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Introduction: 

Okay so I know I’m not the only person who struggles with writing things, whether it’s creative or not. And because of that I made a master list of sources I, myself, use because I  know it can be hard to know where to start or what to do.

→Essay Writing

The Hemingway App: Oh, my goodness this little thing has saved my life. it goes through and tells you whether or not your sentences are too complex to understand, because when you have word limits it’s hard to condense

How to Write the Perfect College Essay: Amazing advice (I’m not crushing 5ton this blog at all. Nope), NOT just for college this also applies to AP Lit classes as well. 

Thesis statement: you gotta have one whether your college or high school. This has some great advice regardless of level.

SAT essay tips part 1 & 2: I personally think the SAT, PSAT, and ACT are jokes but sadly ever American junior has to o through it. Great advice though

Essay sketchnotes: always love a good sketchnote picture. But helpful anyway

Admission essays: those are stressful. I didn't even know where to start, but

Long essay tip. Its true, I’ve used this. Helpful!!!

Easybib. Because everyone hates bibliographie (myself included)

→Character development

 The Ultimate Character Questionnaire: Fair warning. This is long. But so so good. Always good to have some needed insights to characters

Writing About Appearance: I just recently found this, and I’m in love. This has helped me so much with my character descriptions. Also its a PDF that’s editable who doesn’t love those?

33 Ways To Write Stronger Characters: theses tops are great, and this blog also has some great posts as well.

Writing From  the Opposite Gender: its always good to know how to write main characters that don’t align with your gender or typical character. I really found some of this to be helpful when i tried writing a short story from a male pov.

How To Effectively Test. Your Character: this is a big post, I think I’ve referred to it like a million times when starting out plots or stories. (I shameless love this blog great advice as well).

Infograph one archetypes: great to print out. Or use it was a reference

Archetype  PDF. Super awesome to have. Brief description, and example

How to  Write Good Bad Guys: everyone loves to hate the bad guys, great tips.

Villain Motivations: great thing to keep in mind when writing.

→Plotting/Structure

The Three Act Explained: This is my life line now, and I wouldn’t have learned it. I used this a lot in a workshop too. Also handy.

7 Steps to The Perfect Story: I had this hanging over my desk in my dorm. It was awesome to look at and easy to understand.

Novel Outline like a Boss: some good advice, here.

→Editing/Revision

Ah yes the dreaded revision and edit that mush of a first draft. Some of these can be used for essays as well.

Grammarly.com: It has an add-on. Its free for most thing but if you do ny membership you get all sorts of perks. (I personally just use the free one)

Editing/Revision tips: I’ve used like almost all of them. some work better than others.

Show and tell balance: everyone struggles. so we’ll struggle together

500 ways to be a Better Writer: I broke down and bought this. so good. I adore blog. But it gets vulgar and a little strange. Still good advice.

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: This book is great. I suggest everyone who wants to edit or write invest. Its also a tough read so take note then apply.

→Other Helpful things:

Write it! Pinterest Board: looove this. You’ll see a couple link are here as well.

The answer is - No.

We had hope for the dinosaurs. Rest in peace.

But the humans? They’re all going to die.

Anyways- chop chop. Let’s get back to work. Oh hey! You with the pizza hat? Why are you wearing a pizza hat? Are you pro-humans or something?

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat: Um-

Narrator: Nevermind. Did you set off the bomb on planet number 21748?

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat: Wow. You’re literally Thanos…

Narrator: Are you high? Who names their kid Thanos? They must really, really despise him. Or is he a her?

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat: You… don’t know who that is?

Narrator: No. NOW PUT THOSE USELESS TENTACLES OF YOURS TO WORK-

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat and two tentacles for legs: Bruh… It’s an Earth thing.

Narrator: Well say goodbye to your friend Thanos cause he is about to die in the worst way possi-

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat and two tentacles for legs: He’s dead.

Narrator: Oh great. My condolences. He seemed like a nice guy. NOW EXTERMINATE THOSE THINGS ON PLANET 21748! I can’t even have a good night’s sleep without dreaming about those creatures crawling across my face. Oh- and their legs.

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat and two tentacles for legs: That planet filled with those cockroaches crawling on the walls with those human legs? Oh we tried. But they survived, bruh…

Narrator: WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SURVIVED?!

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat and two tentacles for legs: Well, fortunately or unfortunately, they found out about them being a stimulation and…

Narrator: Are you stopping for a theatrical effect?

Guy with the pineapple pizza hat and two tentacles for legs: I’m not quite sure if we are in a stimulation right now, bruh…

Narrator: WHAT? N- Are you tell me that right now, they’re reverse engineering our system right now?

Guy with the pineapple hat and two tentacles for legs: You’re 99.3834% right. I’m also 99.949% sure that we are already in a stimulation.

Narrator: And. how are you 99.949% sure we are in a stimulation?

