I want to write but I’m so discouraged now because of what happened earlier and the fact that the stuff I want to be working on is on my external hard drive which is not here right now and I’m not even sure if I can access the stuff at this point anyway and I’m letting my discouragement and stupid emotions get the best of me like I always do and ugh oisadsalfdkoaifsdsalf.

Vampires.

I was writing about gay vampires.

• What
• Was
• I
• Thinking?

Although I would like to finish this story. But I don’t think I can now.

clockwork-parallels:

102 Resources for Fiction Writers

youknowyoureawriterwhen:

moriette:

goddessofcheese:

vulpesinculta:

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

10 Days of Character Building

Name Generators

Name Playground

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Priming the idea pump (A character checklist shamlessly lifted from acting)

How to Create a Character

Seven Common Character Types

Handling a Cast of Thousands – Part I: Getting to Know Your Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

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?

Character: A compilation of guidance from classical and contemporary experts on creating great dramatic characters

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Villains are People, Too, But …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

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!

Medieval Names Archive

Sympathy Without Saintliness

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

Behind the Name

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

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

How to Write a Novel

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Plunge Right In … Into Your Story, That Is!

Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plotting Tricks

Conflict Test

What is Conflict?

Monomyth

The Hero’s Journey: Summary of the Steps

Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes

Plotting Without Fears

Novel Outlining 101

Writing the Perfect Scene

Fight Scenes 101

Basic Plots in Literature

One-Page Plotting

The Great Swampy Middle

SETTING, WORLD BUILDING

Magical World Builder’s Guide

I Love the End of the World

World Building 101

The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help You Bring Your Settings to Life

Creating the Perfect Setting – Part I

Creating a Believable World

An Impatient Writer’s Approach to Worldbuilding

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions

Setting

Character and Setting Interactions

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

Creating Fantasy Worlds

Questions About Worldbuilding

Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping

World Builder Projects

IDEAS, INSPIRATION

Quick Story Idea Generator

Solve Your Problems Simply by Saying Them Out Loud

Busting Your Writing Rut

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

Random Book Title Generator

Finishing Your Novel

Story Starters and Idea Generators

REVISION

How to Rewrite

One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle

Editing Recipe

Cliche Finder

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)

screaming

Thought I’d bring this back, with NaNo coming up and all…

I just had a lovely cup of coffee.

And now I’m off to write more of my detective story, that I need a title for. If anyone would like to brainstorm a title with me, message me and I can give you the details of what it’s about. 

But I might end up waiting until I’m done, I dunno.  Haha. Help?

cassjaytuck:

RANDOM THOUGHT: GET OUTTA THE READING BOX

I am currently downloading and listening to songs that were popular in 1976 to listen to while writing my story. And I pretty much know all of them because of my parents. Yup. 

why-i-write:

#203 Because my characters and stories are something that I have control over, and that no one can take away from me.

Submitted by brillianceandinsanity

Off to bed I think.

Tomorrow:

• Wake up
• Laundry
• Write
• Write
• Write
• Shower
• Date
• Write
• Write
• Write
• Bed

Any questions?

Vanilla #icedcoffee and some last-minute #campnano planning. (Taken with Instagram at Marblehead)

I’m finally #writing again! And it’s actually coherent and fluid thought. #personal #proud (Taken with instagram)

I really wish that the WPS file type was compatible with other programs so I could open them.

Because right now I can’t open any of my writing that I’ve been working on for years. And I tried to use Zamzar to convert the files and it’s worked for my smaller ones.  But it doesn’t work with my larger files because they want you to pay for it in order to do so. Which really pisses me off. What I need to do is find a computer that has Microsoft Works on it so that I can plug my external hard drive into it  and then copy and paste them into my Google Docs. Even though that would be time consuming. It would be worth it. But I don’t know who has Microsoft Works anywhere near me. Ugh. This is just really frustrating. I’m starting to get excited about writing again but it’s discouraging when I can’t open any of my other work. 

On a brighter note I downloaded OmmWriter and a trial version of Scrivener and I really like both so far. I’m still exploring Scrivener but so far I like it and I plan to actually buy it when I get the money. 

Can you guys tell I’ve had writing on the brain today?