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On conservation and survival

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Different Stories Resonate with Different People

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Being a writer is a lonely journey. We live in this world, but our mind and soul drift through invisible dimensions and made-up realities.

We eat, drink, sleep, see, hear, and love, but part of us is always elsewhere. We see colors where others see only gray. We catch inspiration in the smallest places: a conversation overheard on the bus, a fleeting glance between strangers, the way light falls on a quiet street. We notice the details that slip past everyone else.

Even other fellow writers cannot fully understand the chaos that is unique to your head.

A writer’s journey is a solitary one, but there’s no other path I’d rather take.

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How to Create Conflict

A list of resources on how to create conflict—for your characters and for your story’s plot.

External Plot vs. Internal Plot Explains two different ways for creating a story’s plot. Can also help with adding conflict to the plot.

External Conflict vs. Internal Conflict Explains two different types of conflict, and how to create conflict for a story’s main character and plot.

Agency vs. Lack of Agency in Fiction Explains what agency in fiction is, and what lack of agency is. Explains how to add agency to a story, which will contribute to the conflict for the characters and/or plot.

A Lack of Real Problems Explains what a story looks like when it lacks real conflict. Explains why conflict is important, and how to add it to a story.

Raise the Stakes Explains why raising the stakes in a story is important, and how to do so.

For more resources on characters and plot, check out some others I’ve shared: Character Arc & Character Development Writing Your Story’s Plot Plot Twists & Foreshadowing

+ Check out my master list of resources: Writing Resources Master List

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I’m a writer, poet, and editor. I share writing resources that I’ve collected over the years and found helpful for my own writing. If you like my blog, follow me for more resources! ♡

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Writing Resources Masterlist

I honestly just wanted to share a bunch of super useful websites, programs, tutorials, and what have you that are incredibly useful when it comes to writing fanfiction, original works, fiction in general, and what have you.

Alternatives To Microsoft Word

Apache OpenOffice

LibreOffice

OfficeSuite

ONLYOFFICE

WPS Office

yEdit2

Medical Websites

Cleveland Clinic

Drugs.com

Healthline

Mayo Clinic

MedicineNet

MedlinePlus

National Institute of Mental Health

PsychCentral

Psychology Today

Verywell Mind

WebMD

Names

Baby Names

Behind the Name

Behind the Surname

Name Discoveries

Name Discoveries (Surnames)

Name Doctor

Pronounce Names

Online Generators

Chaotic Shiny

donjon

Fantasy Name Generators

fsymbols

Seventh Sanctum

Vulgar Language

What Are Words? What Is English?

Dictionary.com

More Words

Past Tenses

RhymeZone

Thesaurus.com

WordWeb (program)

Misc. Resources

Alt Codes (website)

Dr. Daniel Fox (YouTube)

How to Use ProWritingAid Teams Free Indefinitely (tutorial)

Special Books by Special Kids (YouTube)

Writers Helping Writers (website)

Xmind (program)

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Folks have got to understand that they probably aren't messed up by some Secret Big Trauma that they just can't remember; but rather by a million tiny microtraumas that they do mostly remember but don't even register as traumatic because nobody actually understood that these things would cause trauma, much less stack on each other over the years.

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Ch 4 Of Sunlight and Shadow

Of Sunlight and Shadow - Chapter 4 - echo_grace - RRR (2022) [Archive of Our Own]

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Ch 3 Of Sunlight and Shadow

Of Sunlight and Shadow - Chapter 3 - echo_grace - RRR (2022) [Archive of Our Own]

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Of Sunlight and Shadow Ch 2

Of Sunlight and Shadow - Chapter 2 - echo_grace - RRR (2022) [Archive of Our Own]

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PRRRide fic Challenge!

Of Sunlight and Shadow - Chapter 1 - echo_grace - RRR (2022) [Archive of Our Own]

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This is such a sweet, ridiculous study. I wonder what people a century+ from now will think of it.

