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I’m one of those people who after 3 years of formal education in Writing, still struggles to wrap my noggin around themes so this is what I do instead!

Choose a theme and build up the book chapter by chapter by illustrating avenues of the theme in each chapter.

1. Choose a Concept. Generally a specific argument, message or theme works for me. The rest should expand on that idea. 

For example: The Concept is Compassion and the message; Everyone needs someone in their lives.

The first chapter should state the theme in some way. Narration works, but symbolism can be even greater if you plan it right.

2. Make a list of sub-concepts building the understanding of the story’s message. Freewriting about what you want to say then breaking it down into concepts might make things easier. 

For example: 

Compassion isn’t restricted to a single person.

Letting go of something in order to accept a new reality.

Loneliness grips even the most introverted people.

If you already have some ideas about your story, you may be able to get some ideas from this. Try imagining two people arguing apposite views of this concept.

3. Make a chapter list somewhere in a margin. Intentionally making the space you can work with small forces you to write only footnotes. Write down ideas for scenes and if possible, attach them to your scenes.

4. Reorganize the scenes in a way that at least kind of makes sense. If you feel something needs to happen between two parts but you don’t know what just write: “something happens”

5. Start writing what you want to. Just go with the clearest image you have in your head at the time and keep going. Usually, things put themselves together quite well. Don’t worry too much about straying from the path. Just get the first draft done.

6. Don’t write everything at once. Writing around 2000 words or a chapter per week works for me. Gives you time to consider it.

7. Put down what was done and keep going. 

I’m a Cardboard Box. How do we fix this?

The Key Questions: 

Tip: Only write what’s relevant/necessary to the story. It’s not a biography.

1. Who am I? What am I? What do I do?

Relevant personal information of the character, such as age, gender, sexuality ext. Think things like species or race. If it changes the POV or how the character is written, then it comes here. 

2. What do I want?

A good piece of advice I once read was to give your characters two goals and make it so that one has to be sacrificed to obtain the other. You can get creative with this thought.

3. What can I not bear to lose?

Originally this was ‘What is the worst thing that can happen to me?’ but I think this is too vague. I always say that in my worst times not leaving behind my sister is my reason to continue living. If I lost her, I can’t imagine how I would exist. So what is that concept for your character?

Choose a character. It doesn’t have to be your main character, but try choosing one that develops during the course of the story. 

Now start with question 1 and write down the answers to those questions. You’ll get ideas as you write. 

Make a new paragraph and write: How will I use this? Write down scene ideas, actions or dialogue that reflects what you have written. 

Do this for each number. I add an extra section at the end for just writing what comes to mind before moving on. 

Do this for each character. A good idea is doing this for the Main Character, The Ally and The Antagonist. (PS: Try thinking of the antagonist as if they are the protagonist. Write in each character’s perspective.)

Now you have lists of scenes you can weave into the plot of your story to add some subtext, foreshadowing and stakes! As for the above three questions…

By combining the scenes and answers from Question 1 => You have content for the introduction/Act 1

Combining scenes and answers from Question 2 => Internal conflict challenged and reflected by external conflicts. (Act 2)

And combining scenes and answers from Question 3 => Your Climax and darkest moments. This also reflects the characters’ fears and can be what prevents them from actually achieving the goals in Question 2!

You don’t have to follow this exactly, but it’s a good thing to know if you don’t know where to put a scene. You also don’t have to add all of them. By the end of this exercise, you should have more than enough story fodder to help you trudge through the trials and tribulations of writing. :)

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You have to set Wacom’s drivers to report their full 2048 levels of pressure. On Windows machines, they default to 1024 levels of pressure reportage for legacy compatibility.

I mentioned this on Twitter and it blew a few people’s brain-pans out their collective skulls. I don’t think folks know. I imagine 90% of people with 2048 Wacom hardware have left that option checked.

Hi guys! I spent all day working on this and I’m really excited to show you!

→ https://artres.xyz/ideas/

A pic of it in action:

Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this, please consider reblogging it or sharing it with your friends! It really helps me out! ❤️ Have feedback or ideas for the generator? Let me know by messaging me at  @astrikos

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create pixel art

Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!

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draw some cool generative art

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create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)

paint online

another awsome site to create pixel art on

and another one

create your own mandala

or color one

create an avatar

or you can try creating your own superhero

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

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here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

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more jig saw puzzles to solve

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another sound creator

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try this app for building a website

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Make your own Glitch art

Here’s another glitch art maker

And another!

Holy hell, here’s a third!

make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64

freaking cool text generator!

Easy to use word processor

Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)

Write an essay on anything with no hassle

Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?

Make pictures out of text

ASCII word generator

Need an idea for some fanart-here :D

mario

cubefield

sleep calculator essay typer

rice questions

maths 

artsy-fartsy pretty thing

quotes

survive nature

rain

tumblr music

calming rain

themes

backgrounds [x] 

loads of references

Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:

watch a documentary

learn to code

do something yourself

workout with the help of this great youtube channels

learn things

play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games

waste your time on miniclip

play games at additing games

or try games at agame

calm your thoughts

the quiet place

it will be okay

vent or listen to someone

pour out your soul

explore the sky

look at art from around the world

virtually visit museum of iraq

explore world with arounder

create a music playlist

list through rare books

scroll useful science website

create sand art

brain games

try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book

interactive 3D anatomy

random street view

post a secret

create a family tree

find our what’s the difference between x and y

help scientists and become volunteer researcher

create your own font

read a classic short story

In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?

scribble on maps

listen to letters

play with acrobots

listen to podcasts

make a bucket list

Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?

Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!

Zone out watching the colors drip down

Sprite generator!

Face Generator/Creator!

Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….Or maybe you have a Gemsona that you want to create, but don’t have the energy to draw!

This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!

Gemsona stuffs;

Just a straight up character gemsona creator

Here’s another

Not sure what gem to go with, or where? 

OR maybe your unsure about more than just that?

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Here’s another one

and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work

Need Monsterpeople?

Well, then here ya’ go

Maybe you need Cats?

Diversity

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships

character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

Clothing generator

Another clothing generator

More clothing generator

Aaaand even more

Steam punk clothing

Char Style preference

Dress Generator

DETAILS

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

Oh shit someone died

Backgrounds and stuff? yep

Quirks

Personality. you need that shit

Need something fandom related?

City generator hell yeah

location? got ya

World-building?

make your own god damn laws

Landscape.

Need Item names?

Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names

Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.

Item & Artifact Generators

Other stuffs!

Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators

How did your characters meet?

Fanfic plots. you bet your ass.

Other Other stuffs!

Wanna make a custom minecraft skin?

Well then these’ll work!

This one too~

WAIT!…if none of that worked, then maybe you want to make a southpark style character?

Here!

Well, this one’s nice too~

And another..

Aaaand another!

UNDERTALE STUFFS;

Undertale character speech box creator!

Want inspiration for an Undertale Oc?

OR a super Edgy Undertale Theory generator?

Maybe you just want to read some funny Sans Puns!

TMNT STUFFS;

How about a TMNT creator?

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