this is my summer vibe

personal blog. mix of a lot of stuff.  queer, trans, nb, aspec. he/they | i dont check the notes im just here to chill lads

[studysection]

Hey guys! As a writer myself, it’s hard to have a lot of resources for writing in one place. That’s why I decided to create this masterpost, and maybe make more if I find future resources. I hope you like it, and expect to see more masterposts like this in the future!

Generators

Character

Appearance Generator

Archetypes Generator

Character Generator

Character Traits Generator

Family Generator

Job/Occupation Generator, (II)

Love Interest Generator

Motive Generator

Name Generator

Personality Generator, (II)

Quick Character Generator

Super Powers Generator

Names

Brand Name Generator

Medicine Title Generator

Name Generator

Quick Name Generator

Vehicle Generator

Town Name Generator

Plot

First Encounter Generator

First Line Generator, (II)

Plot Generator, (II), (III)

Plot Device Generator

Plot Twist Generator

Quick Plot Generator

Setting/World-Building

City Generator

Fantasy Race Generator

Laws Generator

Pet Generator

Setting Generator

Species Generator

Terrain Generator

Prompts

Subject Generator

”Take Three Nouns” Generator

Word Prompt Generator

Misc

Color Generator

Decision Generator

Dialogue Generator

Journey Generator

Title Generator, (II), (III)

Some Tips

Just a few I found from the writing tips tag!

Writing action / @berrybird

How to create a strong voice in your writing / @collegerefs

How to plot a complex novel in one day! / @lizard-is-writing

8 ways to get past writer’s block / @kiramartinauthor

psa for writers / @dasakuryo

”Write Using Your 5 Senses” / @ambientwriting

How People Watching Improves Your Writing / @wherethetransthingsare

Writing Science Fiction: Tips for Beginners / @fictionwritingtips

Creating Likeable Characters / @authors-haven

Vocabulary

Descriptive words / @somekindofstudent

Words to replace “Said” / @msocasey

Obscure color words / @mintsteelpeachlilac

Words to spice up your stories / @busyibee

Words to describe someone’s voice

Words to Use Instead of Very / @gaybybirth

Touchy Feely Words / @gaybybirth

Some Advice

Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for Writers

”But my plot isn’t UNIQUE or BIG enough!” / @youreallwrite

8 Things Every Creative Should Know / @adamjk

(How To) Get Over Comparing Yourself to Other Creatives / @adamjk

How to Get Over Common Creative Fears (Maybe) / @adamjk

14 Tips From Stephen King On Writing / @i-can-give-you-prompts

Playlists

Electronic Thoughts / @eruditekid

“Mix About Writing” An Instrumental Mix / @shadowofemirates

Shut Up, I’m Writing! / @ninadropdead

Chill / @endlessreveries

Breathtaking Film Scores / @tweedskirts

Music to Write to Vol. 1: Starlight / @crestadeen

Music for Written Words / @ghoulpatch

Dead Men Tell No Tales / @scamandersnewt

Fatale / @dolcegf

All These Things that I’ve Done / @referenceforwriters

Feeling Soaking into Your Bones / @verylondon

I Can Feel Your Pulse in the Pages / @rphelper

Morally Ambiguous / @scamandersnewt

Wonderwall / @wheelerwrites

Pythia / @mazikeene

Ballet: To Dance / @tanaquil

Websites and Apps

For Writing

ZenPen: A minimalist writing website to keep you free of distractions and in the flow.

The Most Dangerous Writing App: A website where you have to keep typing or all of your writing will be lost. It helps you keep writing…kind of. You can choose between a time or word count limit!

Evernote: An online website where you can take notes and save the product to your laptop and/or smartphone!

Writer, the Internet Typewriter: It’s just you and your writing, and you can save your product on the website if you create an account.

Wordcounter: A website to help check your word and character count, and shows words you’re using frequently.

Monospace: An Android app for writing on the go when you feel the inspiration, but you don’t have your laptop on you!

