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DEAR READER
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
NASA
if i look back, i am lost
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Sade Olutola
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@besidelights
site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word
site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition
site that gives you words that rhyme with a word
site that gives you synonyms and antonyms
THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS
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Instead of whispered, consider:
murmured
mumbled
muttered
breathed
sighed
hissed
mouthed
uttered
intoned
susurrated
purred
said in an undertone
gasped
hinted
said low
said into someone’s ear
said softly
said under one’s breath
said in hushed tones
insinuated
aye lil mama let me insinuate in ya ear
hello again, im sorry to pester you, but i have exams in a week or so and i was wondering if you had any essays up your sleeve that are written particularly well, as I think it is just my writing style that I fall down on. Thank you so much for any help.
well-written essays. okay.
i don’t know how to quantify or qualify what makes these stand out to me. some are cool and arch and elegant, and some are rough and jagged and white-hot with fury, some are scientific, some are intimate. for some it’s to do with the voice and others it’s the rhythm or the structure or the lexicon or the ways of looking. i’ve included links to all of them—if you’re searching for stylistic inspiration i’d suggest rifling through until you find one that hooks you.
susan sontag, “notes on camp” and “illness as metaphor”
richard hofstadter, “the paranoid style in american politics”
marina warner, “chamber of secrets: the sorcery of angela carter”
bell hooks, “is paris burning?“ and ”killing rage“ and ”understanding patriarchy”
d.l. rosenhan, “being sane in insane places“ (tw: mental illness)
anne carson, “decreation”
david grann, “the mark of a masterpiece”
garrett hardin, “the tragedy of the commons”
frank kermode, “the end”
tim b’brien, “how to tell a true war story”
david simon, “in baltimore, no one left to press the police”
laura mulvey, “visual pleasure and narrative cinema”
virginia woolf, “on being ill” and “a room of one’s own” and “the death of the moth”
rachel carson, “the marginal world”
anthony lane, “the master”
philip gourevitch, “after the genocide” (tw: brutality, murder)
janet malcolm, “iphigenia in forest hills”
james baldwin, “notes of a native son”
oscar wilde, “the truth of masks” and ”the soul of man under socialism”
donald barthelme, “not-knowing”
david foster wallace, “consider the lobster“ and ”shipping out”
annie dillard, “the death of a moth”
hélène cixous, “the laugh of the medusa”
george orwell, “politics and the english language”
naomi klein, “baghdad: year zero”
aldous huxley, “the doors of perception”
elaine scarry, “on beauty and being just”
neal stephenson, “mother earth mother board”
george packer, “the megacity”
salman rushdie, “the disappeared”
chris jones, “the honor system”
david eagleman, “the brain on trial”
mark bowden, “the dark art of interrogation“ (tw: torture)
peter stark, “freezing to death” (tw: death, body horror)
jessica mitford, “behind the formaldehyde curtain“ (tw: death)
philip larkin, “the pleasure principle”
roland barthes, mythologies
maria bustillos, “not fade away”
alice walker, “looking for zora”
oliver sacks, “speed”
joan didion, “after life” (tw: death) and “some dreamers of the golden dream”
james gleick, “seeing faster”
mike jay, “the reality show” (tw: mental illness)
hunter s. thompson, “he was a crook”
michael chabon, “the omega glory”
zadie smith, “joy“ and ”speaking in tongues”
elif bautman, “the murder of leo tolstoy”
Hey writers!
First lines
Character names + descriptions
Plot twists
Titles
Scenarios
Images
Random inspiration
they’re all the same website but i figured i’d just link all of them so you can go to whichever you need (:
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
updated with links
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Hey everyone! As NaNoWriMo approaches, and the month of November itself, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a masterpost of tips, techniques, and preparation exercises. I did not make any of the content listed below myself, so credit goes directly to the respective content creators. Happy writing, and remember- keep your head up. It’s not about quality, it’s about finishing. You got this. Good luck.
NANOWRIMO ADVICE:
10 Tips from the Writing Box
Five Things I Wish I’d Known Going Into My First NaNoWriMo
Pre-NaNoWriMo Tips
October 31st Planning Advice
How To: Write a Novel in 30 Days
How To: Start Your Novel
7 Habits of Highly Effective Writers
Is Your Novel Working?
