Becoming a writer is great because now you have a hobby that haunts you whenever you don’t have time to do it
E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;
Rach Academia - FREEBIES (workbook, notion template, games, challenges, etc.);
Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);
BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;
Charlotte Dillon - Research links;
Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;
One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;
One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!
Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;
National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;
Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;
Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;
The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;
Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;
QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);
Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;
Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;
I hope this is helpful for you!
Also, don't forget to check my gumroad shop, where you can find plenty of FREEBIES (from notion templates for writers to workbooks and sheets).
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Happy writing! <3
The problem w writing fiction is that you'll be like tee-hee I'm going to write a story about a fucked up little scenario that's got nothing to do with anything in real life, just some pure messed up nonsense, and then you finish it and take a step back and go aw rats I made a metaphor again
Prompt #1089: “Why did you come back?” “Because I forgot something important.” “Oh, what did you forget?” “You, you idiot.”
Prompt #1070: “Sorry I tried to kill you.” “It’s fine, but next time you should try harder.”
Prompt #1103: “Stop following me.” “Oh, do you want me to walk beside you? Maybe hold hands with you?”
Prompt #1101: “I’m not the right person for you.” “You’re doing a bad job of convincing me of that.”
Prompt #1082: “You’re just as bad as I am.” “Oh believe me, I’m much worse.”
Prompt #1099: “Have I ever given up on you?” “No, never.” “Then don’t force me to do it now.”
Prompt #1073: Sometimes guardian angels don’t have a lovely singing voice and a set of fluffy wings, sometimes they have a deep frown on their face and a very bad attitude.
Prompt #1078: “Why do you think that you need to fix me? Who told you I was broken?”
Prompt #1062: “Don’t look at me like that.” “How am I looking at you?” “Like you love me.”
Prompt #1092: “If I had asked, would you have stayed?” “You didn’t ask. So we’ll never know.”
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— “can i come over tonight? is that stupid to ask?”
— “come on, talk to me. when have i ever led you astray, hm?”
— “will you hold my hand?”
— “i want nothing more than to kiss you right now.”
— “you’re always going to be the most beautiful person in the room to me.”
— “i’m so proud of you- you know that, right?”
— “you matter so much to me.”
— “is it okay if i stay at yours tonight? i don’t know if i can stand another night away from you.”
— “just let me love you!”
— “am i dumb for thinking there’s something here? something that could be real?”
— “i’m sorry, but they don’t deserve you.”
— “can we just... can we give this a chance?”
— “i know it’s wrong of me to come crying to you over a date, but i didn’t know where else to go.”
— “you make me feel so safe.”
— “i love you. as more than just a friend.”