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Join our writing family

We are opening up our discord server to non-members, so our writing community can grow. We will be your writing family when the world gets too loud.

You will join a safe writing community where you can just chit-chat, bounce ideas off of one another, share and discuss your writing and art, and ramble as much as you want about your WIP. If you want, you can also stream your favourite writing music or stream yourself writing in real time. You can also help us come up with fun writing prompts and challenges, give us feedback, and suggest changes.

Fun things to do on Discord

Every second Sunday of the month, we host a live reading session on our Discord server, giving you a safe space to read your writing and get encouraging feedback. Every fourth Sunday of the month, we host a live writing session where you can sprint against fellow writers and stream your writing. Every Thursday, you can share your writing progress in our writer's club and chat with fellow writers.

Thanks to some helpful writing bots you can keep track of your WIPs, organize writing sprints and become inspired to write. Our self-programmed bot keeps track of our orders (posts tagged #writeblrcafe) so you also have early access to all posts by talented writers before they are reblogged to our blog.

We are happy to welcome you to Writeblrcafé’s Discord server!

Sometimes, despite enjoying writing so much, something is not working for you. Maybe your well of ideas has run dry. Or your WIP has hit a corner and you can't find your way out to the end of the story. Or you need to go back to your finished draft and see if there are any kinks to clear up.

Fortunately, everyone at Writeblrcafé has experienced such, and to help you out, we have a bunch of links to helpful posts by fellow writers to help you along on your writing journey as well as some helpful links to other websites, resources and software.

General:

WHY IS WRITING IS SO FUCKING HARD? (@writers-hq)

Writer Block First Aid Kit (@isabellestone)

Websites for writers (masterpost @2soulscollide)

Writing advice (masterpost @theliteraryarchitect)

Writing resources (masterpost @stinastar)

One look thesaurus (a reverse dictionary where you can enter words or concepts)

Coming Up with Ideas:

97 Character Motivations (@theplottery)

Character Flaws (@fantasyfillsmysoul)

Character Profile (@mistblossomdesigns)

Characters Unflawed (@emptymanuscript)

Why Theme is More Important than Plot (@theplottery)

Weekly writing prompts on Reedsy

Drafting:

3 of the worst story beginnings (and how to fix them) (@theplottery)

Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion (@myhoniahaka)

Creative Writing for Writers (@writerscreed)

Describing Physical Things (@wordsnstuff)

How to Craft a Natural Plot (@theplottery)

How to Write a Story? (masterpost @creativepromptsforwriting)

How to write: ethnicity & skin colour (@youneedsomeprompts)

What the F is Show Not Tell (@theplottery)

Writing advice from my uni teachers (@thewritingumbrellas)

First Draft: story outlining template meant to help with planning your next big writing project (@fauxriot)

The wonder/ discovery arc (@evelynmlewis)

How to structure a chapter (@theplottery)

How to pace your storytelling (@charlesoberonn)

How to write and research mental illness (@hayatheauthor)

Seven Blogs You Need To Read As An Author (@hayatheauthor)

Editing/Revising:

Eight steps in making the editing process of your book easier (@joaneunknown)

Kill Your Darlings (@tibodine)

Self editing tips (first pass) (@projecttreehouse)

Publishing:

Chill Subs: biggest database for literary magazines and small presses; track your submissions and get your writing published!

5 steps to get your novel ready to self-publish (by @nanowrimo)

Resources for finishing and publishing your novel (masterpost by @nanowrimo)

For self-publishing: this page gives you the exact pixel count of a book spine based on its page count, and/or a template you can use for the correct width/height ratio.

Software:

Scrivener: one time payment of $60 or 70€ (macOS/windows), $24 (iOS; no Euro listed for iOS); used by professionals, many tools to write and organize your novel

Bibisco: free and "pay what you want" version; multilingual, world building, character profiles, writing goals, story timeline, mind maps, notes and more templates to write a novel.

Manuskript: free open source-tool; outliner, novel assistant, distraction-free mode

Ghostwriter: a free and open alternative which has a decent interface with some interesting features, like Hemingway Mode, which disables one's backspace and delete keys, emulating a typewriter.

NaNoWriMo: an international contest to encourage writers to finish writing their novel with many events, groups for exchange with fellow writers, helpful writing advice and help for self-publishing and publishing traditionally.

Campfire Writing: website, desktop app, and mobile app, with tools built in to help manage characters, magic systems, research, etc. It has a great free option, plus monthly, annual, and lifetime purchase options. It also has built-in NaNoWriMo compatibility and a catalogue of tutorials and writing advice videos (suggestion by @harfblarf)

Websites And Writing Apps Every Author Needs In 2023 (@hayatheauthor)

Let us know in the comments if there are any links we could add to it! Reblog this post to help a fellow writer.

Dear writers on tumblr, pour yourself a drink on the house. We've been asking for editors for our webzine in the last few weeks (you can still sign up here). We are focusing on going into different worlds. Now, we can announce that we are accepting writing submissions for it!

Who can submit writing?

All writers can submit writing to our zine, whether you have already published other works. Or have previously shared other writing pieces on [tumblr] or Archive of our own (or similar platforms). Our editors will pick their favourite pieces for each category based on different criteria, the most important thing is how well the pieces fit our theme Portal to Another World.

What kind of writing can I submit?