For Productivity

Tide: An app that combines a pomodoro-esque timer with nature sounds and other noises! (Google Play / Apple Store)

ClearFocus: An Android app with a pomodoro-type time counter to let you concentrate easier and stay productive.

Forest: An app with a time counter to keep you focused and off your phone, and when you complete the time limit, a tree grows in your garden! (Google Play / Apple Store)

SelfControl: A Mac downloadable app that blocks you from distracting mail servers, websites, and other things!

Prompt Blogs

@writeworld

@dialouge-prompts

@oopsprompts

@prompts-for-the-otp

@creativepromptsforwriting

@the-modern-typewriter

@theprofessionalpromptmaker

@writers-are-writers

@otp-imagines-cult

@witterprompts

@havetobememes

@auideas

@putthepromptsonpaper

@promptsonpaper

@fyotpprompts

@otpisms

@soprompt

@otpprompts

@ablockforwritersblock

@awritersnook

Writing Tips Blogs

@writeworld

@anomalously-written

@awritersnook

@clevergirlhelps

@referenceforwriters

@whataboutwriting

@thewritershelpers

@nimblesnotebook

@slitheringink

[moved-to-orpheyon-deactivated20]

Combine your chinese zodiac and astrology sign to make your true fursona

[eternally-a-dreamer]

i still hate this post so much. i’m an ox and a taurus. i’m a bull bull. i’m so fucking annoyed oh m y go d

[weirdcrazydreams]

Aquarius + Horse = Unicorn http://www.primalastrology.com/primal-zodiac-by-combination.html

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Henry’s soft-spoken authority -- she’s on TV every day, often repeating her mantra, “Be kind, be calm, be safe” -- won over British Columbians.

The outbreak came early to British Columbia, in January, and public health officials braced for the worst. Now the Canadian province has one of the lowest death rates in North America.

“I thought we were going to be dealing with something unprecedented in that region specifically, but then it didn’t happen,” said Jason Kindrachuk, a virologist at the University of Manitoba.

British Columbia’s success story shows how tried-and-true methods – when paired with strong public health agencies – can have sweeping impact, according to Kindrachuk and other scientists. Many governments embraced technology, with the U.K. using drones to help police enforce lockdowns and South Korea tapping location data from mobile carriers and credit-card transactions to track infections.

B.C. stuck to old-fashioned basics, alerting primary care doctors by fax about how to be on the lookout for the novel pathogen and tracing potential transmissions through interviews. Data compiled on May 13 show the province’s Covid-19 death rate was 3 per 100,000 residents, better than almost anywhere in North America and much of Europe.

Local officials would be the first to say that luck surely played a role. But British Columbia also had stockpiles of equipment along with the benefit of a public-health system making communication and coordination smoother than in U.S. states. And it had a provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, with the power to order doctors and hospitals to take certain steps, such as canceling elective surgeries, which she did early on to free up beds.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada​ @abpoli​ @pnwpol​

[dank-morpork]

It’s the only province with an NDP government.

[subheading2]

yeeting this out to the void but im getting my diagnosis tomorrow holy shit. imma finally know whats up with me im so damn excited

[aquagrunt]

Attention straight boys I have a question only you can answer

[thx]

yes?

[aquagrunt]

why is my cars check engine light on

[terriamon]

“Tch, like I would reveal to you the secret of the Uchiha Clan so easily”

[lilacwine1966-deactivated202212]

There is nothing more tender than playing with someone’s hands…..it sounds so dumb but stroking each other’s palms & tapping on each other’s wrists & twisting your fingers together & squeezing each other’s hands…..it’s like having a conversation that no one else can hear!

[subheading2]

excyoomse me im v gay thinking about this about my partner

[valtsv]

important personality test: if you had wings, would you rather have insect wings, bird wings, or bat wings?

