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MY FRIEND JUST SENT ME THISBAOUHEKXBEJ
How I'm FINALLY finishing my wip
I told my little sister if I don't finish 10,000 words in 10 days that I have to do anything she wants for a week đ
mind you this is a middle schooler so if one week from now I stop posting, uh send help
i have THE ULTIMATE POWERRRR
reblog to bonk the person you reblogged it from with a hollow cardboard tube
HOW TO FIND A PLOT WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS CHARACTERS AND A SETTING (and has built in character development!)
I'm looking at you oc community
YAY you have a world. Great! Now write down what happens on a normally- what are your character's daily routine. And my favorite part, why is that their routine. What makes them choose that? Are they constantly doing new thing cause they're afraid to be by themselves? Are they constantly by themselves because they are afraid of rejection? What would take this comfort zone and burn it to the ground. Create a list of ideas and pick your favorite.
Create a list of each character's goals and motivation, I'll be making a post on how to find that soon btw. Can the plot be based of these goals?
Pick THE MOST IMPORTANT goals.
Find the characters with different goals. YAY conflict!
You have to know your characters fears for this part. Not like heights like no one will ever love me if I'm not always perfect.
How are they dissatisfied with life:
What do they think will bring them happiness:
What could they do to be happy:Â
How has their fear stopped them from taking this action:
How do they think they can get their goal without doing the thing that makes them afraid:
6. Then use the situation in point 1 to create the environment that kick starts it. Use the goals and motivations to show why they do actions and boom!
Happy writing!
Things almost every author needs to research
How bodies decompose
Wilderness survival skills
Mob mentality
Other cultures
What it takes for a human to die in a given situation
Common tropes in your genre
Average weather for your setting
WRITING PSA
The three types of subplots:
Serving - directly increases the difficulty of the main plot
Enhancing - clarifies the stakes of the main plot
Contrasting - works against the goals of the main plot but in doing so illuminates the values of the main plot
What if you finish your wip??
What if its good? Better than you imagined?
What if people read it? What if someone loves it?
What if someone memorizes that one quote they love?
What if you get that agent?
What if it becomes a movie?
What if you are someone's favorite author?
What if it helps someone?
What if it all works out?
What if someone is touched?
What if it's more important than you ever expected?
What if it changes your life?
What if someone gets the courage to do that one thing they couldn't of before?
What if you are proud of it?
What if someone see's themselves in your writing?
What if you finish your wip?
Create your characters voice
Write one to ten pages (I usually do 5 for major character, 1 or 2 for side characters) as your character. Anything they would say, opinions, diary entries, complaining, etc.
Ooooh I have collected some helpful things to maybe include:
adopting slang from people they are close too/love interest
do they have a raspy voice? High pitched? Overly sweet? Commanding? Figure that out.
to make characters have their own voice vary rhythm, word choice, use of profanity, how much they talk about themselves or others, their politics.
Take some dialogue and ask if readers would be able to tell who is speaking with no context.
Write an AITA post from their point of view.
Identify what role your character has, a leader? a follower? a disrupter? a rebel? an antagonist? a peacemaker? How does that change the way they speak?
The character traits will tell you what your characters will say or how they will say it.
not me reading four books at the same time đ
Animal Farm
Anna Karanina
The lighting theif
The life and crimes of Hoodie Rosen
If you see this youâre legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book youâre currently reading
This is how many bullets they shot on a fucking kid.
Hot (medium lukewarm) writing take
Life and death stakes are not enough to motivate your characters (most times), they have to have other motivations. Why are they staying alive otherwise?
The only exception I can really think of is if you writing about a character choosing to live, I still think that even that is iffy.
Oh no! My magic system has taken my soul! (why you are working too hard on your magic system)
I don't say this a lot, but the ideas around creating magic systems are way too strict. People will go to writing checklists and follow "writing experts" advice. It'll be something like "what is the cost of using magic?" or "who can use it", which are fine. If that helps you, continue doing it.
In my humble opinionâ
YOU DO NOT NEED TO FOLLOW A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES FOR THIS PART OF YOUR STORY! Honestly, that's probably going to make it a lot harder.
What type of magic/supernatural occurrence works for the story you are telling?
Do that.
If you need less of a power imbalance, create costs of using magic. If you need limitations, add limitations. If your story works better without them, don't include them.
All you need to do is make sure you are consistent.
DO WHATEVER SERVES YOUR STORY, NOTHING MORE OR LESS IS NEEDED!
How to make your creatures scientifically realistic âïœĄÂ°â©
So, what makes a character realistic? How they fit into their environment. Creatures must either adapt to their environment or die. The environment is very important thing to designing scientifically accurate creatures.
What is the temperature? Are there seasons? If so, how do they affect the wildlife?
How much water is in the environment? Where do they get this water from (water vapor, ocean, rivers, etc.)
