another important thing to remember is 1) u can pick up any hobby at any point in ur life and get outstandingly good at it & 2) the project u've been working on & aren't pleased w the current outcome so far will not be your last. u will draw/crochet/paint/sculpt/write another piece, and another, and you will have many chances to be fully content w your craft. so you should cherish the joy of making art instead of worrying ab the results & think ab how lovely it is that we're all vessels for artistry and we can share the divine act of creation!!!!!
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Fidèle, the most photographed window dog in Belgium đž
I will answer questions about:
Characters
Plotting
POV
Setting
Tropes
Fanfiction
Genres
Getting Started
And more!!!!
I will NOT answer questions about:
Things that are already on this listÂ
The publishing/editing industry (primarily because Iâm unqualified)
Childrenâs fiction and Nonfiction (Same reason as above)
Hyper-specific details of your WIP; I canât tell you how to write your own story.Â
âDoes ____ sound like a good idea?âÂ
Anything that can be figured out with a quick Google search (i.e. how fast can cheetahs run, how long does it take to get a license, etc.)
Asking me to reblog your post, give you a shout-out, etc. This blog is just for writing content only and will remain ad-free.Â
Asking me to read/edit your story. Iâm a college student with a very busy life who also has her own writing projects to worry about, and cannot put time aside to edit someoneâs work for free. However, if you do send a message perhaps we can discuss pricing if I have the time.Â
Sorry, but I am quite rigid about these rules!
This is just a compilation of the questions I get a lot or I think I answered pretty well, so if you need anything else feel free to check out my #answering asks tag!
Iâve also included some posts from other blogs/sources as well because I feel as though they can explain it much better than I ever could!
How to Get Into Writing Fiction
How to Improve Your Writing
How to OutlineÂ
How to Overcome Writerâs Block
How to Write A Scene (AKA get through the boring parts) (Source: Jerry Jenkins)
How to Write a Sub-Plot
How to Write In Certain Tenses
Is Your Story Better as a Fanfic or an Original Work?
How to Choose Which POV to Use (Source @evans-writing)
How to Write First Person POV
How to Write Switching POVs in Fanfiction
How to Write About Medieval Europe
How to Write About the Mid-Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Century (In America)
How to Write Gangster/Mafia Fiction
How to Write About School
How to Write an Apocalypse
How to Write Humor
How to Make Your Story Less Sad
How to Make Your Story Longer (Feat. a helpful reblog from @romancingthebook)
How to Make Your Story Scarier
How to Write a Fight Scene
How to Write Magic
How to Write a Missing Personâs Report
How to Write Character Death
How to Fake a Characterâs Death
How to Write Pain
How to Write a Terrorist Attack
Subverting Common Fanfiction AUs and Plot Ideas
How to End Your Story (Source: Now Novel)
How to Write Arguments
How to Write Dialogue
How to Write Humor
How to Expand Your Vocabulary and Utilize English Idioms/Figures of Speech
How to Write a Smooth, Rhythmic Narrative
How to Avoid Purple Prose (Source: WikiHow)
How to Balance Description and Dialogue
Prologues and Info Dumping
How to Write Flashbacks
Master List of Speech Tags
When to Change Your Characterâs Name
Ways To Tell if Your Characters are Too Similar (How To Cut Characters)
How to Describe Bodies
How to Describe Clothing
How to Write Characters Who Are Different From You
How to Write Complex Characters
How to Write (Good) Female Characters
How to Write a Villain
How to Write a Villain Redemption Arc
Villain Motivations
How to Write Young Children and Babies
How to Write Siblings
How to Write Close Platonic Relationships
How to Write Romance
How to Write Falling In Love
How to Write Healthy Relationships
How to Write Long Distance Relationships
How to Write Make-Out Scenes
How to Write Non-Explicit Sex Scenes
How to Write Teasing in a Romantic Relationship
How to Write Toxic Relationships
Reasons for Divorce
How to Write Shape-shifters
How to Write Characters With Wings
How to Write Angels (A History of Angelic Lore)
How to Write Characters with Tails
How to Write Zombies
How to Write Gods, Goddesses, and Deities
How to Write Animals in Battle
How to Write a Hive Mind
I am a straight, white, neurotypical, cisgender woman and shouldnât give you any advice but to DEFINITELY include diversity! Here are some great blogs for you to follow!
