People In my life really need to learn about how to care for me as an introvert.Oh, I like that there’s a version for extroverts now, too!
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When I have kids, I’m making these into one big poster and putting this on their walls so they never forget.
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the Living Room Project, accessible space for queer and trans people of color, needs to raise $1400 to officially open by saturday june 2nd, 2012. to donate go to: www.thelivingroomproject.tumblr.com
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Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outlining, Setting, and World Building, plus some links to generate Ideas and Inspiration.
CHARACTER, POINT OF VIEW, DIALOGUE
The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
Priming the idea pump (A character checklist shamlessly lifted from acting)
Handling a Cast of Thousands – Part I: Getting to Know Your Characters
Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”
How to Start Writing in the Third Person
Web Resources for Developing Characters
What are the Sixteen Master Archetypes?
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Villains are People, Too, But …
Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue
Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills (character traits)
How to Write a Character Bible
Character Development Exercises
All Your Characters Sounds the Same — And They’re Not a Hivemind!
Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Difference for Successful Fiction
Family Echo (family tree website)
Interviewing Characters: Follow the Energy
100 Character Development Questions for Writers
Lineage Chart Layout Generator
PLOT, CONFLICT, STRUCTURE, OUTLINE
How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method
Effectively Outlining Your Plot
Conflict and Character within Story Structure
Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets
Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
Plunge Right In … Into Your Story, That Is!
Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid
Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations
The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plotting Tricks
The Hero’s Journey: Summary of the Steps
Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
SETTING, WORLD BUILDING
The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help You Bring Your Settings to Life
Creating the Perfect Setting – Part I
An Impatient Writer’s Approach to Worldbuilding
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
Character and Setting Interactions
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping
IDEAS, INSPIRATION
Solve Your Problems Simply by Saying Them Out Loud
Writing Inspiration, or Sex on a Bicycle
Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips to Engineer a Productive Flow
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits
Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging
Story Starters and Idea Generators
REVISION
One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle
Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written
Writing 101: So You Want to Write a Novel Part 3: Revising a Novel
TOOLS and SOFTWARE
My Writing Nook (online text editor; free)
Bubbl.us (online mind map application; free)
Freemind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
XMind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
Liquid Story Binder (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $45.95; Windows, portable)
Scrivener (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $39.95; Mac)
SuperNotecard (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
yWriter (novel organization and writing software; free; Windows, Linux, portable)
JDarkRoom (minimalist text editor; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)
AutoRealm (map creation software; free; Windows, Linux with Wine)
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Reblogging for future reference with the caveat that anyone interested should IGNORE the Mary-Sue Litmus Test. a) Mary Sue is a bullshit term and to my memory that test is as gendered as the term itself, and b) I recall it not taking execution into account at all. It puts an arbitrary limit on certain character traits, like you can be so-and-so amount of ~special and/or dramatic/angsty, without considering that for certain contexts, that method might not work. (i.e. certain things are often more normalized in fantasy worlds, which it doesn’t effectively account for, or may be an intrinsic part of the story in a way that works so well it’s unfair to count it towards some ‘total’.)
It’s also worth mentioning that when real people put themselves through it they often score really, really high, lmao.
But yes, otherwise: NEED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
Runaway:
Source: leftishOur regulations suck. Why is that? Because we have CORPORATIONS, rather than responsible scientists and citizens, determining our Energy Policies. We have a “fox guarding the hen house” situation, like calling a detrimental air bill “The Clear Skies Initiative” and other bullshit like that. We have top regulatory posts being awarded to those who have vested interests in companies who produce unsafe energy. How can that be good? Is anybody fooled? Certainly nobody in the REST of the world is taken in, and the American populace is just too apathetic and sedated to even notice.
Not only are we bad at creating responsible energy policies, we also stink at harnessing the energy we do generate.
I believe the figure is that the United States uses 1/4 of the entire world’s resources, however over 65% of the energy we generate is LOST or DISSIPATED before it ever reaches its intended source!
Japan, meanwhile, manages to only lose 10% of the energy they generate.
We suck. I mean seriously.
