TO THOSE MAKING NATIVE OCS

I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.

Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.

However, I’ve got your solution.

Native-Languages is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!

Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.

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yellowmagicalgirl

scripttorture

whumpy-daydreams asked:

Hi, a couple of questions if that's okay. Firstly: how does medical torture differ from torture used to obtain a confession both by technique/attitude/methodology and by impact on the victim? Secondly: does punishment used by, for example, prison officers work to prevent inmates/victims/etc. from causing trouble or fighting back? You often say that torture makes victims more resistant to their torturers but is this always the case or more in terms of interrogation?

scripttorture answered:

Sorry, me again. I don’t think I was clear when asking about medical torture. I meant to ask more about torturers attitudes towards keeping patients alive, especially if there is a limited number of people they have access to (e.g. people who are born with a genetic mutation that is not very common). Would more advanced technology be more likely to be used, and would that depend on who the torturers are (or who they are supported by). Sorry for asking lots of questions, just answer a few

Just answer a few? My friend have you seen the blog? I type more then half of tumblr and there’s no one here to stop me. :)

In seriousness, I’m passionate about this stuff and I run the blog because I want to share my knowledge. I really believe that we can build a better, kinder world by gaining a better understanding of violence and the long term effects it has on people.

I think I’m going to leave the first question til last because it’s a little more complicated and it depends on whether you’re talking about something that’s closer to an unethical experiment, or torture with pseudo-scientific trappings. More on that later.

I’ve seen no evidence that suggests the context or setting torture takes place in effects a victim’s tendency to resistance.

Most of my regular examples of resistance aren’t actually from interrogation because there is less good record keeping and less evidence. It’s from slavery, forced labour and, yes, prisons.

Torture in a prison setting makes it much harder to run an effective prison.

Partly because it increases resistance in the prison population and partly because by doing this it cuts off the best source of information the guards have: reporting from prisoners.

This does not necessarily mean more overt violence though. When I talk about resistance I mean anything that runs counter to the aims of the torturers. In a prison setting I’d count increased suicides as an act of resistance, because many victims in that setting frame it as an act of resistance.

Torture can make victims less physically capable of fighting back. And victims can also decide after torture that fighting back is not likely to be successful. But that’s not the same as removing resistance and the flip side of that is some victims will become more aggressive towards the guards (even those who didn’t participate in torture), some will use fighting the guards as a form of self harm and some will just become more determined to keep fighting.

Essentially whatever your setting as a method of discipline torture fails spectacularly. It might not mean everyone physically fights but it very quickly converts everyone associated with the victims to broadly ‘causing more trouble’.

The resistance torture produces in survivors seems to be due to how it effects the brain and nervous system. It radicalises other people because we are wired to sympathise with other people’s pain and seeing such extreme examples of it moves us and naturally makes us more supportive of the victim then the attacker.

There’s nothing in the research that’s available to suggest that the setting or the torturer’s motivation effects the victim’s response in the slightest. Resistance appears to be not just natural and common but a key part of how our brain deals with extreme adversity.

I think it’s likely that it has old evolutionary roots, predating our species- that’s entirely my opinion because there isn’t much research on torture anyway, let alone on the roots of our responses to it.

I think that brings me to the ‘medical torture’ portion of your questions.

I’m still not sure what you mean by that term. Doctors can be torturers and torture has taken place in medical establishments but I think it’s a mistake to label these incidents as ‘scientific’ or ‘medical’.

For the purposes of writing I tend to draw a distinction between ‘unethical experimentation’ and ‘pseudo-scientific torture’. The difference is whether the villain in your story is actually conducting experiments or not.

Experiments are not compatible with torture. Experiments require consistent conditions, thorough record keeping and making precise, small, singular changes to measure the effect they have. Experiments require control at a level which is frankly somewhat insane.

Torture by contrast is completely uncontrolled; it undermines attempts at controlling the environment, confounding factors and any record keeping.