What does the ground consist of?
How long is the day vs the night? How much light do they get?
What is the elevation?
You don't need to know exact numbers, but you should have a general idea. These factors (not limited to only these), influence the species that live in the area. How is your species adapted to these environments. Think about the things you need to survive, like food, water, shelter, etc.
The other animals will also affect this. What lives there? Who is the predator and the prey? What, if any, plants live there? How does your creature fit into this?
You can also use existing traits from animals in environments today. For example, thick fur in colder temperatures. Or creatures like whales, having to breath air even though they live in the water.
The most important thing is to stick to it. YOU MAKE THE RULES BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert; this is only based off what I've learned. Feel free to correct anything or ask questions.
How to feel alive/stop being bored out of your mind, a guide for losers
jump on your bed, write something teeny tiny on the walls, break a small rule
get a dollar worth of pennies and write lucky on them and drop one or two at places you go
bury something small that you like in a place you feel safe
make a small bracelet/anklet, even if its just a piece of sting and never take it off
take a really really cold shower
go star gazing/look at the moon
write a letter to your past/future self
write bad poetry/nice messages and tuck it into books at the library
sit and listen to a song that was your favorite four or five years ago, don't do anything else but sit and listen to it
make a trash journal. Get a cheap notebook and write down EVERYTHING in there, carry it around with you. It will help you figure out who you are/remind you that you are a person.
when was the last time you felt alive? Like really alive? If you remember, write it down in as much detail as you can. If you don't know, write down a time you were happy or very angry. Honestly, any strong emotion will work.
create a bad drawing, like kindergartener level. If you want, fold it up and stick it onto your fridge.
block that person
tell someone how much you appreciate them
put old things you don't need anymore in a box, write take care of it on top, and leave it somewhere
write positive graffiti in public restroom stalls
bake bread
REMINDER
If it is difficult to write or you don't like your writing, that means you're growing as a writer, not that you're a bad writer.
Are you having a bad day???
person to vent to for free: Welcome (7cups.com)
pasta recipe: https://www.tumblr.com/rats-are-cute-recipes/754587480534171648/penne-alla-vodka?source=share
random websites to get your mind off it:
broken self .com by rafaël rozendaal, 2007 (you get to break stuff)
TW!!!!!, this is to help prevent sh (it mimics it by letting you do it to the screen) DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DONT WANT TO SEE THAT fatal to the flesh .com by rafaël rozendaal, 2004, collection of miltos manetas
not boring meditation The Zen Zone
nostalgic web simulation lots of games WINDOWS93
You make a dating game for rats AlgoRat
Read free books:
Anna and the French kiss: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kBHWo113DJ2w6JXeMyd1D9gDob-p4bVC/view?usp=sharing
song of achilles: the song of achilles - Google Drive
Coraline: Coraline by Neil Gaiman - Google Drive
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self care for when you're exhausted: Pinterest
this is a safe space for people who think theyâre âbadâ writers btw youâre not a bad writer, youâre learning and i love you
*grabs your shoulders and gently shakes you* you were just a child!!! You canât keep blaming yourself for what happened!!!! No one can say you shouldâve known what to do!!!!! You did your best at the expense of yourself!!!!! Forgive yourself for what you didnât do, how could you have known to do it then??? You were a child!!!!
HELL YEAH, SUPPORT ARTISTS!!!
Writing tips/reminders that help me actually write
Characters are not the same thing as people, you don't need to show every scene and they don't need to be hyper "realistic", they just have to move your story
A character's purpose should be known before personality. Take your plot, think of the different perspectives in it, turn those perspectives into people, give those people roles, THEN give them a personality based on their roles.
ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT YOU TO WRITE
Dialogue is very very very important, use it, and make it affect (effect???) your characters
Know how to describe your plot in one or two sentences.
You should probably learn the difference between affect and effect but ehhhhhhh
Let things happen, if what you planned doesn't make sense for a character then change the plan. CHARACTERS ARE BASED AROUND YOUR IDEA FOR THE PLOT BUT THE CHARACTERS DRIVE THE PLOT
Create conflict between your characters!!!! And make them fight over something, not just fight.
Create an outline and edit the outline until it flows. This will save you soooooo much time.
Base your backstories on personalities, come up with the beliefs they need first and then go back and figure out why
POV MATTERS A LOT
Experiment with different writing processes, there is no one way to write.
And be kind to yourself, remember it's not supposed to be easy, it's normal to not know what to do. Writer's block will always happen to anyone and it definitely doesn't make you less of a writer.
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What you HAVE TO know about your characters
Name:
Appearence:
Age:
Role:
Why the have that role, not based on the plot but based on the characters core beliefs and how that affects the plot:
Beliefs:
Motivations:
Who they were raised to be vs who they are/are becoming:
Plans for the future:
How they feel about themselves and how it affects their behavior:
Why do they even matter: