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Theme [15]: Monster by glenthemes

From ‘HOLY’ to ‘MONSTER’ – a theme rework was in order with the release of PVRIS’s new single ️‍🔥.

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Theme features:

sidebar image & description, + a mini title

up to 8 custom links

music player (1 song with album cover)

post width 400px-600px

post type indicators on the side

full NPF support (hopefully)

black-and-white images option

optional click-toggle tags

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10 ART HEADERS by @tulipos​

Please like/reblog if you use or save.

Credit it’s not necessary, but always apreciated.

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this book website gives you the first page of a random book without the title or author so that you can read it with no preconceptions!!! great for discovering new recs

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nav / about page : preview / code

Because people have been asking me about it… here’s a hybrid about/nav page that I use on my personal blog, because everybody is lazy and wants everything at the same time.

You can easily add/edit the link sections; it’s all in the code, but I don’t have the energy to explain it to people individually.

There’s an image if you want it.

Please don’t copy/steal my writing or code, thanks.

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105 new aesthetic icons by meredithsdardenne ♥

please like or reblog if you save

credits not necessary but appreciated

find them on my icon page

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If you write a strong character, let them fail.

If you write a selfless hero, let them get mad at people.

If you write a cold-hearted villain, let them cry.

If you write a brokenhearted victim, let them smile again.

If you write a bold leader, let them seek guidance.

If you write a confident genius, let them be wrong, or get stumped once in a while.

If you write a fighter or a warrior, let them lose a battle, but let them win the war.

If you write a character who loses everything, let them find something.

If you write a reluctant hero, give them a reason to join the fight.

If you write a gentle-hearted character who never stops smiling, let that smile fade and tears fall in shadows.

If you write a no one, make them a someone.

If you write a sibling, let them fight and bicker, but know that at the end of the day they’ll always have each other’s back.

If you write a character, make them more than just a character; give them depth, give them flaws and secrets, and give them life.

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I'm moving out from my parents next week and start living on my own. I panic a lot, I'm afraid of living alone as I think I'll fell lonely very often (all the time?) and will fall in depressive mood because of that. I'm studying and working remotely so won't go out very often and actually don't have many friends to go out with. I wanted to live by my own but now I'm really scared and sad because of moving out and afraid about daily things also like I'll need to cook for myself and always have money to pay for the flat, bills, food and other necessary things, I'm terrified of the adult life although I'm an adult... But the loneliness scares me the most. Is it normal to feel like that or is it just me and I should be happy instead? I'm also looking forward to some positive things regarding living by my own but I'm not 100% sure if it was a good idea. Please wish me luck, I hope it'll be fine and those are just my fears that will not become the reality, but they might actually. And sometimes I don't feel like an adult at all.

it’s really brave to live on your own. it’s scary and it’s normal to be nervous of loneliness. the biggest thing to have is trust. trust that even if you’re lonely, you’ll be ok and maybe even find some peace and solitude. trust that every single overwhelming thing - cooking, bills, school, making friends are doable because when you break them down, they’re actually not as overwhelming as you expected. and like anything else, the more you practice them, the easier it will be. all these adulty things will definitely get easier, I promise. and trust that even if you fall into a depressive state, you will get yourself out of it. and this is your prime time to make stupid mistakes - lots of them - because it means you’re trying.

second is excitement. it’s a big thing to move out - so much freedom, new adventures, and you can even decorate your flat with cute plants or posters and make the space your own. it’s an adventure - one with fear, but also with new freedoms. you can act like a main character who’s in a coming of age movie :) my advice is to start a journal, because in a few years time you’ll look back at yourself affectionately. write down your favorite recipes, your goals, plans, positive reminders etc. it will be better than expected. it won’t always be a dark lonely apartment that you imagine it to be. and even in your loneliest times, you still have books, your songs and your lovely self. I wish you the best of luck lovely anon, and I trust that you’ll be okay no matter what - because you will be! and you should trust too.

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FONT PACK #1 by @hisources​

The pack contains 10 fonts.

Like/reblog if you like or download.

Please, don’t repost as your own.

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someday: windows-inspired blog theme by @taezs

includes:

400px posts

optional navigation box, sidebar image, and updates box

responsive to smaller screens and mobile devices

npf photoset fix courtesy of/by @glenthemes

draggable boxes

blend mode overlays over sidebar image & nav image - will change on dark mode

dark mode toggle

note: this is not overly color-customisable due to the dark mode toggle. you can choose for the default to be dark or light, and the three colours that make up the gradient accent, that's it.

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matching explore page

can be an all-in-one, can be a tags page - up to you. add/delete as many subfolders as you want. but! it may be a bit confusing so some html experience is recommended.

faq/ask section

blogroll

about me section

as many links sections as you want

two images - you can change them if you don't want them

updates tab/description same as index page. again, delete if you don't want.

