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The Hero’s Journey - Star Wars and The Princess Diaries
There are many ways to plot. At Writers Write, we advise writers to start by using our basic template - The Five Plotting Moments That Matter - before they begin to plot in more detail. This gives your story a shape. (Read our Plotting Posts when you have some time.) We then move onto a chapter-by-chapter guide, with details about scenes and sequels on our Writers Write course.
Many writers use The Hero’s Journey as a way to work through a story. We found these lovely examples at the end of a great post on Writing Prompts by Heather E. Wright. Heather writes, ‘Documented by scholars such as Joseph Campbell, this pattern has been worked into stories across cultures and millennia and is now a Hollywood favourite.’
Read the full article that includes 201 Writing Prompts. Heather is the author of Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens.
Why don’t you try and fill in the template for your story idea?
Source: writerswrite.co.za
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Anonymous asked:
Hiii, could you help me with how to write an interesting and catchy prologue?
Prologues are boring for 3 reasons:
- Recitation of facts. The prologue is nothing more than a series of bland explanations of events that happened years upon years ago.
- Not Relevant. The prologue is important to the story, but its importance is not revealed until much, much later in the story - at which point the audience has forgotten what the prologue contains and they don’t understand what’s going on. Some authors attempt to rectify this problem by using #3.
- Redundancy. Everything you explain in the prologue you also explain later in the story.
Sooo here’s the fix for all three
- Give the prologue a plot arc. Beginning, middle, end. Tell a story. Hook the audience from the beginning by drawing them into the story within the first pages. Give the audience something they want to follow. A little story is enticing. The entire history of your conworld up to this point is not. Perhaps you could figure on one aspect of your conworld’s history or show what your character’s past was through a scene instead of a recitation.
- Relevance. Whatever information you have in your prologue should be relevant to the rest of your story as quickly as possible. If you’re going to tell a story that happened to your hero’s father twenty years ago, you need to bring that story back into the picture early in the story so the readers can link information from the prologue to the story overall.
- Skip the explanation. So you’ve explained that the hero’s sister illegally eloped with a Russian missing two front teeth because they were star-crossed lovers until this, this, and this happened, etc. etc. Anyway, you did that in the prologue. The hero never met his sister, but 128 pages later, you need to explain the hero’s sister’s story … which you already explained in extreme detail in the prologue. Don’t rehash everything. Make it short and sweet:
Ishmael explained what had happened to his sister all those years ago. At the end, he sat, shocked and awed, at his sister’s defiance.
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What are the signs of emotional abuse?
Abusive Expectations - Makes impossible demands, requires constant attention, and constantly criticizes.
Aggressing - Name calling, accusing, blames, threatens or gives orders, and often disguised as a judgmental “I know best” or “helping” attitude.
Constant Chaos - Deliberately starts arguments with you or others. May treat you well in front of others, but changes when you’re alone.
Rejecting - Refusing to acknowledge a person’s value, worth or presence. Communicating that he or she is useless or inferior or devaluing his or her thoughts and feelings.
Denying - Denies personal needs (especially when need is greatest) with the intent of causing hurt or as punishment. Uses silent treatment as punishment. Denies certain events happened or things that were said. Denies your perceptions, memory and sanity by disallowing any viewpoints other than their own which causes self-doubt, confusion, and loss of self-esteem.
Degrading - Any behavior that diminishes the identity, worth or dignity of the person such as: name-calling, mocking, teasing, insulting, ridiculing,
Emotional Blackmail - Uses guilt, compassion, or fear to get what he or she wants.
Terrorizing - Inducing intense fear or terror in a person, by threats or coercion.
Invalidation - Attempts to distort your perception of the world by refusing to acknowledge your personal reality. Says that your emotions and perceptions aren’t real and shouldn’t be trusted.
Isolating - Reducing or restricting freedom and normal contact with others.
Corrupting - Convincing a person to accept and engage in illegal activities.
Exploiting - Using a person for advantage or profit.
Minimizing - A less extreme form of denial that trivializes something you’ve expressed as unimportant or inconsequential.
Unpredictable Responses - Gets angry and upset in a situation that would normally not warrant a response. You walk around on eggshells to avoid any unnecessary drama over innocent comments you make. Drastic mood swings and outbursts.