I think you should start off by reading about what medical testing is actually like. I have a post on how we conduct medical experiments here. I have a post on what unethical experimentation looks like and medical ethics more broadly here.

Experiments can be smart and cruel but torture is not and can never be inventive or intelligent. My advice is not to conflate the two.

If you want your villains to be acting like scientists then I’d suggest reading about Tuskegee Syphilis trials, Henrietta Lacks and the Minnesota Starvation experiment. Then step back, put yourself in the villain’s shoes, think about what they want to discover. And pretend the victims are cell cultures or pieces of plant.

If you want your villains to act like torturers then there’s no room for science. There might be scientific-looking decoration like white coats or bunsen burners or bottles of chemicals, but that doesn’t mean any data is being collected or any systematic control is being applied to the victims.

In torture the point is pain. In science, ethical or not, the point is results and records. Torturers avoid recording things, lie in records and destroy records. They also regularly refuse to follow instructions or don’t follow them properly, things which would render most experimental results void. Oh and they can also be so focused on causing pain that they don’t even notice the victim’s responses.

Whichever setting you pick I say again: there is no evidence that the setting, trappings or the torturer’s motivation effects the victim’s response to torture. The torturer has no control over the victim’s response, behaviour or symptoms.

The rest of the questions depend on whether you’ve decided you’re showing unethical scientific experiments or torture.

Torturers are unskilled and avoid using complex equipment of any kind.

Scientists rely on specialist skills, knowledge and often high tech equipment. However most of the famous unethical experiments on humans have not used high tech equipment. Most of them have been variants on ‘lets watch how people die from this awful wound/disease’.

That said- I do know of a few extremely unethical experiments that did use high tech, specialist equipment. It’s not impossible.

I don’t remember seeing any examples of unethical experiments where scientists went out of their way to keep experimental subjects alive. The only example I can think of off the top of my head where subjects might have been considered ‘rare’ are- some of the experiments Elsie Lacks was subjected to*.

Some of the experiments Elsie was subjected to were limited to children with epilepsy and there weren’t very many in the institution Elsie was housed in. To the point where it seems as though every single epileptic child in the institute was used in several experiments.

No measures were taken to preserve the lives of these children and Elsie herself died very young.

I can’t say for certain that this is typical because I don’t have enough examples where the experimental subjects were rare. But based on other unethical experiments- I’d say it’s unlikely scientists conducting these experiments would protect the lives of their victims.

The victim’s death is a result.

I can’t decide whether torture or unethical experimentation is the right choice for your story. I think if you want any sort of emotional response to the victim (anger, hate, etc-) then a torturer is a better fit. A scientist conducting unethical experiments is unlikely to- see their victim as any more then a piece of equipment.

In a prison setting both torture and unethical experimentation are possible.

I think it depends on what you want your villain to be and what they see as the point of the abuse. If the abuse is the point then you’re writing torture, and you should really avoid suggesting it’s scientific.

If the abuse is incidental and it’s the experiment that’s important to the villain, then a scientist might be a better fit. Which means that- the best way to approach the abuse is as a side effect. It’s not about actively causing the character pain, it’s about ignoring things that are harming the victims. So, a scientist might keep their victims in solitary confinement, not because they’re trying to cause harm but because they don’t care about the fact humans need social interaction.

Without more details about the story I think I’m going to leave that there.

If you’re interested in writing unethical experimentation I’d highly recommend reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by R Skloot. You might also want to look up Unit 731 from the Second World War.