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credits: post styling/defaults by @seyche, day/night mode by @eggdesign, css photosets by @eggdesign & @annasthms

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hazelnut : a simple about page

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used to use this on my main blog! features: about area with three different sections for links. feel free to change the google font, just make sure to select something thick with an 800 font weight for the title. (not all fonts will work well here, fyi!)

would appreciate a like/reblog if you use!

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rosemary by @softcodes

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a super simple & minimal single column sidebar theme with custom title, four custom links, four post sizes, any google font, custom font size, scroll to top, and stylized quote, chat, and answer posts. view all credits here.

pls like or reblog if you use:)

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anya | preview , code

a media page to track your progress

features:

- responsive design - star rating system - customizable progress bar + status title - navigation system with anchor links for movies/books/series sections - optional image for each entry

notes: - you can find how to customize stars/progress bar in the code - visit https://cappuccicons.com/ to change icons

credits: - icons by https://cappuccicons.com/ - all images in the preview from https://unsplash.com/

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170 MISC ICONS, by @sophiemina

please like / reblog if using.

credit is not required (but appreciated).

check source for link.

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Words to describe facial expressions

Absent: preoccupied 

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: blissful

Black: angry or sad, or hostile

Bleak: hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Grim: fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: sexually suggestive

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Sour: unpleasant

Sullen: resentful

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Wan: pale, sickly

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Withering: devastating

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

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betelgeuse by mercurythms

preview | download

features:

an all-in-one page including and about page, faq’s, navigation, social media links and blogroll

gradient accents for title headings and navigation icons

64px by 64px circular sidebar icon on the about section

responsive for desktop and mobile devices

credits:

carousel tutorial - @yeoli-thm​

feather icons - cole bemis

social media icons - fontawesome

tippy.js tooltips - atomiks

fade in effect - cory laviska

Please do not remove credit or steal parts of this code. Please message me if you have questions or encounter problems with this theme.

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Editing Checklist

Editing Software:

StyleWriter 4 is fantastic. It’s an add-on for Microsoft word and has a 14-day trial period. It goes through your text, picks out “glue words”, misspellings, long sentences, homonyms, passive tense, shows your reading grade level, and more.

Editminion *FREE* checks for adverbs, weak words, passive voice, cliches, and homonyms among other things.

Pro Writing Aid is another online editor. It is mostly free, but offers more features if you pay.

AutoCrit offers free analysis for under 500 words, otherwise you have to pay for more text and more editing features.

Paper Rater offers a free service for editing, but it is designed for essays.

Formatting Checklist: This follows the general guide of formatting a manuscript in Microsoft word. However, some literary agents and editors have their own requirements.

Under the paragraph option, change the special indentation to first line at .5". Change to document to double spaced.

There should be no spaces between paragraphs.

When showing a scene break, center # on a blank line.

Font should be easy to read. Courier New and Times New Roman are preferred at size 12.

All margins should be 1".

Start chapters on a new page and put the chapter title 1/3 down the page. Write the chapter like so: CHAPTER ONE - CHAPTER TITLE. Press return 4 - 6 times before starting the text of the chapter.

For the header, put YOUR NAME/BOOK TITLE/PAGE NUMBER in the upper right-hand corner. Start this header on the first page of the first chapter.

The cover page of your manuscript should have your name, word count, and contact information in the upper left-hand corner.

The title on the cover page should be in all caps. Your name should be underneath in all caps. If you use a pen name, write YOUR REAL NAME (WRITING AS PEN NAME).

At the end of the manuscript, start a new page and write END.

Self-Editing Checklist:

Spelling:

If you are using Microsoft word for your word processor, use the spell check. After that, go through the manuscript line by line to make sure everything is spelled right. You may have used “form” instead of “from” and skipped it because Microsoft word did not see it as misspelled.

Printing out your work or viewing it in another way (such as a pdf on an ereader) helps find these mistakes.

Beta readers can find what you missed as well.

Use editing software to check homonyms or look up a list of homonyms and find them in your document using ctrl + f. Check these words to make sure you used the right spelling.

Grammar and Style:

First use Microsoft word’s grammar checker, but be aware that it is not always right. Check grammar girl if you are unsure.

For dialogue, you can always pick up a professionally published book and look at how the dialogue tags are used, where commas are placed, and when other punctuation is used.

If you’re in school and your English teacher isn’t too busy, have them take a look at it.

Look out for prepositions. Most of the time, you can omit these words and the sentence will still make sense. Beginner writers use a lot of these in their writing and it slows the flow.

Check for adverbs. You’d be surprised at how many you use in your writing, sometimes up to five a page. Using a few in narration is okay, but only a few. Delete adverbs you find, especially those that end in “-ly”, and rewrite the sentences in necessary.