Gaslighting -A form of psychological abuse involving the manipulation of situations or events that cause a person to be confused or to doubt his perceptions and memories. Gaslighting causes victims to constantly second-guess themselves and wonder if they’re losing their minds.
Love, Salem
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First off: I LOVE your blog and I'm learning so much. I'm writing a historical novel and I have a question: do you have any suggestions for reading about black people in Georgian/Regency England? I've been through the 1700s and 1800s tags but didn't quite find what I'm looking for - not sure if this kind of source exists, but something that would describe the more everyday experience of POC in England? What jobs they held, who they married, etc. Thanks either way, just for being u.
My tags “resources" and "books" are almost always the best place to start for research. Although the tags for centuries do contain some essays, they mostly just feature artworks.
Also:
- Although this Powerpoint handout is liberal with the Comic Sans and is a bit simplistic, it’s actually an amazing guide to Victorian Art featuring Black people, and asks some very thought-provoking questions for anyone considering writing about Victorian England. (PDF)
- Black Victoriana: a book full of historical truth bombs, edited by Gretchen Gerzina.
- 'Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow': The Doomed Romance of Two Black Victorian Writers. (Paula J. Giddings, professor at Smith)
- The story of Saartje Baartman, from the Baartman Centre for Women
Anonymous asked:
Hello! Quick question for you - I'm writing a series of fantasy novels with a person of colour as the protagonist. I wanted to write a story which would represent people and make them actual characters - free from the baggage of bigotry and prejudice in the real world. Is that okay? To have a world where bad stuff like racism isn't an issue and no one thinks any less of POC?
It's perfectly fine to write a story where racism isn't essential per se and doesn't affect the narrative. Hell, it's fine to write stories like this even when they're set in a world where racism is a big thing (*cough* ours). The PoC struggling with racism and all it's baggage isn't necessary for every story. Some, if not most times, we just want an escape too. Just wanna be in a story, not only as a full-faceted individual who is more than a token or trope, but without being trapped in the racist reality of our lives. We just wanna be.
I think this quote from CrystalZelda says it well:
idk do people not get the concept of escapism
like yes we know living as a PoC/woman/LGBTQ/person of a marginalized group comes with oppression and institutionalized ugliness and yes the media should reflect the reality of the situation but hey that doesn’t mean every story about girls should be about how shitty it is to be a girl or how every story about LGBTQ should be about the bs you face, sometimes we want to live in a fantasy world too where we’re unapologetically awesome and our story isn’t always about how we have to overcome prejudice or deal with the harsh realities of being a PoC but about how we’re going to discover treasure planet and slay dragons and fight off criminals and save the universe
We wanna blow shit up too goddammit
So, in brief; don't make your characters racist, prejudice bigots, and all shall be fine. ^_^
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Some Things I'd Like to See (Part II)
(character version to go along with plot version I did earlier)
- More POCs. Yes, very obvious, you say, but I don’t mean just POC protagonists or POC supporting characters, but also environments, cultures, or even worlds that are predominantly POC.
- More LGBT*QIA. With an emphasis on B, T*, I, and A. I don’t just want queer characters, I want queer communities. I want queer people of compatible orientations that don’t end up with each other just because they’re queer.
- Older heroes. Heroes that are +30 or past their prime. Heroes with families, jobs, and responsibilities. Heroes who can’t go haring off into the wilderness on a vague notion of a quest.
- Strength without being strong. Give me males who are lovers and not fighters. Give me characters who are lovers and fighters. And give me women who are fully developed to be compassionate instead of just being compassionate so they can prop their man up.
- Average characters. Main characters are usually the best at everything, be it looks or abilities. Give me average characters. Give me characters who aren’t the best at what they do, or at least not as good as they think they are.
- More female interaction. A lot of fictional women rely on their male lovers or male friends for comfort, advice, or daily socialization. I’d like to see more women interacting with women for all this comfort or whatever. Women friendships, women relationships, women family members. More women.
- More friendships. This goes along with an emphasis on queer/queer friendships, female/female friendships, and male/female totally 100% platonic friendships. Our friends are very important and we totally shaft them in fiction.
