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Benedict Cumberbatch helps everything, from headaches to perpetual angst. But here, I mainly focus on RP and writing matters. Requests for First Look and Full Reviews are CLOSED . Not accepting promos or shoutouts. To Easily navigate my blog, put /tagged/keyword. example: looking for how to write about horror? /tagged/horror to my url.
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I am currently reading: Decreation by Anne Carson
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How to Write Horror Guide

So I think I mentioned a while back that I’m writing a “how to write horror” guide. Here are some of the topics I plan to cover. Hit me up with your questions or suggestions for others – I’ll be putting together an outline and knocking out guides in the near future! 

Understanding Horror 

What makes things scary; universal fears; mining your own fears for material; the basic differences between written fiction and horror movies. 

Creating a Monster 

How to turn real-life anxieties into “monsters” (from ghosts to killers to actual beasts). 

Pacing and Suspense 

How to build suspense; horror’s unique plot structure; understanding and exploiting the element of surprise. 

Writing Gore 

How to effectively squick out and horrify audiences, if you’re into that kind of thing. 

#writing help#genre help#horror
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Anonymous asked:

Do you know of any blogs/websites that specialize in writing related to animals/nature? It'd be a big help. Thanks!

I couldn’t find anything for animals. But here is a masterlist for animals:

And here are some websites about nature:

#rpcw#rph#wpcr#writing help#writing tips#masterlist#my tips#nature#nature writing#animal#setting help
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Anonymous asked:

Hello, I just really wants to write a vampire but i'm not sure how to do it without sounding cliché or ignorant because I don't anything about them... Do you have some helpful tips or post? Xx

There are many posts about this exact problem, so here are the most helpful articles I could find. 

#rpcw#rph#rphr#wpcdr#rp masterlist#writing help#character help#setting help#vampire#horror#fantasy#my tips
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7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding is an essential part of any work of fiction. But especially for science fiction or fantasy, it’s the lifeblood of storytelling. But when worldbuilding fails, it can wreck your whole story, and leave your characters feeling pointless. Here are seven deadly sins of worldbuilding.

1. Not thinking about basic infrastructure.

How do they eat? What do they eat? Who takes away the garbage? Who deals with their bodily wastes? How do they get around? What do the majority of people do to survive? You’re not just constructing a society, you’re creating an economy. People don’t oppress each other for fun — usually, systems of hierarchy and oppression have an economic component to them. Maybe you need a lot of peasants to grow labor-intensive crops, or maybe you need lots of cannon fodder in your space war. Maybe your only source of protein is a weird fungus that needs to be tended by specially trained people. Maybe everybody’s eating algae. In any case, there’s nothing worse than a fictional world where there are elaborate social structures, which seem completely separated from the realities of food, shelter and clothing.

Read the rest of the reasons HERE

#setting help#general help#rp help
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How to Write a Fight Scene Without Godmodding

It’s come to my attention that this can be a bit of a difficult thing to get a hang of, and makes for awkward writing. Due to the canon (& oc) characters that I play, and the genres of RP I’m interested in, I’ve accumulated a few years of experience in the subject.
*This is more so a guide about long drawn fight scene rather than drunken bar fights and such.
I’ll be explaining 2 ways of doing this, my go way and another I’ve do every once in a while. Each will have steps and recommendations along with them.

Keep reading

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Yeah. Looking to come back to RP for a while. Know any good rpgs? Open to anything really. 

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thebluebird

thebluebird:

A professional script reader read 300 screenplays for five different studios, all the while tracking the many recurring problems. The infographic he made with the collected data offers a glimpse at where screenwriting goes wrong.

pay attention to this

this is important even if you don’t write scripts

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This is exceedingly important to all storytellers

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5 ways to increase/decrease suspense in your writing

heartlessharless:

Suspense is one of the trickier parts of writing to manage effectively because, as the author, you can’t experience your story the way a reader does. If you don’t have enough suspense, it can be difficult to keep your readers interested. If you have too much, frustrated and stressed-out readers might throw your book against the wall. Too much suspense can even backfire - if you try to keep your readers constantly on edge, they can stop taking things seriously and the end result is as though you never included any suspense at all.
So how can you tell if you’ve reached the right balance? Unfortunately, I can’t answer that for you. Some things really do require feedback from honest and insightful readers. Once you have that feedback, however, there are easy tricks to adjusting the level of suspense without a drastic re-write. Here are my five favorite methods.