Delete gerunds and forms of “to be” if writing in past tense. Instead of “were running”, write “ran”.

Check subject-verb agreement.

Use correct dialogue tags. People don’t bark their words. They shout.

Two digit numbers should be written as words (twenty-seven) while numbers with more than two digits should be written with numbers (123).

Avoid passive verbs.

Vary sentence length.

Show with the five senses rather than telling.

Most of the time, you can delete the word “that”.

Avoid using “unique” or “significant” words too often.

Consistency:

Make sure all your font is the same size and type.

Make sure you have no plot holes. Use the comment feature in Microsoft Word to track these plots.

Make sure your time line is consistent.

The tone should fit the scene.

There should be one POV per scene. Unless you’re a brilliant writer and can pull off third person omniscient.

Verb tense should be consistent.

Keep track of the details you release of people, places, and things. The reader will remember if in one chapter you say your protagonist has blue eyes and in another you say green.

Pacing:

The whole book should flow in and out of fast paced scenes to keep your reader interested and slow scenes to give them a break.

The middle should not “sag”.

Sentences should flow smoothly.

Plot:

Keep track of all your plots and sub-plots. Readers will remember them.

There should be a beginning, middle, and end.

Is the initial problem at the beginning of the manuscript?

There should be at least one antagonist. This does no have to be a person.

Is there enough conflict?

There should be a resolution.

All scenes should have something to do with plot.

The climax should be the most exciting part.

Character:

The protagonist should change by the end of the book.

Make sure all characters who come in contact with one another have some kind of relationship, whether good or bad.

Characters must have motivation for everything.

The protagonist must want something right from the start of the conflict.

The protagonist needs to be captivating. The readers wants to root for the protagonist. This does not mean the protagonist needs to be likable all the time.

The readers likes to relate to characters. Make sure your characters are diverse enough that readers can identify with one.

Know who your protagonist is. The main character is not always the same. For example, Nick in The Great Gatsby is the main character, but Jay Gatsby is the protagonist. This is important to know while writing your query letter.

If you can delete a minor character from a scene and nothing changes, then delete that character.

Sometimes you can make two minor characters one without losing any essential parts of the story. If you can, do this.

All characters react and act.

Each character has his or her own life.

Dialogue:

Dialogue should be believable. Read it out loud.

Don’t go overboard with phonetic spelling if a character has an accent.

Dialogue should be informal and natural. It does not have to be grammatically correct.

Prose:

Avoid purple prose. I’ve never met anyone with “emerald eyes” or “hair of fire” (except for the Flame Princess).

Don’t use too many adjectives.

Avoid cliches.

Other:

Don’t info dump. Pace information through dialogue and narration.

The first sentence should spark interest, or at least the first three. If it does, the first paragraph should be the same. And the first 250 words. The goal is to get the reader past the first page.

Let your story rest. When you’re ready to edit, start at the end. Writers tend to get lazy at the end of their story whether they are writing it for the first time or revising it after revising the rest of the story.

Make sure your manuscript is within range for your genre’s word count.

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ways to see life in a softer light ✨

jump into puddles when it’s raining

draw and paint without needing to be “good” 

find a cookie recipe and do your best

collect weird rocks, thinking they’re gems

fall in love with sunsets, misty mornings, snow and rainbows

borrow a big stack of books from the library 

be excited for small things, like seeing a butterfly or pretty bird or a cat

do ‘embarrassing’ things without a care in the world if it makes you happy

go on your own adventures and plan new adventures for the future in a book

create detailed life stories of random strangers you see on the train

make a wish when an eyelash falls out, when you see a shooting star or ladybug, at 11:11pm, or invent your own superstitions for luck

have a rich world of imagination. create a beautiful strange world or thing to go to when you’re sad and need an escape, or just before you fall asleep so you can dream of this world.

be kind, gentle, loving and helpful without expecting anything back. make tea and sweet treats for people you love

believe in magical creatures, and make ordinary things and people magical in your own way.

learn to be alone and enjoy the silence and peace, but also care deeply about others, and make others feel loved and special like they deserve

find your signature scent, aesthetic, handwriting, songs, quotes, clothing and colors like you’re a protagonist in a movie

learn to smile instinctively at people you make eye contact with. be a person that radiates warmth. be the friend you’ve always needed and wanted

see the good side in everything. don’t hold grudges or let small things affect your happiness

when you catch yourself dreading something, keep telling yourself “it will be nice”, the worst case scenarios almost never happens

make playlists for your moods, your favorite people, places, moments and things you want to experience

invent games for mundane things, like raindrops having a race rolling down the window

go swimming and pretend to be a mermaid, grow flowers and make jam and apple pies and pretend you’re in a fairytale

explore places aimlessly. walk without a purpose so you find nice surprises and places that become special to only you

notice beauty in things that you usually don’t pay much attention to