I hope that helps. :)

*See The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by R Skloot

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blue-peach14

Huh this was an interesting read

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lizard-is-writing

Your Characters Are Lying! How to Spin Lies & Keep the Reader Guessing

As everyone knows, when anyone in pretty much anything says, “I’m fine” or some variant of that, you know it’s a lie. We’re practically programed to think that nowadays, so first, keep that in mind when you’re writing, next, let’s talk about how to get more clever than that. Let’s talk lies:

Lies are seductive. I don’t mean that in a romantic context, though it can exist there too, but basically, the rule is that whatever is said, you’ll want to believe it. Even if it’s far-fetched. You want it to be true.
Why is the character lying? The reason will be character development, so make it good. Explore the possibilities behind their motives, make them sneaky.
Why is the character being lied to? What does the character want so badly that they might possibly believe this lie? This is more character development whether or not the character believes the lie.
Plan your lies. You don’t have to plan it all out, but make sure you know who knows what about who. This is a way you can be really sneaky. Even if the reader knows everything, it’s still exciting to see how it all unfolds.

As far as lies go, its a great way to show character as well as adding an extra layer of conflict and tension. It can get confusing but a few properly executed lies will add an extra layer of dimension to your story. Happy writing!

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promptdumpster

"I'm not afraid of you!"

"Of course you are not. I haven't given you any reasons to fear me. Yet."

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"Why did you stop me?!"

"Because if you kill her, I die. And so does most of my family. Look, I know it sounds crazy but as terrible as she is, I can promise you her descendants are pretty nice. You just have to wait a few generations."

"A few?!"

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weirdnaturalscience

Well-Known and Obscure Toxins: How They Work

Well this is a morbid subject but HEY it’s almost Halloween baby!! I was super curious about what toxins actually do on a molecular level after reading about cone snails. Obviously toxins can kill you, but how?? I wanted to know the grisly details. This is not an exhaustive list, just some types of poison, venom, and other toxic substances I was curious about, so let’s get to it.

Deadly Nightshade

Where is it found? Atropa belladonna grows in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.

How it works: slows your heart waaaaaay down. deadly nightshade contains tropane alkaloids atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine), and hyoscyamine which disrupt the nervous system’s ability to regulate activities such as heart rate, breathing and sweating. It can cause narcosis, paralysis and heart failure as a result. Yikes. But an antidote exists that can reverse these affects if administered in time.

Toxicity: the entire plant is toxic, with roots having the highest toxicity but berries posing the greatest threat to humans because of their appearance. 10-20 berries can kill an adult, and 2-4 can kill a child. Symptoms of mild poisoning include dilated pupils, sensitivity to light, loss of balance, confusion, hallucinations (wild) and convulsions. Doesn’t sound like a good time.

Do not eat the shiny attractive berries!!! (cows and rabbits and other animals can eat it but humans, dogs and cats…NOT SO MUCH)

Totally fun and not morbid fact: during the Renaissance, belladonna was used by women in small quantities to dilate pupils and give a seductive appearance, and this is how it gets its name belladonna, or beautiful woman. Atropa comes from the Greek Fate Atropos who cuts the threads of mortal lives with her shears. Snip snip!

Hemlock

Where is it found? Conium maculatum grows naturally in Europe and North Africa, and has spread to North and South America, Australia and Western Asia.

How it works: stops your breathing. the flowers contain an alkaloid called coniine, which directly affects the nervous system and causes paralysis of respiratory muscles, leading to death from oxygen deprivation. Hemlock poisoning is treated by artificial ventilation for 48-72 hours until the effects wear off.

Toxicity: about 100 milligrams of coniine is fatal to an adult. That’s about 6-8 hemlock leaves, or a smaller dose of the seeds or root. Animals can also be poisoned and killed by hemlock, but luckily dangerous substances cannot be passed into the human food chain from milk or fowl.

Basically you’re only gonna get poisoned by this if someone puts it in your tea, because I assume you’re not gonna just go around just like…chomping on pretty flowers. Right? Right?? ok good.

Arsenic

Where is it found? arsenic is a metalloid that occurs often with sulfurs and metals. It can be present in volcanic ash and groundwater, and as a result can be found in low (acceptable) levels in plants and seafood. Good news: it is rare to find arsenic occurring at dangerous levels in nature.

