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Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

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You can even make it double sided! 

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

body language masterlist

a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does

a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes

550 words to say instead of fuckin said

638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again

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download these two then setup paint studio right click one of the icons after its done and click “file location” copy the crack files into the main paint studio file then click on the crack.exe till it says ok open paint studio

if you haven’t read stephen king’s book on writing, here are the most useful tips i found after completion:

write your first draft “with the door closed”. that means don’t show it to friends, family, tumblr, etc. until it’s finished to its completion. the second draft is when you can bring it into the light. just get the words down on paper and don’t worry about editing it until it’s all out of your system.

the road to hell is paved with adverbs. everyone loves using adverbs in their work, but it’s often the sign of lazy writing or the inability to express what you’re trying to say. for the first draft, it doesn’t matter; on the second draft, try to eliminate as many as you can and rewrite the sentence to work without it.

the second draft should be 10% less than the first draft. depending on how long your story is (wordcount), this is easy math. when editing, you should be trying to eliminate redundancy, make things easier to understand, and simplify.

kill your darlings. this is by far my favorite piece of writing advice. sometimes, as writers, we become attached or even obsessed with pieces of our writing — a scene, a character, a passage of text — when it doesn’t add anything to the story. i always make a separate document called “outtakes” and put everything i took out (but still loved a lot) in there. that way, it’s out of the story, but you have it saved to be used somewhere else.

identify your ideal reader. this is not someone who loves everything you write and it’s not someone who hates everything you write. an ideal reader is someone who generally appreciates your ideas and wants to give genuine criticism on a project. you must always trust their judgement, even if it means cutting a scene you loved or eliminating an entire chapter for clarity’s sake. in the end, they want what’s best for you. having three or four ideal readers is a key component during the editing process. hang on to these people.

read a lot and write a lot. even if it’s bad, it’ll always teach you a lesson. because screenwriting is radically different than writing a short story or a novel, read more than you watch tv. you’ll avoid the stereotypical “cliches” of movies and tv shows.

after you’ve finished a draft, put it away for awhile before you edit. king says a min 3 months, but it’s honestly whatever you think is best. this means you shouldn’t even open up the document, no matter how tempting. eventually, after some time has passed, you’ll be able to look at it with “fresh eyes”; even though you’re the writer, it’ll look brand new to you and give you a better perspective on editing.

establish a routine. this is one of those tips that everyone has controversy about, because for some people, it’s nearly impossible to write every single day. however, you should identify what times of the day are better for you (daytime vs. nighttime) and where you feel most inspired to write. and if you feel overwhelmed with a “routine” (i.e., writing every single day at 6pm after dinner), try to establish some goals for your novel or short story to keep you on track.

finish it. for most writers, it’s hard to get to the end of the first draft. king says it takes about 3 months for him to finish a novel before he starts on a new project. if 3 months sounds impossible, try to find a goal that fits your schedule but still allows you to get the first draft done before you lose inspiration on the project.

try not to overplan. for some writers, the aspect of planning every detail helps them put the words on the page. everyone is different. but knowing how something is going to end or every single detail from point A to point B can drain your inspiration for a project and make it harder to finish it. instead of planning out everything, try to find a basic idea and run with it — things that don’t make sense or drabble on can be cut out later. just have fun and surprise yourself.

do your research when necessary, but don’t try so hard. most people think they can’t write about certain topics because they “don’t know enough about it”. and while it’s true that you should write about what you know, there’s just a lot of things that you don’t know and won’t ever know, and that shouldn’t stop you from writing about it. king once wrote a novel about a police department without any background information about how it worked in that specific area — he did what research he could and then made the rest of it up. honestly, it doesn’t matter. unless you’re talking about something sensitive — like medical conditions, cultural practices, or anything like that — people won’t care that you mess up the little details. and if you do, your beta readers will likely catch it before you submit to a publisher.

a good idea starts with a “what if” question. it doesn’t need to be this fully-formed, blockbuster idea that’s multi-dimensional and completely fleshed out. king often begins his novels when struck with a passing thought, and he builds off of it during the writing process (getting it down on the page) and not before.

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