How come semi trucks in Europe look like “toot toot :)” and in North America they look like “HONK HOOOOOOOONK >:|”

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ram spent his entire life obsessed with pseudo-vengeance masked as the ambition to empower his people to revolt.

bheem shows him there is more to resistance than violence.

to solidify this new understanding he gives bheem the bullet. the bullet he wanted so badly to return to the man who took his father. who degraded his people. It's a callback to that repetitive motif of the value of a weapon vs. the value of a man. In more ways than one.

ram's dharma was never to kill scott. that was a responsibility a child took upon in the glorification of his father. a samskara. his true path was to find a way to rid his people of their oppressors. something too complex to be driven by one hero (rajamouli using two heroes in a masala film feels a little poignant.)

that kind of liberation has to come from a people. it requires him to rejoin those people as one of them, rather than their leader. ram pushes this boundary so far he ends up outside of them, an observer who feeds into the machine that oppresses them.

bheem shows him who his people are, who ram is. giving bheem that bullet is a reciprocation of the numerous gifts bheem gave him. renewed identity, a more straightforward path to his dharma, a sense of contentment realized by his understanding of the gita, and a real connection to his atman.

but it's more than a gift. it symbolizes ram's new understanding of himself and his path. it takes sacrifice to fight, but that sacrifice doesn't have to look like his father's. it can be deeper, and in a way, nobler, to let go of himself.

there are clear references to the ramayana all throughout rrr but if it's a retelling, it's a deconstructive one. ram is not the prince of ayodhya sent to kill a demon king. he's arjuna, letting go of his identity and the false narrative of control. bheem acts as his charioteer.

rrr talks about the value of a man over a hero. it's so incredibly subtle i think most fans miss it. it's also deeply layered under the obvious tropes of most masala hero movies. the juxtaposition is as sharp as a blade but blends into the narrative seamlessly.

this blazing hero is a bullet. propelled by a fire the refuses to be controlled. but the reality is, bullets don't facilitate freedom. at least not on their own. in the end, a man is the only one who can break himself of his chains.

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jasmine and calendula

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Reblogging for the advice, not the advert

✨ HOW TO ACTUALLY START A BOOK

(no ✨vibes✨, just structure, stakes, and first-sentence sweat)

hello writer friends 💌 so you opened a doc. you sat down. you cracked your knuckles. maybe you even made a playlist or moodboard. and then… you stared at the blinking cursor like it personally insulted your entire bloodline.

here’s your intervention. this post is for when you want to write chapter one, but all you have is aesthetic, maybe a plot bunny, maybe a world idea, maybe nothing at all. here’s how to actually start a book, from structure to sentence one.

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🌶️ STEP 1: THE SPICE BASE ~ “WHAT’S CHANGING?”

start with this question:

what changes in the protagonist’s life in the first 5–10 pages?

doesn’t have to be earth-shattering. they could get a letter, lose a job, run late, break a rule, wake up hungover in the wrong house. what matters is disruption. the opening of your book should mark a shift. if their day starts normal, it shouldn’t end that way.

🏁 opening chapters are about motion. forward movement. tension. momentum. if nothing is changing, your story isn’t starting, you’re just doing a prequel.

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⚙️ STEP 2: THE CRUNCHY BITS - CHOOSE AN ENTRY POINT

there are 3 classic places to start a novel. each one works if you’re intentional:

The Day Everything Changes most popular. you drop us in right before or during the inciting incident. clean, fast, efficient.

pro: immediate stakes con: harder to sneak in worldbuilding or character grounding

The Calm Before the Storm starts slightly earlier. show the character’s “normal” life, then break it. useful if the change won’t make sense without context.

pro: space to introduce your character’s routine/flaws con: risky if it drags or feels like setup

The Aftermath drop us in after the big event and fill in gaps as we go. works well for thrillers, mysteries, or emotionally heavy plots.

pro: instant drama con: requires precision to avoid confusion

📝 pick one. commit. don’t blend them or you’ll write three intros at once and cry.

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🧠 STEP 3: CHARACTER FIRST, ALWAYS

readers don’t care about your setting, your magic system, or your cool mafia politics unless they’re anchored in someone.

in the first scene, we need to know:

what this person wants

what’s bothering them (externally or internally)

one trait they lead with (bold, anxious, calculating, naive, etc.)

that’s it. just one want, one tension, one vibe. no bios. no monologues. no “they weren’t like other girls” essays. put them in a situation and show how they act.