[twitblr]

Putting forward what you didn’t have

[lookingthroughthewater]

The face of a hero

[yukineko-kitty-chan]

Here’s a quick link for those of you who don’t feel up to hunting it down right now 

[chananderlandersalamander]

this video has disrupted my every waking thought for the past three days

[caainhurst]

my favorite transcriptions of his yodel

[npcdeath]

fyi to yall in quarantine whos grasp on reality is getting a little slippery: isolation, intense boredom, stress and lack of positive routine are absolutely contributing factors to exacerbating psychosis and psychosis-adjacent disorders, even latent ones. im not saying this to fearmonger im saying it so u can recognise it and take steps to handle it especially if it induces your first ever episode.

some warning signs can include

starting to believe unusual things that you previously did not believe (e.g. living in a simulation / you or others around you not being real / secretly being in hell or dead / otherworldly beings communicating with you somehow / government conspiracies / everyone around you is out to get you and harboring ill intent)

seeing things youre pretty sure arent there (e.g. shadow people, floating lights, stationary objects moving on their own, animals in a house that doesnt have pets)

hearing things (e.g. murmured voices, occasional clear and loud voices, faint music, scratching sounds, any without a source)

feeling a sense of dread or generalised paranoia, a sense that you are being watched or that something terrible is looming on the horizon but you dont know what

having extra trouble putting your thoughts in order and speaking coherently, cannot concentrate, space out to the point of feeling slightly catatonic

those most at risk are anyone with a family history of this vein of mental illness as well as those using certain drugs to get through the tedium of quarantine - if this is you, its best to research whether the substances youre using have documented links to triggering episodes of psychosis in users. weed is included in this, not just psychoactive drugs.

here are some steps you can take to get a handle on the situation if your grasp on reality is slipping like this and you cant access irl mental health resources.

have a routine. this is vitally important - you need structure. set an alarm for a specific time every day, even though you have nowhere to be. give yourself a bedtime. eat 2 meals a day, at least, at regular times.

leave the house. no, i dont mean Go Out, just be outside for a while every day or two. go for a walk if you can. stand outside your house for 15 minutes paying attention to the cars and the birds and the breeze and the clouds if you cant. really observe your surroundings. get sunlight.

on that note - let as much natural light into your house as possible during waking hours. your circadian rhythm needs it.

take up some form of hobby that requires physical engagement - whether thats journaling, drawing, making origami, gardening, cooking. the point of this is to ground yourself in your body and the world around you, have an affect on your surroundings, and stimulate your brain.

dont dwell on your delusions, hallucinations or distressing trains of thought if you can help it. that isnt to say "snap out of it and just dont have symptoms", but rather accept them without either judging them or overindulging in them. observe them as they happen, accept that they happen, and let it go, if you can. you may not be able to control the experiences, but you can control how you react to them, and the best case scenario is not allowing them to overwhelm your thoughts and your days. this is much easier said than done, especially if the experiences are distressing in nature, but the aim is to sever the feedback loop that causes further stress and thus further bad extrasensory experiences.

this is honestly just a basic surface scratch of advice though bc im by no means an expert, just someone w latent psychosis who used to work in the field for a while. there are tons of resources online by others who have experienced psychosis that can be a huge help if u think you might be at risk due to the stress, boredom and uncertainty of quarantine

[earlgraytay]

@mumblingsage added:  #this is probably the first time I've ever seen actionable advice for handling psychosis#I don't see if OP mentioned getting yourself a sleep schedule but please try to do so if you can#lack of sleep will make everything worse 

[16screamingferalrats]

As someone whos been experiencing more psychosis symptoms since quarentine started (that have started to effect my day to day life) this is 100% a good way to start especially if you believe you are at risk, my therapist basically suggested the same things. Some examples of what I’m doing to help my situation (hearing music, feeling bugs, seeing shadow people, horrible delusions)

-Getting out definately helps, however if you are unable to shower/brush your hair sitting on a balcony or porch with a hat or hoodie usually helps.