How it works: in high levels, arsenic disrupts ATP production and causes organ failure due to necrotic cell death. This process can last between 2 hours to multiple days. It can also be fatal in lower doses administered over a period of time, and as such, was a popular murder weapon when it was readily available during the 1800s in England. Symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea don’t immediately alert someone that there has been an attempted murder unless maybe you’re Sherlock Holmes.

Toxicity: google probably thinks I’m a murderer and won’t tell me just how much arsenic will kill a person. COME ON, google!!! it’s for SCIENCE!

Arsenic is no longer readily available for people to just get in large quantities, so that’s a RELIEF.

Cyanide

Where is it found? cyanide is a chemical compound produced by certain algae, bacteria and fungi. It is also found in plants such as peaches, apples, apricots and bitter almonds. A type of bamboo that grows in Madagascar is so rich in cyanide that it would kill humans, but not the golden bamboo lemur for whom this bamboo is a primary source of food!!! You go girl, eat that cyanide bamboo.

How it works: in non-bamboo-lemurs, cyanide disrupts ATP production, affects the central nervous system and heart, and causes histotoxic hypoxia: the inability of cells to take up oxygen from the bloodstream. Antidotes can work if administered in time for lower doses of cyanide.

Toxicity: 200 milligrams of solid cyanide or a cyanide solution, or exposure to airborne cyanide of 270 parts per million is sufficient to cause death within minutes. Um, YIKES. Really, cyanide was already scary enough as a solid before nature went and made it into a gas that kills upon inhalation. DEEPLY uncool.

Murder mystery writers: slip belladona or arsenic into your literary victim’s tea. Belladonna is sweet, arsenic is tasteless, but cyanide has an acrid and bitter taste.

Fun (well, not fun) fact: if you eat 200 apple seeds (about 40 apple cores) you will receive a fatal dose of cyanide. So like, don’t do that. An apple a day keeps the doctor away and is completely safe, but 40 ~~apples~~ apple cores a day WILL KILL YOU

Vampire Bat Saliva

Where is it found? Vampire bats are found in the Americas.

How it works: a toxic substance called Draculin (I’m serious) in the saliva of vampire bats acts as an anticoagulant by inhibiting an enzyme involved in the coagulation pathway.

Toxicity: vampire bats are indeed venomous and toxic, but they are not at all lethal. It just sorta sucks if you’re being bitten by a vampire bat, but you’ll live. Unless that bat has rabies. Vampire bat saliva also contains an analgesic, meaning the bites are almost completely painless. SO THAT’S SOMETHING

Cobra Venom

“hello do you have a moment to hear about cell death?”

Where is it found? Many species of cobra are found throughout Africa, Southwest and Southeast Asia.

How it works: most cobra venom includes neurotoxins that cause paralysis as well as cytotoxins that cause necrosis and blood coagulation. blood coagulation can happen in minutes.

Toxicity: many types of cobra venom are treatable, but may leave disfigurement from necrosis. If this isn’t scary enough for you, just know that spitting cobras can reach 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in length and like to aim for the eyes.

But you’d still rather be bitten by a cobra than THIS deadly mofo:

Venom of the Inland Taipan

Where is it found? the inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world and lives, YOU GUESSED IT, in Australia, ie the place where everything is designed to kill you. Evolution decided it can reach 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) with a maximum length of 2.5 meters (8.2 feet), which I think everyone can agree is a dick move on evolution’s part. Take it back, TAKE IT BACK!!!!!

How it works: the venom contains neurotoxins, hemotoxins, and myotoxins AND an enzyme to increase absorption of the venom. Basically it causes paralysis, blood coagulation and muscle damage, because one of these things wasn’t enough apparently. Antivenoms against Australian venomous snakes exist but are least effective against the venom of the inland taipan.