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⛓️ STEP 4: OPEN WITH FRICTION

first scenes should create questions, not answer them.

there should be tension between:

what the character wants vs. what they’re getting

what’s happening vs. what they expected

what’s being said vs. what’s being felt

you don’t need a gunshot or a car crash (unless you want one). you need conflict. tension = momentum = readers keep reading.

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✏️ STEP 5: WRITE THE FIRST SENTENCE - THEN IGNORE IT

okay. now you write it.

no pressure. you’re not tattooing it on your soul. this isn’t the final line on the final page. you just need something.

tricks that work:

start in the middle of an action

start with a contradiction

start with something unexpected, funny, or sharp

start with a small lie or a weird detail

💬 examples:

“The body was exactly where she’d left it - rude.” “He was already two hours late to his own kidnapping.” “There was blood on the welcome mat. Again.” “They said don’t open the door. She opened it anyway.”

once you’ve got it? keep going. don’t revise yet. don’t edit. just build momentum.

you can come back and make it ✨iconic✨ later.

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📦 BONUS: WHAT NOT TO DO IN YOUR OPENING

don’t start with a dream

don’t info-dump lore in paragraph one

don’t give me three pages of your OC making toast

don’t try to sound like a Victorian cryptid unless it’s on purpose

don’t introduce 7 named characters in one scene

don’t start with a quote unless you are 800% sure it slaps

be weird. be sharp. be specific. aim for interest, not perfection.

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🏁 TL;DR (but make it ✨useful✨)

something in your MC’s life should change immediately

pick a structural entry point and stick to it

give us a person, not a setting

friction = good

first lines are disposable, just make them interesting

and if you needed a sign to just start the damn book, this is it.

💌 love, -rin t.

P.S. I made a free mini eBook about the 5 biggest mistakes writers make in the first 10 pages 👀 you can grab it here for FREE:

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Something to note when discussing/exploring Bheem's scars from the whipping.

Well it being black history month is reminding me how I wanted to doodle something like this down for a while. Since it’s been a lil detail I always take notice of in drawings. These are very simple depictions but I hope it’s enough to give the general idea! Feel free to reblog

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Chapters: 17/? Fandom: RRR (2022), Yamadonga, మగధీర | Magadheera (2009), జై లవకుశ | Jai Lava Kusa (2017), రంగస్థలం | Rangasthalam (2018), ధృవ | Dhruva (2016), Janatha’s Garage, Nayaak, Bruce Lee - The Fighter, టెంపర్ | Temper (Movie 2015), Rakhi Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Chelluboina Chitti Babu/Anand, Alluri Sitarama Raju/Komaram Bheem, Kala Bhairava | Harsha/Raja (Yamadonga), Charan “Cherry” (Nayaak)/Lava Kumar, Siddarth “Sidduh” Nayaak/Kusa Kumar, Daya/K. Dhruva Characters: Chelluboina Chitti Babu, Anand (Janatha’s Garage), K. Dhruva, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Komaram Bheem, Venkateswarulu (RRR 2022), Raja (Yamadonga), Lava Kumar, Kusa Kumar, Kala Bhairava | Harsha, Daya (Temper), Gautham (Dhruva), Charan “Cherry” (Nayaak), Siddarth “Sidduh” Nayaak, Karthik (Bruce Lee - The Fighter) Additional Tags: Clones, Conspiracy, Angst, Reincarnation, Enemies to Lovers, Mistaken Identity, Sleeper Agents, Love at First Sight, Lust at First Sight Series: Part 2 of Clone!Verse Summary:

They say that there are seven people in the world with the same face, even if they’re completely unrelated. But what if seven were related, and didn’t know it. And what happens when they meet, and they realize that the men they love, they all share a face too.

Why is this happening, and what does it have to do with the freedom fighters, Alluri Rama Raju and Komuram Bheem, who killed Governor Scott in 1920?

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New RamBheem Porn!

Fantasy - echo_grace - RRR (2022) [Archive of Our Own]

Explicit Modern AU with a one-night stand set up X-D