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you know how self shippers be with their fictional characters 🙄

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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my gumroad store if you want to!)

[unclefather]

[heywriters]

hello

I was wondering if you could help with adding more depth to one my characters (I am afraid the arc is too flat).

so my character is a prince (adopted son) whose country was attacked and the invaders killed his mother and sister. at that time he was on a mission so assassins were employed to kill him (although he survives). now he is the leader of an infamous anti government party whose sole objective to restore their kingdom.

so what are some interesting traits and personal beliefs and misbeliefs that i can add to make him 'not-a-typical-assumed-dead-prince'?

thanks

It's good that you have the story all planned out already. If you are still in the outline stages, my advice is to just start writing and your character will gradually develop as you get to know him better.

However, if you're already pretty far into the writing portion and are seeing this issue now, the following post might help you out

Considerations of Using A Flat Character

A Flat Character Change Arc is not what the name suggests. You might think a Flat Character as a static or passive character, but you would

My secondary advice is to let the writing sit for a while, study some examples of your character's archetype, and take notes on what makes them feel more "interesting" to you.

It also sounds like you're worried that the trope might be what is weighing down your character? If so, then I would suggest looking at it from an angle it hasn't been looked at before. The trope isn't bad, and being atypical isn't necessary, but if you want to break the norm while still using a trope you need to come from a different direction.

[kiramartinauthor]

The different types of reading:

Reading like a reader: You’re letting the story take you a sweep you away without worrying much about anything. You might have opinions–likes and dislikes. But for the most part, you’re just seeing where the story takes you.

Reading like a writer: You’re gutting each sentence, picking it apart and studying it. You look at what the writer does wrong and what they’ve done right and use both to help you improve. You’re actively trying to find flaws and strengths to avoid or borrow in your own writing.

When to read like a reader:

When you want to relax and enjoy a story.

When you’re reading with intent to give feedback to other readers. This means reviews for sites like Goodreads or Amazon. 

When to read like a writer:

When you’re looking to up your writing skills.

When you’re beta reading, critiquing, or giving feedback to the writer directly.

A lot of writers find it nearly impossible to read like a reader anymore, which isn’t a bad thing. You can still 100% relax into a story and enjoy it once you’ve built up that reading like a writer muscle. It does take more work than just reading, so if you’re just starting out you may find it hard at first. 

If you do read like a writer, you can of course still review a novel. However, you can’t expect all your critiques to fit into a review. Reading like a writer is very tailored frame of opinion in most cases, as it partly relates to your own writing style. A review is not the place to compare your writings. It’s a place for other readers to find out if they should give this book a chance. Complimenting/complaining about sentence structure is nitpicky and going to go over most readers heads–just say it wasn’t/was well written. 

Like most things, reading like a writer vs reader is a wide spectrum. Plenty of readers that are not in fact writers read like a writer–especially voracious readers because they have a whole career of reading behind them. They’ve learned how to weed out bad books.

Throughout the course of a book you can do both in varying degrees, but at times it can be good to consciously flex those muscles. Strain and relax them. Become a better writer without even writing ❤

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Seascape...

[aevie]

trust in the universe

[ssahotchswifemain-deactivated20]

in case it hasn’t been clear, this blog is firmly and unwaveringly pro-choice.

[itsaudreynotaubrey]

This will never NOT be funny

[tigersquash99]

I’m so glad this is on tumblr

[tropic-mews]

My favourite thing about this is, he didn’t even have to call him ‘Captain’ he could have used the screen-name but he was SO MARRIED TO THE IMMERSION that he DID.

[chaoartwork]

Passenger: CAPTAIIIIN!!!

Captain: y-yeah?

Passenger: LOOOOOOOK!

(FULL BLAST PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN MUSIC)

[zenkovva]

my fav.

[wizardshark]

Fun fact, the developers of this game loved this video so much that they made it an official advertisement of the game

[caprisunchan]

i think about these gifs every single day

[toasty-self-shipping]

you know how self shippers be with their fictional characters 🙄

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Make illustrations, manga, comics and animation with Clip Studio Paint, the artist’s tool for drawing and painting. All you need for drawing and creating digital art!

Added a new free material on Clip Studio Assets!

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call me if you have a puff

[tamamita]

favourite trope is when two rival characters who depend on unconventional means of fighting, such as magic, weapons or gears are rendered incapable of using them and has to duke it out physically instead

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babe are you ok youve barely touched your comfort daydream scenario

[levi-ish]

saw this on twitter rn, if you ever feel discouraged about writing fanfiction, read this again

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