Character Help
MBTI Personality Test
MBTI Personality Descriptions
123 Character Flaws
Character Trait Cheat Sheet
List of Personality Traits
Character Virtues And Vices
Underused Personalities
7 Rules For Picking Names
Character Names
Character Name Resources
Surnames Masterpost
Write Real People Generator
Types of Voice
55 Words to Describe Someone’s Voice
Showing Character Emotion
Character Motivation
Writing Characters Of Colour
More On Writing Characters Of Colour
Describing A Character’s Skin Colour
All Characters Talk The Same
Character Description
100 Character Development Questions
Character Development Questionnaire
30 Day Character Development Meme
Character Development Check List
Character Development Through Hobbies
List Of Character Secrets - Part 1 - Part 2
Mysterious Characters
Flat Characters
European Characters
Creating Believable Characters
Writing A Character Who Has Lost Someone Important
Writing A Drunk Character
Writing Manipulative Characters
Writing Vampires
Writing Witty Characters
Writing Natural Born Leaders
Writing Rebellious Characters
Writing Hitmen
Writing Indifferent Distance Characters
Writing Bitchy Characters
Writing Popular Characters
Writing Rich Characters
Writing Child Characters
Writing Villains
Villain Archetypes
Writing Stalkers
Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes
Writing Homosexuals as a Heterosexual
Writing Males as a Female
Writing Convincing Male Characters
Writing Characters Of The Opposite Sex
Revealing A Characters Gender
The Roles Of Characters
Creating Fictional Characters From Scratch
Creating A Strong, Weak Character
Writing Characters Using Conflict And Backstory
Writing A Character Based On Yourself
Switching Up A ‘Too-Perfect’ Character
Help I Have A Mary-Sue!
Dialogue
Dialogue Tips
Realistic Dialogue
Flirty Dialogue
On Dialogue
General Help
Alternatives To Said
Avoid Saying ‘Very…’
100 Ways To Say Good
Avoiding Unfortunate Implications
Begin A Novel
Finishing Your Novel
Creating Conflict
Show Not Tell
Words For Emotions Based On Severity
Getting Out Of The Comfort Zone
A Guide To Writing Sci-Fi
Naming The Story
The Right Point Of View
Essential Story Ingredients
Writing Fantasy Masterpost
Five Rules For Thrillers
Pacing Action Scenes
Writing Races
Using Gender Neutral Pronouns
Dos and Don’t of Writing
General Writing Tips
How To Avoid Tense Change
Seven Steps To A Perfect Story
Plotting
Outlining Your Novel
Creating A Compelling Plot
The Snowflake Method
Beginning and End, But No Middle!
Prompts and Ideas
Prompt Generator Lists
Creative Writing Prompts
Story Starting Sentences
Story Spinner
Story Kitchen
Writing Prompt Generator
Quick Story Generator
Dramatic Scenes
Plot Bank
Masterpost of Writing Execrises
Writers Block?
Visual and word prompts on pinerest boards
Research
Survival Skills Masterpost
Mental Illness
Limits Of The Human Body
Stages of Decomposition
Body Language Cheat Sheet
Importance Of Body Language
Non Verbal Communication
Tips on Drug Addiction
Depression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Anxiety
Schizophrenia
Borderline Personality Disorder
Degrees of Emotion
List Of Phobias - Part 1 (A - L) - Part 2 (M - Z)
Psychology In Writing
Psychology Of Colour
Mob Mentality
How Street Gangs Work
Street Gang Dynamics
How To Pick A Lock
Death Scenes
Realistic Death Scenes
Fighting and Self Defence
Fighting Scenes
Problems With Fighting Scenes
Every Type of Fight Scene
How To Fight Write Blog
Fantasy Battle Scenes
Body Language Of Flirting
Flirting 101
Kissing
Sex Scenes
Friends With Benifits Relationships
Ballet Terms
Torture Guide (Trigger Warning)
Sibling Abuse (Trigger Warning)
Dream Sequences
Kleptomania
Psychiatric Hospital
Understanding issues, -isms and privilege
Guide to writing smut
Post-Apocalyptic Cliches To Avoid
Revision
General Revision Tips
Cliché Finder
Reading What You’ve Wrote So Far
Synonyms For Common Words
Urban Legends On Grammar
Common Grammar Mistakes
Revising A Novel
Setting
Average Weather Settings
Apocalypses
World Building 101
Bringing Settings To Life
Creating A Believable World
Mapping A Fictional World
Mapping Your World
Religion in Setting
5 Editing Tips
Sounds to listen to whilst writing
Coffitivity
August Ambience
Rainy Mood
Forest Mood
SimplyNoise
Soundrown
iSerenity
Nature Sound Player
myNoise
Tools
Tip Of Your Tounge
Write Or Die
Online Brainstorm
Family Tree Maker
Stay Focused
Writeometer App
Hemingway App
“Believe with your eyes, not with your ears.”
— Unknown
Reminder to self:
Your writing seems boring and predictable because
You wrote it
You’ve read it like eight million times.
A person who has never read it before does not have this problem.
for the draft thing: when i start writing novels i always have a lot of beginning, a fair amount of backstory, a solid ending, and maybe one or two key events in between, but nothing in the middle. i'm never sure how to approach this and it usually kills a lot of my projects :/ not sure if this is a question you can answer easily but if there's any tips i'd love to hear it!
I’ve gathered a couple of resources that I believe may help you with this.
Coming Up With Scene Ideas
How To Engage The Reader
Pacing Appropriately
Balancing Detail & Development
Writing The Middle of Your Story
Powering Through The Zero-Draft Phase
Maintaining Writing Momentum
How To Prevent Getting Stuck
Writing Your Way Through The Plot Fog
Resources For Plot Development
Guide To Plot Development
How To Foreshadow
Novel Planning 101
Tackling Subplots
Things A Reader Needs From A Story
Planning A Scene In A Story
How To Fit Character Development Into Your Story
And some prompts in case you have trouble getting the creative juices flowing while you’re brainstorming...
Romantic Prompts
Angst Prompts
Dramatic Prompts
Suspenseful Prompts
Sad Prompts
20 Sentence Story Prompt
31 Days of Character Development : May 2018 Writing Challenge
31 Days of Plot Development : January 2019 Writing Challenge
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