Promises and Payoffs

  • INCREASE SUSPENSE by promising something huge and then giving your reader something unexpected. To borrow an example from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, imagine a teenage boy and girl sneaking into an empty building. Everything from the costumes to the lighting is designed to make you uneasy about the girl’s safety but, in the end, she’s the vampire. Give the audience something sensational and they won’t be disappointed that you didn’t deliver on what you originally promised.
  • DECREASE SUSPENSE by promising less than you plan to deliver. For example, if you plan to kill off a character as they walk through a dark alley, let them worry about being mugged rather than murdered. Not only is it less suspenseful, the payoff is more shocking.

Characters are Crucial

  • INCREASE SUSPENSE by shifting the focus to a character who’s more involved in the action or one who has more at stake. Even if you have a single POV character, another can come in and demand that character’s attention, along with the readers’.
  • DECREASE SUSPENSE by focusing on a character who’s more concerned with a secondary goal. Subplots are a fantastic way to give your readers some room to breathe.

Calm vs. Chaos

  • INCREASE SUSPENSE by cutting back on the action. Suspense flourishes in the quiet moments when your characters have time to think and to anticipate what may be in store for them.
  • DECREASE SUSPENSE by giving your characters a big, exciting mess to deal with. Even when that mess causes more problems and puts more pressure on your characters in the long run, you’ve still created an oasis where both they and the readers are too distracted to worry about how the big picture will pan out.

Devil’s in the Details

  • INCREASE SUSPENSE by concentrating on the details of the setting. Horror movies are great at this - every creak of a door, every shadow across a wall keeps the audience immersed in the experience and tense with anticipation.
  • DECREASE SUSPENSE by breaking the “show, don’t tell” rule and allow exposition to help you move things along. You don’t need to take readers through every aspect of your story in excruciating detail. It’s okay to gloss over some things and it helps readers relax because they know you’re not going to be springing any surprises on them just yet.

Ticking Time-Bomb

  • INCREASE SUSPENSE by imposing a deadline that your characters struggle to meet. It’s one of the oldest and most obvious tricks in the book, but very effective.
  • DECREASE SUSPENSE by allowing your characters to believe that the deadline has been met or pushed back. If they (and the readers) believe that they’ve accomplished their goal or bought themselves more time, it relieves pressure and allows everyone to relax until the truth’s revealed.
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Hey everyone!

Thanks so much for your speedy responses! I knew Tumblr would come in handy! I’ve got someone working on the logo for me, so yaaaaay much excite! I’m also pursuing a few avenues about the poster design, really wanna see a good fit. So my commissions are closed for now.

Thanks so much for your help folks!

I will be back for more opportunes like this one!

Doe

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Hello wider RPH community! Ex-RPH here looking for someone to help me digitalize two drawn on paper sketches. One is a logo for my friends and i starting theatre company. The other is for putting another beautiful illustration into a poster, so there’s more graphic design involved. I am willing to pay a small commission. This really is coming out of my own pocket, so nothing extravagant. Maybe $5 for the logo and $10 for the poster. But you will get due credit and I will definitely commission you for more things in the future (aka. I will pay you continuously and maybe even more). If you’re interested, send me an ask and a link to your stuff! :D 

MUCH LOVE.

Doe

#feel free to promote it to whomever you want!!! :D
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CLASSICAL

The old masters. I tried not to include most opera composers, since singing/lyrics interfere with concentration. Most of these playlists are at least an hour long:

Baroque (prancing through the flowers with royalty):

Classical (sipping tea with royalty while listening to their woes and gossip):

Romantic (watching a heartfelt, teary-eyed scene in a soap opera):

Impressionistic (stargazing in an open field at midnight):

Late Romantic/Early Modern (dramatically confessing your love in the pouring rain):

Modern (these get sub-categories because they’re so different):

Long, random playlists: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Youtube Channels:

There’s also playlists on Spotify (just go to Browse > Genres & Moods > Classical).