Toxicity: the inland taipan’s venom has a murine LD50 value of 0.025m/kg. This means there is a 50% chance that .025 milligrams per kilogram of weight will cause death. It’s bite contains enough venom to kill at least 100 adult humans. But GOOD NEWS! the inland taipan lives in such remote places that it rarely comes in contact with people. Other slightly less venomous snakes are therefore responsible for more deaths. ….So that’s…still terrifying. just don’t go into the woods in Australia FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

What’s deadlier than the deadliest snake in the world, you ask?

Tetrodotoxin

Where is it found? tetrodotoxin is found in several animals such as pufferfish, moon snails and the small but deadly Australian blue ringed octopus (DAMMIT Australia)

How it works: blocks sodium channels. This prevents normal transmission of signals between the body and brain, causing loss of sensation, paralysis and inability to breathe. Fun!!! Don’t pick up the frickin evil little octopus

Toxicity: more powerful than cyanide, that’s for sure, about a thousand times more powerful in fact. the oral median lethal dose (LD50) for mice as 334 micrograms per kilogram. Fatal pufferfish poisoning result in death in about 17 minutes. The blue-ringed octopus, however, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within just a few minutes. There is no anti-venom.

What’s worse than that, you ask? Ah, you shouldn’t have asked.

Conotoxin

Where is it found? Cone snails are found in the Indo-Pacific, the Cape of South Africa, the Mediterranean, and even southern California. Smaller species are not that dangerous. Larger species, however…

How it works: paralysis within minutes. cone snails have multiple harpoons to administer venom to prey (or unsuspecting humans). the harpoons deliver a venom that has HUNDREDS of different types of toxins, each targeting different nerve channels or receptors. Some cone snail venom even includes pain-reducing toxins. These pain reducing toxins can be 100 to 1,000 times more powerful than morphine. How THOUGHTFUL.

Toxicity: vastly more potent than tetrodotoxin. the oral median lethal dose (LD50) for mice is is 10 to 100 micrograms/kilogram. So like, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT LOL

Ricin

Where is it found? Ricin is obtained from the beans of the castor oil plant.

How it works: inhibits protein production and results in organ failure, respiratory failure and circulatory shock.

Toxicity: The median lethal dose (LD50) of ricin is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. If that sounds bad just wait till you hear about poison dart frogs 😭

VX

Where is it found? Nowhere in nature. VX is synthetic. It is an oily amber colored liquid in its natural form, was first developed as a pesticide and later for chemical warfare. It is considered a weapon of mass destruction and is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993.

How it works: causes stimulation and fatigue of muscarinic and nicotinic ACh receptors, resulting in violent contractions followed by paralysis and death by asphyxiation.

Toxicity: 7 micrograms/kilogram. this is one of the most toxic synthetic substances on earth. Humans have got nothing on mother nature though…

Batrachotoxin

(This guy is called phyllobates TERRIBILIS. but is his cute little face terrible? noooo.)

Where is it found? in certain types of beetles, birds and poison dart frogs found in Colombia.

How it works: similar to conotoxin, batrachotoxin interrupts sodium channels. The resulting migration of Na+ ions causes heart failure and paralysis.

Toxicity: The LD50 is around 2 micrograms per kilogram, meaning that an amount the size of two grains of table salt will kill you, and that this is even worse than a cone snail, Ricin, or VX. Batrachotoxin is one of the deadliest alkaloids known. No antidote exists.

Fun frog fact: this was the poison commonly used by the Embera-Wounaan for poison darts, and that’s where poison dart frogs get their name! How…cute.

Botulinum, most toxic substance in the world

Where is it found? made by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum and related species.

How it works: causes Botulism, which if untreated can result in paralysis and respiratory failure by preventing the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Botulinum is used in very very very VEEEEEEERY small amounts in Botox, in case you ever needed reasons NOT to do Botox lol.

Toxicity: the lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 nanograms per kilogram in humans. of any toxin natural or synthetic, this is the deadliest known. However!! Actual good news this time: treatments involving antitoxin therapy and intubation are very successful and mortality from Botulism is extremely low. Yay!