- Relationships that aren’t happily ever after. Whether you plan them that way or not. Make casual relationships where people kiss and snuggle but it’s just the physical comfort and they don’t move past it. Make relationships centered on sex. Make relationships where getting together seemed like a great idea, but the characters find they have too many differences and break up. Make relationships where the characters repeatedly break up and get back together because they’re in a love/hate/love/hate cycle.
- Different love triangles. Everyone is familiar with the Character A loves Characters B and C. Characters B and C love A. A must choose between them. There are so many other configurations of that triangle! And I have yet to see a triangle resolve in a threesome.
- Extroverted characters. If you can write a character of another gender or a 1000 year old half-dragon elf warrior maid, you can write an extroverted character. It’s not hard! And it’s totally awesome for your plot because extroverted characters will keep tabs on everyone and probably be more keen to strange behaviors that your plot hinges on.
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I recently received a message asking about what kind of jobs and occupations a Medieval European of color might have, as they had only seen “merchant” and “solider” listed as possible occupations in specific articles.
Part of the problem is framing the inquiry that way, since at this point it’s...
Ohh my. Awesome. I totally needed this for my medieval fairy tales and story writing in general!
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A MASTERLIST OF SURNAMES WORLDWIDE
I become really bored and decided to come up with an extremely large master list of surnames that aren’t just popular in America. I think finding a first name can always be a challenge, but finding a surname for one of my characters seems to be even harder for me personally. There is a large variety of names from different countries and they are all organized appropriately. There should be about 350+ names total under the cut, and I may add later as time goes on. Please like or reblog if you found this helpful.
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COBG'S Guide to Surviving NaNoWriMo!
Guides, Resources, and Writing Tips Oh My!
Guide to Murphy’s Law. (What can go wrong, will go wrong)
1. Back it up! Dropbox, Google Drive, Icloud. A few years ago I would have said USB or Data CD, but in this day and age I would say keep it in the cloud. All my writing files are saved on Dropbox which means every time I save, it’s already updated on dropbox and on my other computer. So, if my computer crashes I don’t have to worry. Remember back it up! 2. Get By With A Little Help from Your Friends. Know where you can go for support. Do you have a writing buddy? Are you on a forum? Do you have a friend who is going to commit to the challenge? Have their info ready, because at some point we all crack. Just have someone or someones who will listen to you complain about how you are the most awful writer and why the hell did you start this process in the first place. That person will hopefully remind you why you’re doing this and all the things you can get out of it. 3.Tools Assemble Sure you’re using your computer, but have your other tools ready. A notebook, your iphone with your notes, your index cards. Also, remember your outlines, your character sheets, your research and have wiki and google on standby.
Guide to keeping our sanity.
1.Give up your Harry Potter, Pulitzer prize winning notions. NaNoWriMo is an exercise. It’s a test in endurance, in will power and focus. It is also a rough draft which means it is going to suck. Secondly, most full manuscripts are from 80k-100k…so it’s not a full novel. Do not spend your time freaking out about how good it is. Good comes later. Just get 50k words down. 2. Avoid the distracting parts of the internet. Facebook, twitter and even Tumblr. Unless, you are going to get writing tips, do some quick research or check in with your writing partner you should NOT be on the internet. It’s as simple as that. 3.Don’t compare yourself to others. Just, because you can write 5k words in one day does not mean you are Shakespeare. Just, because you have barely scraped past your daily goal doesn’t mean you suck. Everyone writes at their own pace. 4. You are not ready for Beta Readers. No one needs to be reading what you are writing! No one. This first month is not for getting feedback and figuring out if your book makes sense. It’s to get it all down. It’s to bring the beginning, middle and end of your story into existence. This is not the time to bring in opinions that will only discourage you or give you a false sense of your skill. Again, your first draft is gonna suck! 5. Stop editing! I do not care if you noticed a an extra comma, if you’re not sure you spelled that big word correctly or if something seems not right. Leave it. When you’re doing you’re rewrite, that’s the time to edit.
Guide to Keeping Healthy.
