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Focused, serious and very hot Shin Woo Yeo — requested by @shaunthegooddoc

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Writing Blog Recs

A list of blogs that I've seen here on Tumblr that are out there creating prompts, helping out with advice and overall encouraging and inspiring everyone who wants to write. If you'd like to be added or to be taken off, please send me a message!

Writing Prompts

@a-u-prompts

@creativepromptsforwriting

@deepwaterwritingprompts

@dialogue4urocs

@gingerly-writing

@givethispromptatry

@just-plenty-of-prompts

@livi-the-writer

@love-me-a-good-prompt

@lyralit

@mangocherri

@myeekyoban

@notyouraveragepromptpage

@pianowritesstuff

@pettyprompts

@promptsforthestrugglingauthor

@prompts-in-a-barrel

@screnwriter

@seaside-writings

@theworldofprompts

@wordsforyourwip

@writer-aspirantus

@writing-challenges-and-prompts

@writing-prompt-s

@writing-prompts-re

@writingprompts

@writingprompts365

@writingraven

@writintheprompts

@writingpromptsandjunk

Writing Advice and Resources

@asparklerwhowrites

@bluebxlle-writer

@coffeebeanwriting

@coffeewritesfiction

@creativepromptsforwriting

@deardragonbook

@heywriters

@howtofightwrite

@inky-duchess

@just-plenty-of-prompts

@livi-the-writer

@lyralit

@myeekyoban

@pianowritesstuff

@skylerchase29

@wordsnstuff

@writer-aspirantus

@writingraven

@writerthreads

@writingquestionsanswered

@writingwithcolor

The Script Family in general

Writing Encouragement

@coffeewritesfiction

@creativepromptsforwriting

@dailywritingpositivity

@screnwriter

@sourpatch-encouragement

OC Prompts

@characterbabble

@develop-your-oc

@ocmagazine

@ocresourcecenter

@some-ocs

@some-oc-ask-blog

@some-oc-questions

Give all of these blogs your love and get inspired!

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Romance Story Starters

For @oh-man-are-you-sirius

Pronouns are of course completely interchangeable.

The day started gloomy, not quite letting on what beautiful things could happen on a day like this.

“Hey! Wait for me please!”. They stopped dead in their tracks, their breath shallow and wondering why that voice still made them feel this way.

Meeting the love of your life in a police station does not make for a good story to tell the grandchildren, but definitely an interesting one.

The alarm clock woke her up from a very lovely dream.

She hurried over the busy streets, slaloming between honking cars, four large cups of Iced Coffee balancing in her hand and she should have kept her eyes up in order to prevent what was about to happen.

The dark brown eyes were the first thing he noticed.

Day in day out, it was always the same time, same place, same people and he was used to this implicitly agreed upon order of things.

Later they would say it was love at first sight, but both knew it was a long road they had to take to get here.

With all the drama in the morning, she did not expect her day to get any better.

He liked watching her, when she was in her element – the confident beauty she radiated.

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What never fails to bring your OC comfort?

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Describe Your OC As...

The following prompts are for you to interpret however you wish! These can be taken literally, metaphorically, or any which way you choose, answered in a line or a paragraph or an entire scene. You can treat this post as an ask game with your followers or answer it on your own at your leisure. Enjoy!

⏳ TIME — dawn — noon — dusk — night

🤝 RELATIONSHIP — friend — lover — ex — enemy

✨ SEASON — spring — summer — autumn — winter

🌀 DESTRUCTION — tornado — wildfire — earthquake — tsunami

🌄 LANDSCAPE — mountain — forest — ocean — desert

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List of Names

A list full of names you can use for your stories.

German Names (Girls)

German Names (Boys)

German Names (Genderneutral)

Random Names Part I

Random Names Part II

Random Names Part III

Random Names Part IV

Random Names Part V

Fantasy Names

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How to use nicknames

Naming a character can be a daunting thing, because you want your reader to connect to your characters and the first thing they know about them and the way to indentify them is often their name.

But not all people go with their given name. And that's where nicknames come into play.

