melindawrites: emotionalmilkshake:thewritersarchive:This is an ultimate masterlist of many resou

melindawrites: emotionalmilkshake: thewritersarchive: This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x). ✑ PLANNING Outlining & Organizing For the Architects: The Planning Process Rough Drafts How do you plan a novel? Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character Plotting and Planing I Have An Idea for a Novel! Now What? Choosing the Best Outline Method How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method Effectively Outlining Your Plot Conflict and Character within Story Structure Outlining Your Plot Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets ✑ INSPIRATION Finding story ideas Choosing ideas and endings When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story Writing a story that’s doomed to suck How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers Finishing Your Novel Finish Your Novel How to Finish Your Novel when You Want to Quit How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan ✑ PLOT In General 25 Turns, Pivots and Twists to Complicate Your Story The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development Originality Is Overrated How to Create a Plot Outline in Eight Easy Steps Finding Plot: Idea Nets The Story Goal: Your Key to Creating a Solid Plot Structure Make your reader root for your main character Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations Adding Subplots to a Novel Weaving Subplots into a Novel 7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel Crafting a Successful Romance Subplot How to Improve your Writing: Subplots and Subtext Understanding the Role of Subplots How to Use Subtext in your Writing The Secret Life of Subtext How to Use Subtext Beginning Creating a Process: Getting Your Ideas onto Paper (And into a Story) Why First Chapters? Starting with a Bang In the Beginning The Beginning of your Novel that isn’t the Beginning of your Novel A Beginning from the Middle Starting with a Bang First Chapters: What To Include @ The Beginning Writer 23 Clichés to Avoid When Beginning Your Story Start Writing Now Done Planning. What Now? Continuing Your Long-Format Story How to Start a Novel  100 best first lines from novels The First Sentence of a Book Report How To Write A Killer First Sentence To Open Your Book How to Write the First Sentence of a Book The Most Important Sentence: How to Write a Killer Opening Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings Foreshadowing Foreshadowing and the Red Hering Narrative Elements: Foreshadowing Foreshadowing and Suspense Foreshadowing Key Details Writing Fiction: Foreshadowing The Literary Device of Foreshadowing All About Foreshadowing in Fiction Foreshadowing Flashbacks and Foreshadowing Foreshadowing — How and Why to Use It In Your Writing Setting Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life Write a Setting for a Book Writing Dynamic Settings How To Make Your Setting a Character Guide for Setting 5 Tips for Writing Better Settings Building a Novel’s Setting Ending A Novel Ending How to End Your Novel How to End Your Novel 2 How to End a Novel With a Punch How to End a Novel How to Finish a Novel How to Write The Ending of Your Novel Keys to Great Endings 3 Things That End A Story Well Ending a Novel: Five Things to Avoid Endings that Ruin Your Novel Closing Time: The Ending ✑ CHARACTER Names Behind the Name Surname Meanings and Origins Surname Meanings and Origins - A Free Dictionary of Surnames Common US Surnames & Their Meanings Last Name Meanings & Origins Name Generators Name Playground Different Types of Characters Ways To Describe a Personality Character Traits Meme Types of Characters Types of Characters in Fiction Seven Common Character Types Six Types of Courageous Characters Creating Fictional Characters (Masterlist) Building Fictional Characters Fiction Writer’s Character Chart Character Building Workshop Tips for Characterization Fiction Writer’s Character Chart Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills  Males Strong Male Characters The History and Nature of Man Friendships Friendship for Guys (No Tears!) ‘I Love You, Man’ and the rules of male friendship Male Friendship Understanding Male Friendship Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling Character Development P.O.V. And Background Writing a Character: Questionnaire 10 Days of Character Building Getting to Know Your Characters Character Development Exercises ✑ STYLE Chapters How Many Chapters is the Right Amount of Chapters? The Arbitrary Nature of the Chapter How Long is a Chapter? How Long Should Novel Chapters Be? Chapter & Novel Lengths  Section vs. Scene Breaks Dialogue  The Passion of Dialogue 25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue Dialogue Writing Tips Punctuation Dialogue How to Write Believable Dialogue Writing Dialogue: The Music of Speech Writing Scenes with Many Characters It’s Not What They Say … Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue Speaking of Dialogue Dialogue Tips Interrupted Dialogue Two Tips for Interrupted Dialogue Show, Don’t Tell (Description) “Tell” Makes a Great Placeholder The Literary Merit of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich Bad Creative Writing Advice The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do DailyWritingTips: Show, Don’t Tell GrammarGirl: Show, Don’t Tell Writing Style: What Is It? Detail Enhances Your Fiction Using Sensory Details Description in Fiction Using Concrete Detail Depth Through Perception Showing Emotions & Feelings Character Description Describing Your Characters (by inkfish7 on DeviantArt) Help with Character Development Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page Omitting Character Description Introducing Your Character(s): DON’T Character Crafting Writer’s Relief Blog: “Character Development In Stories And Novels” Article: How Do You Think Up Your Characters? 5 Character Points You May Be Ignoring List of colors, hair types and hairstyles List of words to use in a character’s description  200 words to describe hair How to describe hair Words used to describe the state of people’s hair How to describe your haircut Hair color sharts Four Ways to Reveal Backstory Words Used to Describe Clothes Flashbacks Using Flashbacks in Writing Flashbacks by All Write Using Flashback in Fiction Fatal Backstory Flashbacks as opening gambit Don’t Begin at the Beginning Flashbacks in Books TVTropes: Flashback Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Flashback Techniques in Fiction 3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Flashbacks How to Handle Flashbacks In Writing Flashbacks and Foreshadowing Reddit Forum: Is a flashback in the first chapter a good idea? Forum Discussing Flackbacks P.O.V You, Me, and XE - Points of View What’s Your Point of View? Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character” How to Start Writing in the Third Person The Opposite Gender P.O.V. LANGUAGE  How To Say Said 200 Words Instead of Said Words to Use Instead of Said A List of Words to Use Instead of Said Alternatives to “Walk” 60 Synonyms for “Walk” ✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS Grammar Monster Google Scholar GodChecker Tip Of My Tounge Speech Tags Pixar Story Rules Written? Kitten! TED Talks DarkCopy Family Echo Some Words About Word Count How Long Should My Novel Be? The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test Writer’s “Cheat Sheets” Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google! So so helpful Dunno if I’ve reblogged this. -- source link

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