1. Water. When I am writing, I can literally go days without drinking a glass of water. Stay hydrated. Keep your mouth moist as your fingers do the talking. 2. Take breaks. I don’t mean go sit and watch all your primetime shows during your allotted writing time, but…. yup go to the bathroom, walk around your living room, eat your meals and have a stretch. Staring at a computer or word processor for hours can get to your back, your hands, your wrists, your shoulders and your eyes. 3.Comfort and Support. I have wrist pain (I think it’s carpal tunnel, but my doc disagrees) so I wear a brace especially when on my computer. I also have padding below my keyboard. Think about what will keep you comfortable. Fingerless gloves, cushions, feet warmers. I don’t know, but be comfortable.
Guide to Your Happiness.
1. Caffeine. You’re just sitting at a table, but writing is busy work. It will make you feel tired, your brain feel foggy and suddenly bed seems like the perfect place even if it’s just 5pm. You need something to keep you lucid. For me it’s a cup of Lipton tea. But for others it can be soda and the ever important coffee. 2. Snacks. I am going to buy myself a party size pack of Reese’s Buttercup and probably my favorite ice cream candy bar, because they give me a rush of pleasure with every bite. But, I am also going to buy red grapes, because I love them. Gather your snacks before hand. Your guilty pleasures and your healthy ones. Have something close by that you can munch on while the creative juices are flowing.
Guide to your personal Motivation.
1. Computer Wallpaper. For the last few weeks my wallpaper is this beautiful black on white number that I found on tumblr by Brewed Rebels that reads “You musn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.” It’s a quote from the film Inception and every time I turn my computer off, close a window, etc I see it. It’s my inspiration. My dream is to be a writer and every time I see it it reminds me not to be afraid of my big dreams. Get something like that for yourself. 2. Goals and Rewards. We know the ultimate goal is 50k words in 30 days, but set some smaller goals and give yourself a reward. The most common practice is probably giving yourself a small gift every 5k words you complete. This can be a book, a bag of candy…anything that can motivate you.
My daily goal is to watch an episode or 2 of Supernatural, which I am currently binge watching. You may want to put another reward at the end of the 30 days as well. The ultimate reward is of course 50k, BUT you can talk yourself out of that. You can always say things like ‘well, I don’t have to get 50k now, I can just keep writing in December.” No, give yourself more incentive if you think you may talk yourself out of it. Perhaps you should say “if I finish this book I can buy that expensive purse I’ve had my eyes on and walked past three times last week.” You know what I mean. Treat yourself to something. Give yourself the ultimate reward that you can afford. 3.Bragging Rights Remember! You can’t tell all your friends that you’re a legit novelist and that you have written a book, if you don’t WRITE THE BOOK. Bragging rights is probably one of the best things in the world. It will take someone 10 years to do something you are going to do in 30 days. Remember that.
Below are resources such as writing tips, dictionary sites, story generators, places to look up names and other tips from all over the web.
Guide to Working Through Writer’s Block
Six Simple and Difficult Tips for Beating Writer’s Block. Symptoms and Cures for Writer’s Block 13 Famous Writers on Overcoming Writer’s Block 10 Types of Writers Block and How to Overcome Them Overcoming Writer’s Block
NaNoWriMo Tips from the Web
Writingbox’s 10 NaNoWriMo Tips Fuck You Writing Habits’ NaNoWriMo Resources Kris Noel’s NaNoWriMo Goals Writing Sources and Tips’ Writing Your First Novel Post NaNoWriMo for the News and Insane
Helpful Tools Guide
Scrivener NaNoWriMo Trial Offer -BEST writing software (IMO) YWriter - Free Writing Software. A list of Progress trackers and word counters Cliche Finder Write or Die- productivity app that forces you to write by providing consequences for distraction and procrastination World Lingo- Translations The Best of British- American’s guide to speaking British
Writing Tips
The Snowflake Method The 8 Point Plot Arc 34 Writing Tips that Will Make You A Better Writer Invaluable Writing Tips
Writing Indexes
COBG Writing Tips Index -everything from characterization tips, genre tips & Technique tips Guide to Writing Science Fiction Fantasy Worldbuilding Creating Fantasy & Sci-fI Worlds Realistic Travel Chart
Name Help
Behind the Name -Name Meanings. Seven Sanctum-A collection of ‘generators’ that make random characters, plots, ideas and more Serenity- generates places, character names, title generator and descriptions
Resources
http://www.merriam-webster.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://thesaurus.com http://words.grammarly.com/ http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Take A Short Break
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I’ve been working on building several novels that take place in several parallel worlds but are connected via one character and the worldbuilding really hurts my head sometimes. Do you find that you have the…
Ooh! Thank you! This should definitely help.
did you check um out? did they get you any further?
