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"I have always loved too much, or not enough. Last night I read a poem about God and almost believed it — God sipping coffee, smoking cherry tobacco. I've arrived at a time in my life when I could believe almost anything."

M O R D L U S T ; preview

Aspiring businessman-turned-thief Aleksander Fox has stolen the enchanted cloak of the Swan Prince. When it falls into the hands of the assassin Vératre, both find themselves entangled in a much grander conspiracy.

T A G L I S T

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“your country’s trying to take over/annex my country and you’re making it difficult to hate you because you’re so nice and attractive stop it” au

“we’ve been engaged to be married since we were three but this is the first time we’ve met and your portraits really don’t do you justice” au

“i’m a prince/ss and you’re a servant and we’re not supposed to hang out but we’re gonna fall in love anyways” au

“i’m a prince/ss and you’re my bodyguard and we’re so not supposed to bang but we kind of did anyways” au (bonus: limo sex is great sex)

princess diaries style “i grew up not knowing i was royal and suddenly my royal grandparent showed up out of nowhere and told me i was so now i guess i’m the heir to the throne and you’re my crush from my pre-royal days but i still have a crush on you” au

alternately, “i grew up not knowing i was royal and now i guess i’m heir to a throne and you’re the guy who’s supposed to be teaching me how to be royal bc i suck at it and oops we made out” au

“i’m a prince/ss from a small country nobody’s heard of and i’m in college pretending not to be royal and you’re another student who’s always calling me out on my bs” au

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

Your story is valid if you don’t know about the classic literature of the eastern city folk.

Your story is valid despite you not knowing how the garbage disposal of medieval cities works.

Stop.

Telling.

Writers.

They can’t/shouldn’t write until they have everything figured out. Figuring out the world, and knowing what you need, partially comes from writing the story. Not everyone is Tolkien.

Not everyone can or NEEDS to know every single detail about the world.

How to write it

How to write romance

Love Language - Showing, not telling love

Love Language - Showing you care

Honeymoon

Slow burn

Forbidden Romance (+ prompts)

Reasons for a break-up while still loving each other

How to write a wedding

How to create quick chemistry

How to write enemies to lovers (+ prompts)

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

Arranged matrimony for royalty (+ prompts)

Date gone wrong

Academic rivals to lovers

Romantic Fall Date Ideas

How to write a polyamorous relationship

Milestones in a relationship

How to write age difference

Fluffy Kiss Scene

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Prompt Lists

Romance Prompt List Part I + Part II + Part III + Part IV

Bad ones, unrequited, break-up Part I + Part II

Flirting - Successful and unsuccessful Part I + Part II

Two smart and also stupid people in love

Push and pull romantic prompts

Co-workers - Hate to love

Lovers to enemies

Love to hate relationship

Romantic One-Liners Part I

Smutty One-Liners Part I + Part II + Part III

Physical One-Liners Part I +  Part II

Jealousy + Things said during sex prompts

Moving in together

OTP Christmas Prompts

Prompts about kissing

Romance Sentence Starters

Romantic Question Prompts

Domestic Fluff Prompts

Fluff Prompts

Romantic, non-sexual intimacy prompts

OT3 Prompts

OT3 ideas

Royalty Prompts - Loyal companion x Princess Romance

Royalty Prompts - Prince/ss x Commoner - Revealing royal heritage

Royalty Prompts - Knight x Princess

Fake Dating Royalty Prompts

Forbidden royal love prompts

Arranged matrimony for royalty

Arranged Marriage Royalty AU Events

Royal Arranged Marriage Dialogue Prompts

Hurt/Comfort Dialogue Prompts

Hurt/Comfort Prompts

Roommates to Lovers Prompts Part I + Part II

Professor/TA Romance

Friends with benefits to lovers Prompts

Flirting Prompts - Oblivious and flirty

Teasing Prompts

Unrequited Love Prompts

Dramatic/Break-up Dialogue Prompts

Romance Dialogue Prompts – Uncomfortable with affection

Matchmaking Prompts

Valentine’s Day Prompts

Fake Dating/Marriage/Engagement Prompts

Fake Dating Dialogue Prompts

Fake Dating AUs

Fake Dating Prompts

Fake Relationship Break-up Prompts

Hand-holding

Kisses

Hugs

Touching

Physical Reactions

Casual Affections

Accidental Kisses

Seeking out physical affection

Love Confessions

Love confession - Screaming at each other

Drunken Love Confessions

Lovers being caught Prompts

Ways to say ‘I love you’

Love Triangle Ideas

Soulmates AUs

Second chance trope

Cooking/Baking Dialogue Prompts

Quiet movie night Prompts

Exes to lovers

Reluctant allies to friends to lovers dynamic

Best friends to lovers Prompts

Childhood friends to lovers Prompts

Co-workers - Hate to love (1 + 2)

Matchmaking at Work Prompts

Secret Dating at Work Prompts

50 Cute Date Ideas

Moving in together

Introducing partner(s) to family

Meeting the family Prompts

Proposal Prompts

Elopement Prompts

Parallel Universe Romance Prompts (x)

Lover being hurt Prompts

Relationship Problems

‘Imagine your OTP’ Prompts

actions have consequences. things that your characters do inevitably can affect other people around them. what might they have done in the past that could come back and serve as an obstacle? or, maybe, what could they do now that could possibly raise the stakes just a little bit more?

subplots! be mindful of the subplots you’re adding - but sometimes it might be a good idea to include one if your plot is feeling a little bit empty. not only can it tie back into the overarching struggle, but it could also serve as a way to explore one of your characters or points further.

character exploration. get to know your characters a little bit better! let your readers find out something new. connecting and understanding the people within your story is important if you want your readers to grow attached to them.

world exploration. similar to the previous point, with the addition of creating a greater sense of familiarity of the circumstances that your story is taking place in. remember that nobody else knows the world of your wip as well as you do - illustrate it even further so everyone else can grasp it even better.

Deco-Punk Mechanical Arm by Nicholas Hunter 

1. I only need to make changes I want to make with my writing.

2. My writing doesn't have to please anyone but me.

3. I am a valid writer, no matter what topics I write about or what kind of characters I create.

4. I am generous for even sharing my writing, and I need to start giving myself the same respect and appreciation that I give my writer friends when they share their writing.

5. I will not let anon hate bring me down. It is a callout to THEIR issues, not mine.

6. I will love my works with a fiery zest and if I am unable to love what I am currently working on, I will change it until I can or take a break until I am in a mindset that is able to.

7. I am able. I am capable. I am valid. I am respectable. I am amazing.

8. (For people writing in their second language) I am a badass linguist that can write in a language I didn't start speaking as a baby. I am incredible. Even if my grammar or spelling aren't perfect, I am still incredible because I can even write anything in a second language. I will not let the haters tell me otherwise.

9. I am a TRUE writer. I write, therefore I am a writer.

10. I will not let the "silly" self-deprecating humor on writeblr seep into my brain and start being how I really think. If this starts to happen, I will focus on building myself up rather than trying to be funny or relatable through self-deprecating humor. My mental health comes first; humor is not a necessity to be beloved.

😭😭😭😭😭 you just perfectly summarized my hopes for this blog. What I hope to do when I make my posts - remind people over and over and over that their deprecating jokes/posts aren't really true. They are NOT terrible. They are NOT invalid. They are NOT bad writers. They are NOT this or that.