More good news: toxins have been instrumental in medicinal breakthroughs throughout history and continue to be vital to modern medicine. A drug for diabetes was recently synthesized from Gila monster venom: it increases the production of insulin when blood sugar levels are high. A painkiller has been developed for chronic pain patients that is derived from a component of the venom of our friend, you guessed it, the cone snail! These are just two examples of toxins being used in medicine, and a lot of research is still being done because face it: we still don’t know a lot about how our bodies work. Paralyzing agents are extremely important to our understanding of the body and the development of non-opiate non-addictive painkillers because of how they disrupt signals between nerves and the brain.

Long story short: don’t eat nightshade and stay OFF AUSTRALIAN BEACHES and you should be just fine.

Oh and your tea is getting cold ;)

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studyquill

Word Counter - Not only does it count the number of words you’ve written, it tells you which words are used most often and how many times they appear.

Tip Of My Tongue - Have you ever had a word on the tip of your tongue, but you just can’t figure out what it is? This site searches words by letters, length, definition, and more to alleviate that.

Readability Score - This calculates a multitude of text statistics, including character, syllable, word, and sentence count, characters and syllables per word, words per sentence, and average grade level.

Writer’s Block (Desktop Application) - This free application for your computer will block out everything on your computer until you meet a certain word count or spend a certain amount of time writing.

Cliche Finder - It does what the name says.

Write Rhymes - It’ll find rhymes for words as you write.

Verbix - This site conjugates verbs, because English is a weird language.

Graviax - This grammar checker is much more comprehensive than Microsoft Word, again, because English is a weird language.

Sorry for how short this is! I wanted to only include things I genuinely find useful.

#writing reference #helpful apps #helpful links #important #writing #writing tips #writing resources #reasources

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spiderrrling

I am a(n):

⚪ Male

⚪ Female

🔘 Writer

Looking for

⚪ Boyfriend

⚪ Girlfriend

🔘 An incredibly specific word that I can't remember

what-even-is-thiss

*wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat*

WAIT IT’S CALLED A THROW PILLOW

holorifle

here is a super helpful website for this kinda thing!

the first result isn’t always the one you’re looking for but when you press enter it’ll give you a ton of words related to your query that’ll probably have what you’re wanting, or something better

here’s some examples:

tilltheendwilliwrite

Reblog to save a writer's sanity.

comfortably-obsessed-fangirl

@bixbiboom

#writing ref #writing reference #writing #writing tips

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ironinkpen

When writing couples, I like to use the Kiss Rule:

If they have to kiss for you to know they’re in love, you’re not writing a romance right.

demytasse

I couldn’t agree more with this. As someone who has been married for 7 years (together for 9), kissing hardly proves anything of love, at least on its own. The starry-eyed lover type of intimacy is cute, but using it exclusively is like eating fondant off a cake. It’s sweet, looks polished and pretty, but lacks robust the flavour of combined elements — fillings, frosting, toppings, and the cake itself.

It’s gestures often overlooked, silent acts of respect without calling attention to them. Subtleties mixed with the obvious.

The good, bad, and the ugly.

playful banter, ribbing, insults/backhanded compliments
recognising ticks/tells and how to respond (e.g. specific throat clear before they speak)
tolerating inconsequential bad habits (e.g. puts dishes beside dishwasher, not in it)
listening to the same stories multiple times as if they were new
developing similar quirks (e.g. particular laugh)
inside jokes
mock fighting, mini competitions
blatant honesty, humble apologies, knowing when to drop an argument
saying nothing/talking for hours
tending to illness or injuries
pokes, pet/pats, head/shoulder bumps, bites, tickles, cuddling, long gazes, stroking hair
grooming, restraighten clothing, touch up hair, brush off crumbs
singing and dancing together
understanding your partner’s hurt rather than just apologising
trust and respect
knowing how to cheer the other up, how to piss them off, humour them
reassurance (e.g. I’m here to talk, you’re doing a great job, your insecurities don’t define you)
associating sights, smells, touches, songs, phrasing, etc with them (e.g. “I saw a pigeon today and thought ‘is this my partner?’”
hating dumb things they do, but finding them hard to live without and secretly loving them
compromising, sacrificing, reciprocation

Love is unspoken, tolerant, and a spectrum of emotions.