Yes! Thanks! After reading through them, I realized that 1. I really need to use separate notebooks for each world (i should’ve known this but sometimes my brain doesn’t work) and 2. the magic systems won’t really be that different at all. At least not for the stories that will be novel and short story length. Though, I still need to figure out what the limitations and consequences of using magic will be. At least for my main character. Her magic use and abilities are in a class of their own and will be hard to limit.
Cool! I'm glad it's of use. Yeah a separate notebook per world would probably be very helpful in organizing everything! I'm using seperate notebooks on officenote so I guess that counts? Hehe..still my notes are a bit scattered. Must be a relief to see your magic systems aren't all drastically different! I also need to figure out the limitations and consequences of my MC. It was something I didn't even think about until reading that then i'm like oh! Stakes! Of course!
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i'm writing a story and i'm totally gonna use your tagging idea if ya don't mind ;)
Please do!!!
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Anonymous asked:
In the story I'm writing, everyone has a normal, everyday name and I'm kinda starting to feel that they're not suitable for the world. How does one go about coming up with convincing fantasy names that are easy to spell and remember?
Choose names that fit your world. They don’t have to be something really unique just because it’s a fantasy world, but you can still do that.
One idea for doing this would be to completely make up the names by using root words found in names (or you could just make it up). You can set up some rules for names, like having all names end in a vowel or not having a certain letter or phonetic sound in that particular alphabet.
Or you could take the names you already have and change them up a bit. Let’s try an example for both:
The name Muirenn comes from muir for sea and fionn for fair or white. The name Avis comes from the Latin word for bird.
Now let’s say I have a fantasy world where feminine names end in the following suffixes: -iel, -a, and -an. Here are some combinations of the above two names which will create one feminine name with the meaning of “water bird”:
- Muiraviel (the muir is pronounced as mwir)
- Muraviel (the mur is pronounced as mer)
- Muravian
- Muiravian
- Muirava
- Murava
- Mureava
- Muinaviel
Once you get other names that aren’t too ridiculous in spelling (like having a bunch of accents and apostrophes that aren’t needed), you’ll start to see a pattern that is suited to your world. Here are some examples of having more feminine names given the rules I placed above:
- Muiraviel
- Maloran
- Arimela
- Bevira
- Eirean
With the last name, Eirean, I’ve decided that it will be pronounced “eye-ree-ahn” rather that “eye-reen” because the suffix of -an within this world I’ve created is always pronounced as “ahn” if at the end of a feminine name.
Play around with names and see what you can come up with. It doesn’t even have to be complicated. Take the names you already have and try messing with the endings, if you want. They can still be easy to pronounce, though readers are always going to pronounce certain made up names different ways unless you provide a phonetic spelling.
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Anonymous asked:
hey can i ask you how you stay motivate while writing? I am currently writing my first book an I plan it out to be 300 pages and I don't want to tell anyone until I have written 150 pages. But sometimes, without people pushing me, I feel unmotivated and think is it really worth it. So how do YOU motivate yourself.
In my present project, I motivate myself by my co-author being there every step of the way. Also, our clients patiently waiting to have the book done by the deadline is always enough to make me drag myself to my computer. Freelance Writing is a full time job for me, so the possibility of starving is always good for motivation too.
In personal projects, I have the faithful encouragement of my beta, again. But that’s obviously not going to work for you.
For secret personal projects, as you’re describing, I use the promise of revealing it to others as motivation. The thought of how my beta will painstakingly go over every sentence and get into deep character discussions with me always makes me strive to continue in my projects.
To keep myself otherwise motivated requires a few Freelance Writing rules. A few to try are:
- Keep a progress bar. Seeing your steadily increasing word count will help you continue on to the next few words.
- Set yourself a schedule. It can be ‘write for five hours a day’ or ‘write 1,000 words a day’, but as long as you have a quota to keep to, it’ll encourage you to continually return to the story until the quota is met.