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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Sometimes the old masters are too stuffy. I get it. Have some more long playlists from a few of my favorite contemporary artists:

Piano

Violin

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EDM

Maybe you don’t like classical at all. That’s fine, too. Here’s some wub-wub to get your mind on track:

Aggressive & Intense (dubstep, deathstep, metalstep, etc)

Chill & Melodic (chillstep, deep house, melodic dubstep)

Upbeat & Dancy (electro house, club music, more chillstep)

There are countless other Youtube channels and mixes. You can also find some playlists on Spotify (Browse > Genres & Moods > Electronic).

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INSTRUMENTAL COVERS OF POPULAR SONGS

Here are a few channels to check out if you’re starting from nowhere:

Piano

Hour-long, yearly pop playlists by oysterlovers:  2013, 2014

Yearly pop medleys by AlexTanMusic:   2012, 2013, 2014

Violin

Of course, there are countless people who don’t have huge channels and maybe only a cover or two. The search bar is your friend. And don’t forget to make a playlist!

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VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACKS

Think about it, there are tons of people whose only job is to get the atmosphere of a game right by carefully composing the right music. And there are plenty of games with beautiful music. I love these playlists:

Long, random playlists:  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Youtube Channels:

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MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

Just like video games, movies rely heavily on music to set the mood for the audience. Here are some of my favorite playlists:

You can also view a full list of Grammy Award-winning soundtracks here

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ANIME SOUNDTRACKS

You’ll look like weeaboo trash, but at least you’ll be concentrating. You might need to skip a few tracks here and there if they have lyrics (that messes up my concentration, at least). That said, here’s some recommended playlists:

Long, random playlists: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Youtube Channels:

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Like I said, this isn’t a complete list but hopefully a good jumping-off point. Feel free to add to areas with your own suggestions. Have fun listening and go be productive!

#inspo#music
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Awesome reference for writers or general curiousity

The Crime Museum in Washington D.C. has a great website for anyone with an interest in crime and criminology. Not only that, but they have a whole friggin library full of anything you want to know.

I mean look at this

T H E Y  H A V E  E V E R Y T H I N G

Need some info on famous serial killers?

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YOOO I’ve never heard anything about female serial killers!

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Yeah, remember the Craigslist killer?

Okay, but I want some stuff on the basics of forensic anthropology for a fic I’m wroking on. Anything?

GO FORTH, MY CHILDREN, AND LEARN

#rp help#writing help#genre#crime#character help#plot help
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Listen, I don’t like to watch people be bullied or pushed from spaces. I don’t think fans should encourage people to kill themselves over projects, but people who are focusing on that minority of fans over the ones who expressed valid concern over the hurtful stuff in Age of Ultron and the other harmful things Joss Whedon has done are focusing on the wrong thing.

I love Joss’ work and it’s brought me a ton of enjoyment and a ton of friends. It made me a better person. But I’m not above learning, and neither is he. We can enjoy something and still be critical of it. People saying “Whedon never hurt anyone” need to take a look at the Romani people who are silenced and erased daily, like he erased the Maximoffs ancestry. They need to look at Chinese people whose culture he hijacked while casting white people in their roles in Firefly. They need to look at all the women who are unable to or don’t want to have children and who have now been told by one of the biggest movies in the world that this fact makes them a monster. Look at the genderqueer individuals whose identity he erased in his Runaways run by saying unequivocly that a canon genderqueer character was really a girl or the Jewish people who live with the memory of the holocaust only to have the children of holocaust survivors be portrayed as volunteers for a fictional neo-nazi group.

Look at all the lives this man touches on a daily basis. He has the power and the intelligence to be a real force for good, solid, representation. He has the chance for his stories to matter. If he’s a fan of these characters he shouldn’t be beyond criticism in the way he portrays them. Nobody is perfect. I’m not. The people criticizing Joss aren’t. Hollywood isn’t. But what makes a good ally and a good person is the ability to listen to the people you’ve offended. Hold your hands up, say “I’m sorry, and I’ll try and do better next time.” That’s all it takes. Actively try to do better by the people you’re representing. Acting as though Joss is a completely innocent party doesn’t help anyone, and defending a cis het white man over the queer, poc, female, genderqueer, marginalized individuals his stories ignore or actively harm is an act of violence against those communities.

