I am a(n):

⚪ Male

⚪ Female

🔘 Writer

Looking for

⚪ Boyfriend

⚪ Girlfriend

🔘 An incredibly specific word that I can’t remember

*wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat*

WAIT IT’S CALLED A THROW PILLOW

here is a super helpful website for this kinda thing!

the first result isn’t always the one you’re looking for but when you press enter it’ll give you a ton of words related to your query that’ll probably have what you’re wanting, or something better

here’s some examples:

Reblog to save a writer’s sanity (the last bit that’s left)

IF YOU LOVE WRITING BUT DON’T HAVE THE INSPIRATION FOR A 10-PART BOOK SAGA YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE

IT’S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND CAN FOR INSTANCE GENERATE TOPICS AND FIRST LINES, CONTAINS LOADS OF EXERCISES AND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF WRITING TIPS.

BLESS YOU I LOVE YOU OH MY GODS I’VE NEEDED THIS

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?

This is a really cool site…

The NoSleep Podcast’s “Follow Forever”

I’m sure you’re all enjoying the official NoSleep Podcast Tumblr, but have you ever wanted to inject more horror goodness directly into your dash (and your brain)? 

We have many, many talented NoSleep collaborators Tumbling along with us! Without further ado, the NoSleep Podcast’s “Follow Forever!”

Authors: 

@gudlyf (Keith McDuffee: “Placement,” “Do You Love Her?”), @searchandrescuewoods (R. Brauer: “Search and Rescue” series), @henrygalleywriter (Henry Galley: “Is Anyone Else Feeling Thirsty?”, “They Move Through the Trains”), @theevilblackbunny (E. Blackburn: ”To The New Caretaker of Checkerspot Island”) @breenicgarran (Bree NicGarran: “Torso”), @quentinswriting (Quentin Mayhew: “I Found a Laptop at a Garage Sale”), @unsettlingstories (Max Aaron: “Soft Teeth,” “Dial Tone”), @onyxolivia (Onyx O.: “My Sister’s Laptop”), @ezmisery (E.Z. Morgan: “The 1%” series), @thedandieswillkillusall (Zachary T. Owen: “Soundman”)

Narrators:

@siwelp (Peter Lewis: “Mummer Man,” “Separation Anxiety,” and dozens of others), @superspecialvoices (Rebecca Peason: “Eater,” “The Lucienne Twins”), @supalexi (Alexis Bristowe: “How Did I Ever Get Into This Mess?”, “Good Luck”), @atticusonline (Atticus Jackson: “She’s Waiting in the Reflection,” “Ten-Twenty”)

Artists:

@jenthetracy (Jen Tracy: “My Uncle Ford,” “She’s Waiting in the Reflection”), @asiwillit (Stephanie Davidson: “My Grandmother’s Doll”), @charliecodyart (Charlie Cody: “The Tall Dog,” “The Pit”), @ottertron (CJ Robinson: “The Reaping of Bobby Ward”)

And I’m sure there’s many more lurking about! Be sure to let me know if you are or follow a NoSleep contributor and I’ll be happy to add your blog to the list. Happy following, everyone! 

:O I've been mentioned!

WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHERE MY STORY IDEAS COME FROM

@zayntiverse

Biology

Constructed Language (Conlang)

Culture Guides

Economy

Everyday Life

Government

Read More

“never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them” — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice

“Do you want this sandwich?” she elaborated, acquiring the sandwich from her rucksack with a set of fingers.

His visage was set aflame with a smile. “Sure,” he postulated.

i just found this website that can randomly generate a continent for you!! this is great for fantasy writers

plus, you can look at it in 3d!

theres a lot of viewing options and other things! theres an option on-site to take a screenshot, so you don’t have to have a program for that!

you can view it here!

THERE MUST BE A PARAGRAPH BREAK EVERY TIME A NEW CHARACTER SPEAKS

THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL

NO ONE WANTS TO READ ONE BIG BLOCK OF TEXT JESUS CHRIST

REMEMBER TIP TOP OK:

Make a paragraph every time that any of these things change!

Ti me

P lace

To pic

P erson

Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene:

Never delete. Never read what you’ve already written. Pass Go, collect your $200, and keep going.

This is the literal best writing advice I have ever read. Period.

At first I thought “kill someone” was literal

Ah, yes, murder. The perfect way to let out frustration at writer’s block

take a relaxing walk, dismember a corpse, dump it in the river

No, no, no. You’re doing it all wrong, you never put body parts in a body of water, they’re too easy to spot. You have to incinerate them sneak the body into a morgue.

Nah, man, you can dispose of body in a body of water, you just gotta cut it up first. You just gotta remove the lungs and any other organ that can become full of air and cause the torso to float. Scatter the limbs in the woods, animals will handle that. Or figure out a way to get them into the dump. Once something is in the dump, it’s lost forever. and do whatever with the head. thing weighs 8 pounds, it’ll probably sink like a stone. Hell, you probably don’t even need to cut it off, it’d probably help the torso sink. Just remove the teeth and eyes to prevent identification.

And you call yourself a mastermind. 7.5/10, would not consult.

…

I should probably mention that I am a writer and do extensive research on my subject matter, so I know a lot of shit about a lot of stuff.

”Research”

HEY WRITERS OF ALL KINDS AND AGES AND MAYBE EVEN DNDERS OR TABLETOP GAMERS ARE YOU READY FOR SOMETHING SUPER RAD? I HOPE SO ‘CAUSE 

RANDOM

MAP

GENERATOR

WITH

EDITING FEATURES AVAILABLE

IT DOESN’T REALLY DO LAND MASSES OR ANYTHING BUT IT SURE AS HELL WILL MAP THAT CITY/VILLAGE/SHIP/DUNGEON/WHATEVER THAT YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO MAP OUT FOR YOU

SO FUCKING GO WILD

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

This is something I have always encouraged people to consider when writing. If you can afford it, and you have one in your area - TAKE A BODY LANGUAGE CLASS.  It will open your eyes to a whole new world of subtleties you never knew existed. SO worth it as a “Real Life” skill and for all those times when you’re writing and you need your character to react nonverbally.

There is also, in addition to these others, the writer resource book: The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

That’s actually really good character-writing advice, thank you!

Some Writing Prompt Generators

Serendipity (names, places, mapbuilding, etc.) Quick Story Idea Full Story Idea Writing Challenges General Character Quick Character really just all of Seventh Sanctum RPGesque generators Writing Prompts Inspiration Finder Story Arc Fantasy Story Situaton Adventure Chaotic Shiny is just really good in general Random Plot 

reblog for my own reference

/high pitched screeching

John Steinbeck (via maxkirin)