Story Idea Generator
How To: Reach Your NaNoWriMo Goal
Staying Motivated
GENERAL WRITING TIPS:
Developing a Well Paced Novel
How To: Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
The Opening Hook
How To: Write a Novel
Effectively Outlining Your Plot
Developing Your Style
Novel Outlining 101
9 Simple Writing Habits
Dialogue Writing
Busting Your Writing Rut
CHARACTER BUILDING:
Name Generator
Name Playground
Behind the Name
Characterization Tips
Character Chart
Seven Common Character Types
Advice for Writing Specific Characters
Pre-Writing Characters
Main Character Tropes
Creating a Likeable Character
The Universal Mary Sue Test
Myers Briggs Personality Test
100 Positive Traits
Character Development Exercises
Eight Bad Characters
Using Mental Illness in Your Writing
Family Tree Designer
123 Character Flaws
Writing Realistic Platonic Male Friendships
Writing Intriguing Male and Female Characters
Writing POCs
Writing Sexuality
Writing Primary Characters
Writing Secondary Characters
PLOT & CONFLICT:
How To: Write Without a Plot
36 Dramatic Situations
Tips for Writing a Compelling Plot
Plot Development
The Art of Foreshadowing
Plotting Without Fears
What is Conflict?
Conflict Test
5 Tips for Writing an Effective Plot Twist
How To: Outline Your Novel in 30 Minutes
25 Ways to Plot, Plan, and Prep
Plot Bank
The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development
12 Things to Keep in Mind When Writing an Ending
Various Plot Resources
a list of sounds
high heels clacking on the marble tiles of a church
a soda can being opened
a plastic-covered library book being pressed flat, crunching the binding
a marble rolling on a wooden floor
wood popping and crackling as it burns
oh my god
I’m cleansed
can someone explain the alignment chart for me but in like, the simplest wording possible lmao
lawful good: i want to do the right thing, and following society’s rules is the best way to do that
neutral good: i want to do what’s right, and i’m willing to bend or break the rules as long as no one gets hurt
chaotic good: i’m willing to do whatever it takes as long as it’s to do the right thing
lawful neutral: following the rules of society is the most important thing, and that matters more to me than doing what’s right
true neutral: i just want myself and the people i care about to be happy
chaotic neutral: i want my freedom, and i don’t care what i have to do to keep it
lawful evil: to impede the protagonists (in whatever evil way) is my primary goal, but i follow my own code of morals even when it’s inconvenient
neutral evil: to impede the protagonists (in whatever evil way) is the my primary goal, and while i’ll do what it takes to achieve it, i also won’t go out of my way to do unnecessary damage
chaotic evil: i relish in destruction and want to do as much damage as possible while i try to achieve my primary goal
Word Counter - Not only does it count the number of words you’ve written, it tells you which words are used most often and how many times they appear.
Tip Of My Tongue - Have you ever had a word on the tip of your tongue, but you just can’t figure out what it is? This site searches words by letters, length, definition, and more to alleviate that.
Readability Score - This calculates a multitude of text statistics, including character, syllable, word, and sentence count, characters and syllables per word, words per sentence, and average grade level.
Writer’s Block (Desktop Application) - This free application for your computer will block out everything on your computer until you meet a certain word count or spend a certain amount of time writing.
Cliche Finder - It does what the name says.
Write Rhymes - It’ll find rhymes for words as you write.
Verbix - This site conjugates verbs, because English is a weird language.
Graviax - This grammar checker is much more comprehensive than Microsoft Word, again, because English is a weird language.
Sorry for how short this is! I wanted to only include things I genuinely find useful.
Hemingway is a writing checker that is absolutely brilliant.
checks all spellings for you
checks if you’re over-using adverbs
picks out over-complicated sentences
suggests replacements for over-complicated phrases
picks out the passive voice
tells you how readable your text is (Grades/College level/etc)
calculates reading time
USE IT. USE IT FOR YOUR FANFICS. USE IT FOR YOUR PAPERS. IT WILL SAVE. YOUR. LIFE.
*heavy breathing*
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Lana Del Rey by Jork Weismann
i am stupid for free. no one pays me to be this stupid and i think that’s very brave
I feel like this is the realest most exposing moment of the 21st century
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Schuster. Detail from Still Life with Thistle, Harebells, Rosehips and a Nuthatch, 19th Century.
Jack Devilliers (French, 1944-2014)
Hands (Les Mains), N/D
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