All we want is for a grown man to acknowledge he’s wrong and try and do better. Remember, there’s a reason the monsters in stories can’t see themselves in mirrors. To destroy people, you deny them an accurate portrayal of themselves.

Representation matters. It can change the world.

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Anonymous asked:

Hello, I hope you this kind of rp help as well. I identify as female & connect to my female identifying characters much better. They are usually very well developed & I get great feedback about them. However I just can't seem to write male identifying characters believably, people always say they could tell the male characters were written by a female author when they read my stuff. I also don't connect to them much, they are usually token characters to move along the plot. How can I fix this?

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Alright, so this is something that happens a lot in the world of roleplaying. A lot of us identify as female, and many of us feel uncomfortable writing males because we are afraid that they will be incorrect, or we feel wrong writing as a gender outside of our own. As someone who identifies as female for the most part, but prefers to write males, I think I can be somewhat insightful in this subject.One thing to keep in mind is this: there is no correct way to be male or female. Gender is a social construct, and many times people who do not fall under what society consider to be traditionally female, or traditionally male are thought of as less so for that. So if you have a male character who is a little more feminine in action and personality – this is okay! The same thing goes for females who are more masculine. I really can’t emphasize this enough, there’s no right way to play a male or female character in terms of personality. Saying so enforces gender norms, which can be toxic.On the top of gender norms though, they are important when thinking about a character. While there is no right or wrong way to play a female or male character, some people are greatly affected by societal norms as they grow up. A female character can be effected by internalized misogyny, female gender roles or female beauty standards on top of many other things. A male character can be effected by toxic masculinity and machismo, in many ways. There’s a lot of instances where your characters life and the way they grew up will be effected by these things, and it’s important that you ask yourself when writing any character if societal gender norms effected them. Is there something in your male characters history that would suggest he was brought up with strict gender roles, in which a man needs to be tough and strong? How does this make them feel if by any chance they fail to reach these standards? For some reading on toxic masculinity, see here and here (this one is interesting because it is partially told by a mother looking at her sons as they grow up). This is something you should take into account, because it is very prevalent today and effects a lot of males.Lastly, I would like to link you to some posts about writing males. While I can’t stress enough again that there is no right or wrong way to write a male character, it is still interesting to take these things into consideration, and can probably help you differentiate between all your characters. It might also help you create a personality you otherwise wouldn’t have considered, which could be interesting!
I hope this helps, and I hope this helps other people who are also afraid of writing male characters. Please step out of your comfort zones, and go out there and make some amazing characters regardless of gender!
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Edit: Also to address your last point about ‘not feeling as attached’ to your male characters – consider the way you are writing them. Are you only writing them to advance the plot? Did you put real thought behind their creation and do you put real effort into playing them? I’m not saying this to call you a bad writer or anything, I’m just genuinely asking. When you write and play these male characters, try to play them with the same mindset you play your females. Join a roleplay as a male and only a male, have him be your main character. You need to force yourself to see that character as a real “person” rather than just a plot point, for you to really enjoy playing as them. Basically, just approach it the same way you would writing for a female and you should start to feel the same about them.

I can’t emphasize how much I want more roleplayers to start playing males, so please don’t be discouraged!

#character help#male character#male characters#male
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*whispers* Really debating whether I should come back. I loved being an RPH, but this community is harsh sometimes. But with a lil upkeep and some time, I might be able to do some good stuff before disappearing off again....  GAH! I feel so out of touch.  What is happening with everything? Is there something the community desperately needs? How’s everyone doing???? 

also tumblr has changed.... I don’t wike it. 

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Hello everyone!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Admin Mels and Admin Elle can no longer be part of this roleplay. Therefore, we have decided to put this roleplay in a definitive hiatus while we finish up our bios. We have put a lot of work into this rp, and we really want it to be the best as it possible can before we open it up. I have decided to set the deadline for October 1st, plenty of time for us to finish our work and for everyone to have spare time to roleplay.

We are currently looking for a bio admin as well as a graphics admin! If you are interested in helping us out, please send us a message! We really need all the help we can get! 

Again, I apologize for postponing this. But please understand that we want this to be top-notch! :D 

Thanks and extra love,

Admin Doe. 

#PLEASE SHARE IF YOU CAN!
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