HEY LOOK A GIVEAWAY
So yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people who don’t have 3DSes that really want one after E3, so here’s another chance to get one!
If you win, you’ll get a brand new 3DS in whatever color you want, plus a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf~ (or whatever game you’d like if you’re not a fan)
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Now all I want is to have a Sherlock crossover RP. I keep trying to write a prompt but I feel it would be long and maybe better to just write a fanfiction. I’m too lazy to write fanfiction. What do?
guys lets play a game in my ask box. describe a character really badly and i have to guess who you’re talking about.
a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post
General Tips
- Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips
- Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
- 34 Writing Tips that will make you a Better Writer
- 50 Free resources that will improve your writing skills
- 5 ways to get out of the comfort zone and become a stronger writer
- 10 ways to avoid Writing Insecurity
- The Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Insecurity
- The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers
- You’re Not Hemingway - Developing Your Own Style
- 7 Ways to use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel them In
- 8 Short Story Tips from Kurt Vonnegut
- How to Show, Not Tell
- 5 Essential Story Ingredients
- How to Write Fiction that grabs your readers from page one
- Why research is important in writing
- Make Your Reader Root for Your Main Character
- Writing Ergonomics (Staying Comfortable Whilst Writing)
- The Importance of Body Language
Character Development
- 10 days of Character Building
- Name Generators
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- Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters
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- Character Building Workshop
- Tips for Characterization
- Character Chart for Fiction Writers
- Villains are people too but…
- How to Write a Character Bible
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- All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!
- Medieval Names Archive
- Sympathy Without Saintliness
- Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)
- Behind The Name
- 100 Character Development Questions for Writers
- Aether’s Character Development Worksheet
- The 12 Common Archetypes
- Six Types of Courageous Characters
- Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2
- Creating Believable Characters With Personality
- Body Language Cheat Sheet
- Creating Fictional Characters Series
- Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description
- 7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters
- Character Development Questionnaire
- How to Create Fictional Characters
- Character Name Resources
- Character Development Template
- Character Development Through Hobbies
- Character Flaws List
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- Ari’s Archetype Series
- How to Craft Compelling Characters
- List of 200 Character Traits
- Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex
- Making Your Characters Likable
- Do you really know your characters?
- Character Development: Virtues
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- Character Morality Alignment
- List of Negative Personality Traits
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- List of Emotions - Positive
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- Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)
- 30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme
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- Eight Bad Characters
- High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types
Female Characters
- How Not to Write Female Characters
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- Why I write strong female characters
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- Writing strong female characters
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Male Characters
Tips for Specific Characters
- Writing A Vampire
- Writing Pansexual Characters
- Writing Characters on the Police Force
- Writing Drunk Characters
- Writing A Manipulative Character
- Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship
- Writing A Natural Born Leader
- Writing A Flirtatious Character
- Writing A Nice Character
- Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains
- Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain
- Writing Villains that Rock
- Writing British Characters
- How To Write A Character With A Baby
- On Assassin Characters
Dialogue
- It’s Not What They Say…
- Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue
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- The Great Said Debate
- He Said, She Said, Who Said What?
- How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters
- Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life
Point of View
Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline
- Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method
- Effectively Outlining Your Novel
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- Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets
- How To Write A Novel
- Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
- Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is
- Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
- 36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations
- The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks
- Conflict Test
- What is Conflict?
- Monomyth
- The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps
- Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
- Plotting Without Fears
- Novel Outlining 101
- Writing The Perfect Scene
- One-Page Plotting
- The Great Swampy Middle
- How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?
- Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps
- How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel
- Create Structure in your novel using index cards
- Choosing the best outline method for you
- Hatch’s Plot Bank
Setting & Worldbuilding
- Magical Word Builder’s Guide
- I Love The End Of The World
- World Building 101
- The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life
- Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1
- Creating a Believable World
- Setting
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- Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping
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- Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud
- Busting Your Writing Rut
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- The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
- Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits
- Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging
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- Finishing Your Novel
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Revision & Grammar
- How To Rewrite
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- Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language
- Grammar Urban Legends
Tools & Software
- Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for
- Write or Die - Stay motivated
- Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites
- My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free
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- Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, Free
- Freemind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable
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- Liquid Story Binder - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable
- Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac
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- yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable
- JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable
- AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine
Specific Help
Whelp, time to be a famous writer.

Benedict Cumberbatch as the Doctor,
“Hold my hand and run.”
WANT.
“Sherlock, wait!” The look on the detective’s face when he spun around was the same one he always gave when he wanted John to follow him without question and John had so many questions. How in the world was that tiny box so big on the inside, how did they get here, and who the bloody hell was that man Sherlock was following. Maybe the better question was who or what were they running from, he considered but Sherlock’s repeated words broke his thoughts. “We need to go. Now, John. Take my hand and run.” John glanced down at Sherlock’s offered hand and with one more look at the face he always trusted, he nodded and grabbed it and they ran.
The only reason i enjoy going to bed is so i can make stories up in my head which makes my brain think it’s actually real
Had my first taste of some Talisker. Might post a pic of the bottle and the fancy box it came in if I get a chance. Smells like campfire and leather and surprisingly really, really good. Although it’s only a 10 year, not 25. The 10 was more affordable, obviously. (Sometimes I wonder if the people who follow me are even old enough to buy alcohol, let alone drink.)
Drove down to see my friends (the only others I have that listen to Cabin Pressure) and we all had a shot and it’s time to proceed with drunken Traveling Lemon and games of Fizz Buzz.
Serendipity (names, places, mapbuilding, etc.)
Quick Story Idea
Full Story Idea
Writing Challenges
General Character
Quick Character
really just all of Seventh Sanctum
RPGesque generators
Writing Prompts
Inspiration Finder
Story Arc
Fantasy Story Situaton
Adventure
Chaotic Shiny is just really good in general
Random Plotreblog for my own reference
/high pitched screeching
if you need ideas for practicing? these are really helpful
weweremadeforeachothersherlock:
A short list of several types of poison and their effects.
Reference reblog.
So I know I have a problem whenever I’m given a game with the option to customize a character and I spend the time making it look like a character that already exists. My boyfriend bought me Saints Row 3 so we could play together and when I stumbled upon the demon eyes coupled with the British accent, I found myself making a demon!John. So here it is.
The game itself is really fun and quite silly. I mean… really really ridiculous. There’s a side mission where the whole point is to be hit by cars and the longer your characters airtime, the more points.
On another note, if you play the game, you can upload characters for others to download and use to the Saints Row website, which I have done with this one. I’ve found some Doctor Who and Supernatural ones, Castiel and such. It’s fun to browse around.