Guy with the pineapple hat and two tentacles: I have tentacles for legs - which I think is really cool upgrade and I’m wearing a pineapple pizza hat. Oh and you have fins for hands, if you didn’t notice. Man… If I were you, I’d just dig a hole and hide away from the rest of the universe. Oh wait- sorry for the insensitive comment. I forgot you have fins for hands.

Narrator- Wow. Level one?

Guy with the pineapple hat and two tentacles for legs which he totally adores: Yeah… But let’s stay optimistic! Who doesn’t love games?!

Narrator: Where’s the nearest cliff where I can serve myself to some sharks…

Guy with the pineapple hat and two tentacles for legs which he totally adores: I can drive you there! Always happy to help! Might earn me a few karma points.

It is so well known that women are better and safer drivers than men that OUR CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE LOWER. Women get into fewer accidents, get fewer DUIs, and receive fewer speeding tickets than men.

“women never shut up”

Several scientific studies have shown that not only do men talk more than women, they also think that women have been talking for much longer than they actually have. Men interrupt and talk over women, dominate conversations, and still think women talk too much.

“women are shallow”

Lol next

“my wife is my ball and chain lmao”

Multiple studies have shown that marriage between men and women: Increases male lifespan, decreases female lifespan Decreases male depression rates, increases female depression rates Decreases male stress levels, increases female stress levels Increases male health and happiness, decreases female health and happiness Increases a man’s chance of getting a raise or promotion, decreases a woman’s chances of getting a raise or promotion

“women are too emotional”

Men love to say this about women after hurting them, in order to shift the blame and dismiss their feelings in one go. In reality, women are taught to hold our tongues and control ourselves quite literally from birth. We’re taught to put men’s needs and wants ahead of our own emotions regardless of the personal cost. Men are taught to do more or less whatever the fuck they want to women. Men take their emotions out on women while women are expected to shove theirs down.

Every writer inevitably gets to that scene that just doesn't want to work. It doesn't flow, no matter how hard you try. Well, here are some things to try to get out of that rut:

1. Change the weather

I know this doesn't sound like it'll make much of a difference, but trust me when I say it does.

Every single time I've tried this, it worked and the scene flowed magically.

2. Change the POV

If your book has multiple POV characters, it might be a good idea to switch the scene to another character's perspective.

9/10 times, this will make the scene flow better.

3. Start the scene earlier/later

Oftentimes, a scene just doesn't work because you're not starting in the right place.

Perhaps you're starting too late and giving too little context. Perhaps some description or character introspection is needed before you dive in.

Alternatively, you may be taking too long to get to the actual point of the scene. Would it help to dive straight into the action without much ado?

4. Write only the dialogue

If your scene involves dialogue, it can help immensely to write only the spoken words the first time round.

It's even better if you highlight different characters' speech in different colors.

Then, later on, you can go back and fill in the dialogue tags, description etc.

5. Fuck it and use a placeholder

If nothing works, it's time to move on.

Rather than perpetually getting stuck on that one scene, use a placeholder. Something like: [they escape somehow] or [big emotional talk].

And then continue with the draft.

This'll help you keep momentum and, maybe, make the scene easier to write later on once you have a better grasp on the plot and characters.

Trust me, I do this all the time.

It can take some practice to get past your Type A brain screaming at you, but it's worth it.

So, those are some things to try when a scene is being difficult. I hope that these tips help :)

Okay, so, I’m here today to answer all of your guys’ questions. And the first main question that you guys have been asking me is, “What am I going to do now that the conversatorship’s over with?” Very good question.

Well, let’s see, I’ve been in the conservatorship for 13 years. It’s a really long time to be in a situation you don’t want to be in. So, I’m just grateful honestly for each day and being able to have the keys to my car, and being able to be independent like a woman… owning an ATM card and seeing cash for the first time, being able to buy candles. It’s the little things for us women, but it makes a huge difference. And I’m grateful for that, you know? It’s nice; it’s really nice.

But I am not here to be a victim. I lived with victims my whole life as a child. That’s why I got out of my house, and I worked for 20 years, and worked my ass off! I’m here to be an advocate for people with real disabilites and real illnesses. I’m a very strong woman, so I can only imagine what the system has done to those people. So, hopefully, my little story… hopefully, my story can make an impact and make some changes in the corrupt system.

And the #FreeBritney movement: you guys rock! Honestly, my voice was muted and threatened for so long and I wasn’t able to speak up or say anything. And because of you guys and awareness, and kind of knowing what was going on, and delivering that news to the public for so long… you gave awareness to all of them. Because of it, I think you guys honestly saved my life in a way, 100%.

And I know there’s a lot of jokes about the #FreeBritney movement. “We’re not free; we’re expensive!” Okay, birdies, I’m expensive too!

But, anyways, with that said, let’s move forward. God bless you all. Everyone have a good year, a good Christmas, and rock on!