- Set a deadline. It’ll keep you devoted and stop you from fudging the quota. You might be tempted to take the day off or drop the ‘1,000 words a day’ to ‘500 words a day’, but knowing that by doing that, you’ll be behind and miss the deadline, will keep you steady in your work.
- Have rewards. If you reach your quota in time, you’ll have extra time to watch Netflix, or jump on Tumblr, or go get a slice of cake, or read that book you’ve wanted to. It’ll encourage you to get the quota done, and maybe even sooner.
- Enjoy your breaks. Don’t wear yourself out. If you work all week and take the weekends off, but spend that time writing or thinking about the story too, you’ll be exhausted with it much faster. Then when push comes to shove and you have to write, you’ll loath it and give up.
- Think about the goal. Imagine how everyone will love it when you finally show it to them. Imagine the freshly bound copy of it sitting in your hands. Imagine your interviews on Oprah when it hits #1 Best Seller. Remember why you’re doing this to begin with, and don’t forget how great it will be when you finally achieve it.
Have fun and write on!
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Ah yes, the shower. The perfect venue for planning stories and reveling in the knowledge of having limitless power over your characters.
Have I reblogged this before? This is 100% accurate.
i had one of these moments yesterday…but it was about having their arm gnawed off..
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kintatsujo said: Oi oi, I didn’t say WHITE, I said ethnically indistinct, which is a whole different thing. Ethnically indistinct people get all sorts of erasure in mainstream media, I expected better of you. Do you realize how many people fall under “ethnically indistinct,” btw? Light-skinned black people, a large proportion of Hispanic people, Native Americans who don’t fit the stereotype of “perfect bronze with black hair”…
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Race is biological; genetically distinct populations within the same species. Ethnicity is associated with particular geographic regions, including their language, heritage, religion and customs. When you call people ethnically indistinct, do you mean you can’t tell their race or geographic origins by looking at them? Because that sounds really fucking problematic to me. Egypt had and has a distinct culture and the people who made it up over the its Ancient Egypt time period were likely a mix of African, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean populations. It is possible to be ethnically Egyptian with different genetic backgrounds.
A ‘light-skinned black person’ is still a black person. A Native American with blonde hair is still Native American. They get to define their identity; I don’t just because I can’t ‘tell what they are’ by looking at them. Vin Diesel prefers not to discuss his race and that’s his every right. That doesn’t make him a Pharaoh.
Acknowledging Egypt’s historical demography is very important to writing a story. When you’re writing a story, details like this matter, or you get Cleopatra starring Angelina Jolie. It’s not right to mix and match people based on them ‘looking ethnic’ i.e. not white. That sure as hell sounds like what ‘ethnically indistinct’ means, by the way. ‘I can’t define you as white so I’m gonna say you’re ethnic in some way.’ That, right there? Sounds pretty fucking racist.
let me just
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English Grammar and Vocabulary
As some of you may have noticed (the ones who read my URL. Most of you, yes, all of you. I know you’re not stupid), English is definitely not my first language. Anyway, while I kind of taught English to myself while watching movies and TV Shows, and starting to write right away, I still need a little grammar check from times to time, and well, who can’t say no to learning more about grammar? So here’s a few links to a few damn useful website that could be useful, whether English is, or not, your first language. Oh, and added some Vocabulary at the end, because who doesn’t want to learn new words?
GRAMMAR
- What are basic english grammar rules?
- It’s vs Its
- To and Too
- The difference between who and whom
- Grammar Lessons on Grammar Monster
- Common Grammar Errors
- English Grammar Lessons
- Grammar Topics on edufind
- English Club Grammar
- English Grammar Reference and exercises
- Perfect-English-Grammar
- KGills Grammar Tips
- English Grammar 101
- 40+ tips to improve your grammar and punctuation
- Dashes and Parentheses
- 11 Grammar Tips
BETTER YOUR VOCABULARY
- Vocabulary.com
- Building a better Vocabulary
- Vocabulary.co.il
- Effective Ways To Improve your vocabulary
- Build Your Vocabulary
- How To Improve your vocabulary steadily
- 100 Advanced English Words
- Improve Your Vocabulary
BONUS: SPOT THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES
Hopefully this helped a few of you, native english speakers or not!