Different forms of nicknames

diminutives

pet names

names based off events or activities

Why use a nickname

the character doesn't like their given name

it's a long or complicated name

people cannot spell or pronounce their given name

someone just called them a certain name and it stuck

people around them like to give nicknames to everyone

it's a name that automatically has a nickname that is known in their language

Who uses the nicknames

you have to choose who is calling your character by a nickname and which one

what are their parents and the whole family calling them?

is it a nickname so common, that even their teachers or coworkers call them like that?

is it an inside joke with their friends?

do different friends call them different names? (childhood friends vs. friends they made as adults)

is it a nickname that only one person would ever call them?

How to make a nickname

nicknames are often based on the first name of the person

use only the first (or first two) syllables of the character's name = (Jessica; Michael)

use only the last syllables of the name = (Isabella)

your character can also go by their surname

or by their middle name

they can go by their initials = (Taylor Johnson = TJ)

base a name on the character's looks (don't be mean) = (Freckles)

base their name on their personality or their interests (again, don't be mean)

Different nicknames in different languages

in English, you can often see an -y or -ie at the end of the name, or the first syllable of the name

- John = Johnny; Charles = Charlie; Patricia = Patty

in Spanish, a lot of nicknames (especially for kids) end in -ita (for girls) or -ito for boys

- Carlos = Carlito; Susana = Susanita

in German, it's common to end names with -i or with -chen or -lein (which indicates cuteness and requires closeness, often not a very serious nickname)

- Jana = Jani or Janchen or Janilein; Andreas = Andi

More things to consider:

do they like all their nicknames?

did they try to give themself a nickname, but no one used it?

do some people not even know their real name because they know their nickname?

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Template I made for the “My Ship In 5 Minutes” challenge. Feel free to use, but please don’t remove my watermark. <3

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When your OC inevitably hurts someone or breaks something, how intentional, on average, were their actions in doing so?

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hello!! i just want to know if you've done prompts for domestic fluff? if not, could you maybe provide me some? thank you so much in advance! i find your blog very helpful and i love the content here overall. 💕

Hi and I’m happy you enjoy my content! :)

Here are some fluff prompts I have.

And here are some new ones.

Domestic fluff prompts

both waking up in the middle of the night and going on an adventure to find the perfect snack

falling asleep on the couch, waking up to not only a blanket around them, but their partner squeezed in behind them

playing Mario Kart after the kids are in bed and cursing all the other drivers out

having a water balloon fight in their own backyard

spontaneously deciding to paint their spare room on a Sunday

leaving notes in each other’s lunch box when they know it will be a stressful day at work

having a favourite animal at the Zoo, they regularly visit together

making funny faces behind the computer while the other one is in a boring Zoom meeting

being overly competitive at child games

surprising the other one with a picnic

having a system for putting away dishes, because one is not tall enough for putting away the glasses

walking shelter dogs together and dreaming of finally getting their own

going to open houses in rich areas just to see nice houses

brushing their teeth together and smiling at each other in the mirror

deciding on a list of Netflix shows they will only watch together

having a secret signal for parties that means “Let’s go home now”

Have fun!

- Jana

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a conversation about how you feel is not supposed to end in an argument

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stubru "How's it going out there? It's lovely to see you again." Pukkelpop - 21 August 2022

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Catherine Gildiner, Good Morning, Monster: Five Heroic Journeys to Emotional Recovery

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“The willow touched water the way her fallen hair had brushed his chest. How could such gentleness leave one drowning? How could such gentleness take one’s breath?”

— Greg Sellers, journal entry, “Notes from Neruda’s Ghost,” 28 August 2022

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“This August has been like a gulf—a deep breath before the release of everything in a wild effort.”

— Albert Camus, from Notebooks 1935-1942; September 1937; tr. by Philip Thody (via tamsoj)

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CASTLES IN DISNEY MOVIES

SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) FROZEN (2013) HERCULES (1997) BRAVE (2012) THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) CINDERELLA (1950) ALADDIN (1992) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) TANGLED (2010)

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I think she's delightful. She looks like a piece of cake.

MARIE ANTOINETTE 2006 – Sofia Coppola