We are open to any form of writing! You can submit any form of writing from poetry, prose, flash fiction, a short story, song lyrics or even a non-fiction essay. As long as it fits the theme and is unpublished. Our theme is Portal to Another World. Unpublished in this case means it isn't published in print or online. You can't submit excerpts from your WIPs when they can't be understood outside the context of your WIP.

Will you compensate me?

As much as we would love to pay all contributors, we don't have the funds. We discussed this on our server and decided we want our zine accessible to all readers. Understand this is a passion project, so you will not be compensated for your writing. The finished zine will be shared as a free PDF download with a pay-what-you-want option on our KoFi. The little money we make from the zine will be used to fund future projects of writeblrcafé (e.g. a second zine) and boosts for our Discord server.

Where can I submit my writing?

Just fill in the form below! You can submit your writing as a PDF file. The word limit for prose is 2500 words. The limit for poetry is 50 verses. You can only submit one piece of writing. If your piece of writing is longer, feel free to submit it. We will decide on a case-to-case basis. We hope many of you take this chance to collaborate on our webzine, which will be compiled in a compelling design.

Extended submissions deadline: 15th July

Submissions for artwork will open soon!

Writeblrcafé has had a great 5th year thanks to YOU.

We want to show our gratitude and our interest in knowing your opinions. Therefore, we kindly request you to take a minute and fill out this very short form to improve our writing platform for the new year!

We are, above all, a community-based writing platform. Our creed is aspire to inspire, so we need to know what inspires you to write.

We have successfully held our monthly events (live reading & writing sessions) and our weekly writer’s club.

What are we missing? What would be a fun writing challenge? We’re happy to hear you out, so let us know in the feedback form!

TL;DR: Your opinions matter, so take a minute to fill out this short form and help us improve our writing community for 2026. We have some ideas, but feel free to share your own!

Click here to fill in our feedback form anonymously:

Click here to join our fun writing community on Discord:

Writeblrcafé presents: Portal to another world (a collaborative zine)

Great news: We are creating a digital magazine to showcase your wonderful writing and art! The theme is: Portal to another world. All forms of writing in any genre and art in any style are welcome. Submissions will open soon! To ensure that the chosen pieces are great, we need editors. Do you want to help edit our zine? Consider this your chance to become part of this passion project! Apply to become an editor through the GoogleForm below. You need to sign in with your mail to avoid spam.

Update: All editors can contribute writing and art, but they can neither vote for their own piece to be chosen nor can they edit it.

More information will follow soon and you are welcome to ask questions in the comment section of this post and our ask inbox. This is our biggest project yet, but with your help, we can make it work! We don't want to pretend we got it all figured out before we even start working on this zine. But we already have a meticulous planning schedule that estimates our zine can be published on 1st September.

So who's ready to make a zine? Sign up to be an editor or reblog this post to spread the word.

Caterellie @hotpinkmurex & Aki @akiwitch & Sam @failingtoken Tavi @inkwell-passion & Graves @gravesmistake314 & Barlowe & LShark

Great news: Our application form to become a member is open again! Membership is first come, first served, so apply as soon as possible! We have a limit of 20 members and will accept as many writers until that limit is reached. Please read this post before applying (TL;DR below).

Member perks

Members have certain perks, like having their writing prioritized for reblogs. Members also get their own WIP channel on our discord server, as well as a WIP intro on our blog. They also get a member profile on our staff page and their own member tag to filter their writing. Thanks to some helpful writing bots, you can keep track of your WIPs, organize writing sprints, and become inspired to write. If any of that sounds appealing to you, put in an application to become a member!

Member tasks

As a member, you will be invited to our Discord server to help us set up events and writing challenges, as well as create prompts to inspire other writers. You should be active in our writing family and help our writing community grow. Also you are expected to post your writing semi-regularly and showcase it on our blog.

Member support

Our creed: We will be your writing family when the world gets too loud.

We are not a big community of thousand writers, we are rather a writing family in which each member is a valued individually. You will join our safe writing family where you can just chit-chat, bounce ideas off of one another, share and discuss your writing and art, and ramble as much as you want about your WIP. If you want, you can also stream your favourite writing music or stream yourself writing in real-time. Members support each other in their writing process and give constructive feedback if asked.

Apply to become a member here:

TL;DR

Member perks:

faster reblog of your writing + member tag

member profile on our blog

wip channel on our server

wip intro on our blog

supportive writing family

fun stuff to do on our server

play with our writing bots

Member tasks:

create prompts to inspire other writers

help set up events and challenges

support & give feedback to fellow writers

Happy 2025! Let’s clink a cup of tea to the new year!

Writeblrcafé has had a great fourth year thanks to you.

We want to show our gratitude and our interest in knowing your opinions. Therefore, we kindly request you to take a minute and fill out this very short form to improve our writing platform for the new year!

We are, above all, a community-based writing platform. Our creed is aspire to inspire, so we need to know what inspires you to write. These are our events based on your ideas that we implemented this year:

monthly live reading session (hosted on Discord)

monthly live writing session (hosted on Discord)

Secret Valentine and Secret Santa writing exchanges (hosted on Tumblr)

writer's club every Thursday (hosted on Discord)

book club (hosted on Discord)

What are we missing? A 12-hour long write-a-thon where each writer only writes for one hour? Showcasing author profiles with self-promo for published books? Should we bring back our monthly prompt menus or the digital writer interviews? We’re here to hear you out, so let us know in the feedback form!