-talking about it! I know some people are afraid to talk ab your psychosis symptoms but if you have a friend/therapist who understands or even just a discord server it can be really helpful. And make fun of them!! I cope a lot with humour so after episodes i usally try and poke fun at my delusions or hallucinations and it makes it a little better.

-Not playing one game for hours on end. I play the sims a LOT and the hallucinations of the music kept me up for hours, if you know you have these troubles with music try and limit the amount you play or switch up your audio intake occasionally throughout the day

-Improv rules. With delusions i play by the “yes, and” rules of improv. The delusions dont always go away if i say no, or if i say they arent real. Sometimes i have to say yes. I am immortal, and because i am immortal, i cant let anyone else know. If i hurt myself, and people find out i cant die, ill never be left alone. Sometimes its just about playing your brain at its own game

-i have a lot of nightmares, night terrors and night hallucinations. Sometimes if im too afraid to sleep in my room, i try and make it to my parents room. Its a little childish, and it wont work for everyone (im younger so its still acceptable in my house) but sleeping in different places, changing up your usual patterns while still sticking to a routine can be life changing. Sleep on the couch, make a little fort in your room.

Stay safe 💞

[subheading2]

arent you tired of going apeshit? dont you just wanna log off for a while?

[snoozu]

i rlly need a new vocabulary i cant keep saying iconic and king over and over again

[snoozu]

if u see me in the tags saying shit like “wow. renowned.” or “his majesty is out here..” mind your business im figuring it out

[subheading2]

the fuckin weird thing about realizing that i was transmasc is that i was able the embrace my feminine side, which is not the reaction one would expect from realizing theyre a dude. but its like there was something i hated about things like pink and being shy n bubbly. ig it was the world perception of me, like i was being forced into a mould i didnt want to be in, but i didnt realize that was the cause of my resentment towards those aspects of myself. but now fully knowing im a guy, its like. im free to explore those things without that resentment, because ive relabeled myself. im not being forced into that box, i already made my own box

[micdotcom]

In one powerful tweetstorm, this woman demolishes the hypocrisy of fat shaming

[thatfeministkilljoy]

I thought this tweet was important to include too

[florencelovesyou-deactivated201]

this is body positivity that’s like actually important lmao 

[darkmelaningirls-deactivated202]

How cute is this 😊😇

[legsdemandias]

When are we going to talk about how utterly over the top and ridiculous neurotypical advice for ADHD and sleep is?? It’s straight up fucking bonkers. 

Someone with ADHD: I really really struggle to fall asleep at “regualr times”, no matter how tired I am I just can’t seem to fall asleep at 10 pm!!! But I almost instantly fall asleep any time after 2 am. What should I do?

NT sleep advice: You, someone who cannot conceptualize time in any way whatsoever, need to identify TWO HOURS in advance when you want to sleep and, with your executive dysfunction that makes making decisions at will almost straight up impossible, make the decision to stop whatever you’re involuntarily hyperfixating on. Then, you, with a focus disorder that makes it so that you have to be doing something at all times, sit and do nothing for 2 hours. You cannot read. You cannot be on your phone. Do not move. Do not talk to people. Just sit and do nothing. If you can’t fall asleep it’s because you Did Something and it’s your fault. Bluelight 24 hours before you want to sleep is the reason. Never look at a TV, Phone, computer, OR let one of these objects be within a 24,000 mile radius of you. Never ever go NEAR your bed unless you’re already asleep. If you are AWAKE in your bedroom ever you will not be able to sleep. 

ADHD Sleep Advice: Get a job that starts at 2 pm or later and go to sleep at 4 am and wake up at noon. 

[whatevercomestomymind]

Half my life right here lol

[eddiescouch]

All my life I have had intense insomnia and all the sleep advice I’ve gotten has been like the NT bullshit. Everyone told me it was my fault and I wasn’t trying hard enough. I finally went to a sleep doc and she just laughed and gave me the ADHD version of sleep advice. She told me more often than anything else she prescribes people permission to go to sleep late.

