

25 Reasons Your Query Letter Sucks

Query Letters: My Personal Journey

How to Write a Query Letter

A Bit of Regurgitated Query Letter Advice

Query Letter Advice: Let Someone Else Write It

Writing a Query Letter Part One: The Hook

Part Two: The Setup

Part Three: The Conflict

Part Four: The Consequence

Part Five: Everything Else

The Importance of Voice

The Query Letter that Won Me an Agent

How Not to Write the Perfect Query Letter

FAQ The Query Letter

Query Letters

Editing and Revision:

Editing Checklist

List of Freelance Editors

Tighten Your Manuscript

Editing Recipe

7 Editing Questions

How to Rewrite

Revising a Novel

Editing Tips

Self Editing

How to Edit a Novel

Software:

Tip of my Tongue

Liquid Story Binder

Q10

25 Writing Softwares

Jarte**

AbiWord

Calligra

Celtx**

Open Office

Scrivener*

Final Draft*

Atlantis Nova

Zoho**

Lit Lift

Hiveword

Story Book**

Character Writer*

Write Room (mac only)

Dark Room

Q10

Liquid Story Binder*

Now Novel**

yWriter 5

Time Toast

Interactive Timeline

Timeline Maker*

Preceden

Tiki Toki**

Time Glider**

Timeline Maker

My Timeline

Timeline JS

X Timeline

Our Story**

Dipity

Timeline Software*

Timelines*

Meograph

Timeline Charts*

Family Echo

Genealogy

Legacy Family Tree Maker**

Family Tree Builder**

XY Family Tree

Bubbl

Cliche Finder

*Not free. May include free trial.

**Includes free and premium content.

Prompts:

Inspiration Finder

Seventh Sanctum

Writing Prompts Generator

Timeline Generator

Writing Prompts

Plinky

Random Story Prompts

Random Prompts

Prompt Generator (2)

Writing Prompts

14 Prompts

Writing Websites:

Galley Cat

Writer’s Digest

Absolute Write

Advanced Fiction Writing

Writer Beware

Chuck Sambuchino

Nathan Bransford

Novel Rocket

101 Best Websites for Writers

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Thanks for pointing this post out, Writing Cafe!

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Seattle's Underground - Downtown & Waterfront - 7pm-3am Monday-Saturday - Staff Members

Within walking distance of pier 50, Seattle's Underground is one of Seattle's live music venues, which also doubles as a bar. Well-known for bringing in live entertainment, with a mix of unknown local bands as well as some of the bigger names, Seattle’s Underground provides those who would rather drink and listen to music a home.

The building is a two story building with a basement that doubles as storage and an apartment for the owner. The upper floor is currently closed off and is going to be refurbished and set up as a second level of the venue in the future.

The venue is relatively small, with a 1050 person capacity. It is primarily standing room only, minus seating at the bar and a small seating area in the back of the building. The stage is 36′ X 28′ X 4′ and at the opposite end as the seating area, with backstage access with dressing rooms, ect.

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a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post

General Tips

Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

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Writers Club: Ultimate Writing Resource List

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Say hello to our new members!

Noelle Stevens played by Emme!

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Moderator needed!

Hello everyone! The admins at Rise Above this are looking for a moderator to help with our site. Rise Above this is a supernatural creatures role play that is based in Seattle that focuses on werewolves, vampires, witches and humans (and soon there will be a zombie plot put into place. For more information please see the site).

As a mod we would expect you to help with advertising (posting on other sites as well as checking linked backs for our ad and closing them, posting on first posts and closing them), helping to update the claims, making sure that everyone is following the rules on the board, as well as player relations (answering questions/welcoming people in the cbox ect.) This person needs to be friendly and relatable as well as be able to handle the pressure of being moderator as well as an active member in the rp community.

If you are interested in the position please contact Tisha or myself through our tumblr, DM on twitter or PM on the site found here.

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Say hello to our new members!

Riley O'Brien played by Schrutie!

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Say hello to our new members!

Finley O'Connor played by Chris!

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Free Word Processors that Offer Writers a Distraction Free Space

I have these in my last post, but I wanted to pull them out and highlight them on their own. These are designed specifically for writers, with tools for writers (word count, timers, etc), and offer a space that as I understand it, has fewer distracting buttons and cancels out most computer-related distractions (aka the internet).

Q10 FocusWriter WriteMonkey NanoWriTool RoughDraft (No longer being updated as of 2009)

So, if Word is making you crazy, try one of these.

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Say hello to our new members!

Jaryd Mitchell played by Lisha!

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Say hello to our new members!

Destiny Warren played by Nessa!

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Say hello to our new members!

Isis Ainsley played by Kirstie!

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Say hello to our new members!

Marian Hayes played by Beej!