It’s accepting that you’ll fuckin’ hate their entire being at times, exclaim with vitriol, “god, you’re so fucking annoying” while you smile and know that it’s trivial in the grand scheme.

It’s real. It’s healthy. It’s fun. That’s what I try to encapsulate in my sappy romantic fiction because realistic fluff is so much more gratifying.

I hope this helps.

#writing reference #romance #inspiration

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thewriterswitch

Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion

Anger:

Grinding teeth
Narrowing eyes
Yelling
A burning feeling in the chest
Heavy breathing
Unjustified or justified accusations towards other characters
Jerky movements
Glaring
Violence
Stomping
Face reddening
Snapping at people

Sadness:

Lack of motivation
Messy appearance
Quiet
Slow movements
Crying
Inability to sleep
Frowning
Red eyes
Isolating oneself
Fatigue
Not concentrating

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library-mermaid-blog

I am laughing so hard oh my god clickhole

If you just scrolled past, don’t. Go back and read it. I promise it is not what you think

animentality

Franzen has a point.

Source: clickhole.com

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inky-duchess

crazywritingbooklover asked:

What kinds of servants would a medieval castle have? Would the staff be rather large?

inky-duchess answered:

There could be hundreds or thousands of servants. Every castle needs:

Maidservants
Manservants
Horse grooms
Stableboys
Cooks
Scullions
Guardsmen
A blacksmith
Seamstresses
Nursemaids
Physicians

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thatdisasterauthor

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT PRO WRITING AID BEFORE?! THIS THING IS FUCKING GLORIOUS. HOLY SHIT. LOOK AT THIS.

IT GIVES YOU A WHOLE DAMN REPORT ON YOUR WRITING AND WALKS YOU THROUGH HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHY IT IS SUGGESTING CHANGES. THIS IS JUST A TINY CHUNK OF THE HUGE REPORT IT GAVE ME ON THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ONE OF MY PROJECTS. I AM IN LOVE.

AND IT WORKS WITH SCRIVENER. AND IT IS AFFORDABLE.

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!

Seriously, a couple hours with this and my first chapter is so much better. It helped me see problems I KNEW I had (passive voice, showing vs. telling, adverbs) but was having a hard time sussing out. It has made editing so much more fun and easy because now I know what the hell I’m doing and what to look for instead of stumbling around blind shouting “adverbs? adverbs?” like a town crier. I can already tell I’m getting better at seeing things without the program having to show me too.

I officially worship this thing.

it’s ProWritingAid in case anyone missed it

Does it do essays?

It does have an academic mode, yes!

#writing reference #writing #to see later #writing tips #amazing #amazing tools

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brynwrites

The very best writing tip you will ever hear is this:

Analyze stories.

Don’t just listen to what other storytellers say you should do, figure out what you like about the stories you enjoy and learn to replicate that.

Want to learn about pacing? Examine stories you think flow fantastically. Want to learn about description? Study your favorite author’s descriptions. Want to learn about characterization? Critique your favorite characters. Want to learn about foreshadowing? Explore how it’s done in stories where the plot twist blew your mind.

Storytellers giving advice to other storytellers is fantastic and useful, but you will never know something as thoroughly as you know the things you figure out for yourself.

And by analyzing the stories you love instead of listening blindly to advice, you’ll never be swayed by the bias of other writers and you’ll never take in advice that’s suited for a story you wouldn’t enjoy writing.