@writingwithcolor
@yourbookcouldbegayer
@scriptautistic
@actuallyblind
@cripplecharacters
Writing Deaf of Hard of Hearing Characters
My Writing Playlist
How to Become a Writing Advice Blog
How to Write Constructive Criticism
Books You Should Get As a Writer
Writing Memes
Iâm currently working on a novel titled Wings of Faith, and often post content such as art, aesthetics, and writing updates!
Summary:
A one-winged angel must team up with a ragtag band of demons to escape from Hell. Haloes and harps must go on the backburner if it means clawing his way out of the fire, and if the world burns to ashes in his wake, so be itâŚbecause letâs be honest here: Hellâs humidity got old after, like, a day.Â
You can find all my Wings of Faith content under #wings of faith and #wof on my blog, (if youâre looking for progress reports, check #writing update) and feel free to check out @wiingsoffaithâ, a blog run by my bestest friend and fabulous beta reader @gettinhellaturntâ.Â
hi my reader friends lithub has a new syllabi section that has some great (u guessed it!) syllabi from much beloved writers like ocean vuong and ross gay here's the full list that i have already added half of to my tbr:
ekphrastic poetry with victoria chang (featuring works of john ashbery, joy harjo, paul tran)
the literature of obsession with julia may jonas (obsession as transformation, destruction, catharsis and form)
place, space and landscape with alexandra kleeman (featuring didion, okorafor and hernan diaz)
lyric research with ross gay (books that combine research with an "I" like nelson's bluets or christle's the crying book)
hybrid poetry with ocean vuong (traditions, innovations and possibilities featuring bhanu kapil, rimbaud, clifton)
multigenre experiments in form with paul lisicky (for writing that explores connections between genres)
reading about writers with peter ho davies (books that teach the craft and give writing advice, think 'the outline' trilogy)
speculative women with lina maria ferreira cabeza-vanegas (a look at speculative works by women writers like jemisin, butler, k le guin)
writers and the world with viet thanh nguyen (rankine, baldwin, and coates)
sports and contemporary writing with sam lipsyte (exactly what it says on the tin)
i literally love the rain so much when cars slow down and people hide in the stores and restaurants or bus stops with strangers or when they run home with plastic bags on their head or when groups of people share one umbrella i love you peace love even light and happiness on planet earth truly
 Steins GateÂ
 Bungou stray dogsÂ
 boku dake ga inai machi
 Yakusoku no Neverland
 kimetsu no yaiba
Akatsuki no yona
 Nana
Fruit basket 2001
 Paradise kiss
Assassination classroom
 Darling in the franxx
Banana FishÂ
 DororoÂ
 Ao haru rideÂ
 Shigatsu wa kimi no uso
 Yuri on ice
 Charlotte
 Natsuyuki rendezvous
Anohana
Angel beats
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood
 Masamune-kunâs Revenge
 Orange
 Lovely complex
 Naruto shippuden
 Tokyo ghoulÂ
temporada 1
 Romeo and julietÂ
 ReLIFE
 Skip beat
 Shingeki no kyojin
Ouran highschool host club
inu x boku ss
 Devils lineÂ
 Free
 Nanatsu no taizai
 Super lovers
 Black clover
Black cat
Satsuriku no Tenshi
Violet evergarden
Rokudenashi majutsu koushi to akashic
Rainbow nisha rokubou no shichinin
Sakamichi no apollon
Kareshi Kanojo no JijĹ
Psycho pass
Akame ga kill
Tate no YĹŤsha no Nariagari
Boku no hero academia
Hitorijime my hero
91 days
spiritpact
kamisama hajimemashita
Shokugeki no soma
Plastic Memories
Mushishi zoku shou
Danmachi
Zankyou no terror
Adding small moments of existence to your writingÂ
What Iâm talking about is proof of life outside your characters in your world. Not in the sense of âtalking to the cashier at the checkoutâ, but things like:
Graffiti etched into a desk your character sits in during an exam
Realising that someone has come along and arranged the cans on the shelf so the labels say something stupid
Dirty vans that have âwash meâ written in the dried mud
A coin that has been stuck into a piece of gum on a handrail
Little things that show the world still goes on despite whatever is happening to the characters.Â
This helps make the world a world, not just a setting. There are other people with other lives doing stupid, funny, dangerous, things that in no way impact the protagonist. You donât have to dwell on them, they can only be mentioned briefly in passing during the set up of a scene, but it will help create life within the background of the story and give the characters a chance to briefly think about something other than themselves/their situation.