[uncertain-delights]

Non-snarky question: does anyone have good ADHD sleep advice for someone who is not able to get a job that starts in the middle of the day? My sister teaches high school and is a single parent to an elementary aged kid. “Sleep till noon” is not an option, but there’s got to be something better than “so you’re just screwed, I guess!” or the aforementioned impossible nonsense. Brilliant ADHD folks, any ideas?

[nonasuch]

actually yes! For most of my life I have had horrible sleep habits, because not only do I have the classic ADHD delayed sleep phase pattern, but my goddamn hamster wheel of a brain would often keep spinning well into the early morning hours. Lots of nights spent tossing and turning, unplanned all-nighters in college, etc.

What helped was 1) anxiety meds and 2) melatonin. I have multiple timers on my phone to ensure that I take both of these before 10 PM every night, and if I’m consistent about it I can reliably fall asleep around midnight and wake up at 7 even without a morning alarm. (I still HAVE a morning alarm, obviously. not gonna tempt fate over here.) Waking up before 7 and being any kind of functional is still a challenge, but if I had to I could probably make it work.

Also, I have emergency backup Xanax (in a tiny baby dosage) for nights when my usual routine fails to silence the hamster wheel. I go through a 30-pill refill of that in six months or so, normally. Although 2020 has been, uh, a lot more anxiety-inducing than average.

(my last doctor’s appointment was at the very beginning of March, and at the time I asked to refill my emergency Xanax for upcoming election reasons. really glad i did that, y’all.)

[ajax-b1ue]

Melatonin is seriously great; remembering to take it is harder, but honestly? I have straight up given up on the idea of ‘you shouldn’t need something to help you fall asleep’ and am 100% behind ‘I am taking this for the rest of my natural life’ because you know what? It works. 

It seems so obvious in hindsight, but for me it was this huge revelation that the most important thing was getting a good night’s sleep, not ‘doing it the right way’. There is absolutely no reason why I (or anyone) should feel bad about taking a supplement that helps me do that. Melatonin is also a hormone your body naturally produces, and a hell of a lot safer than sleeping pills. And hey, it comes in gummies.

I will warn though, from personal experience, you do want to figure out what dosage works best for you, because if you take a higher dosage, it will put you into a deeper sleep. Which sounds great, but I was having an issue for a while where I kept waking up with neck and back pain, and I finally figured out— I was sleeping in awkward positions, but was in a deep enough sleep that I wouldn’t move around or adjust, and then I’d wake up hurting. I adjusted the dosage back a little and the problem instantly resolved. For reference, you can get melatonin OTC in dosages of 1-10 mg; I currently use 5 mg gummies, and will occasionally take two as needed, about 1-1.5 hrs before I want to go to sleep. Or… y’know, when I realize that I should be asleep already and forgot to take it earlier, better late than never.

And, best part is, you won’t need to worry about ‘unwinding’, or trying to lay in bed not doing anything, or getting your brain to stop going 90 mph— you’ll get sleepy, even if you’re trying to focus on something else. You will know when you’re ready to sleep (probably because you’re about to pass out where you’re sitting), and then you can just… lay down and go to sleep. It’s absolutely fucking wild.

[nonasuch]

You will know when you’re ready to sleep (probably because you’re about to pass out where you’re sitting), and then you can just… lay down and go to sleep. It’s absolutely fucking wild.

yes! I distinctly remember, not long after I started taking it, a night when it was 10:30 PM and I had the thought “oh, I’m tired. I should go to sleep now” 

and then my brain made a record-scratch noise because I literally could not remember ever having that thought before. and then I did it. totally unprecedented. 

[aggressionbread]

Next level tumblr discourse will probably be like "stories written in a 1st person perspective are emotionally manipulative because they're being told by an unreliable narrator and are forcing me to believe a subjective experience is actually fact :("

[fiction-is-not-reality2]

Fun fact: that’s how FFnet banned self-inserts and other forms of interactive stories.

History is a cycle. 

[noxxy-boxxy]

I literally dont know what to say