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I got real petty over on the Facebook page and IT WAS GLORIOUS.

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German Vocabulary: Baking Time!

Das Backen - baking Die Bäckerei - bakery Der Bäcker (f) - baker Die Bäckerin (m) - baker Die Konditorei - cake shop/pastry shop Der Konditor (m) - confectioner Die Konditorin (f) - confectioner

Die Backutensilien - baking utensils

Die Schüssel - bowl Die Rührschüssel - mixing bowl Der Löffel - spoon Der Esslöffel - tablespoon Der Teelöffel - teaspoon Der Kochlöffel - wooden spoon Der Schneebesen - eggbeater/whisk Der Mixer - blender Die Backform - baking dish Das Backpapier - bakery paper Das Backblech - baking tray Die Kuchenform - cake tin/cake pan Der Sieb - sieve/sifter Der Teigroller - rolling pin Die Küchenwaage - kitchen scale Das Kuchenmesser - cake knife Der Tortenheber - cake lifter Der Kuchenteller - cake plate Die Ausstechform - biscuit cutter

Die Backzutaten - baking ingredients

Das Mehl - flour Das Vollkornmehl - wholemeal flour Das Weizenmehl - wheat flour Das Paniermehl - breadcrumbs Die Hefe - yeast Die Milch - milk Die Sahne - cream Die Schlagsahne - whipped cream Der Joghurt - yoghurt Der Quark - curd Der Zucker - sugar Der Puderzucker - powdered sugar Der Vanillezucker - vanilla-flavored sugar Die Butter - butter Das Ei - egg Die Eier (pl) - eggs Das Eiweiß - egg white Das Eigelb - egg yolk Das Backpulver - baking soda Das Salz - salt Das Öl - oil Der Honig - honey Der Zitronensaft - citron juice Die Zitronenschale - zest/lemon peel Die Orangenschale - orange peel Die Vanilleschote - vanilla bean Der Zimt - cinnamon Die Nelke - clove Die Nuss - nut Die Nüsse (pl) - nuts Die Mandel - almond Die Haselnuss - hazelnut Die Walnuss - walnut Die Rosine - raisin Der Muffin - muffin

Die Mengenangabe - measurement

Das Gramm - gram ~ 250 Gramm Mehl - 250 grams of flour Das Kilogramm - kilogram/kg ~ ein Kilogramm Äpfel - one kilogram of apples Das Milligramm - milligram Die Hälfte - half (of) Die Prise - dash ~ eine Prise Salz - a dash of salt eine Tasse - a cup ~ eine Tasse Mehl - a cup of flour

Das Gebäck - pastry

Das Plätzchen - cookie Die Plätzchen (pl) - cookies Der Zimtstern - star-shaped cinnamon cookie Die Zimtschnecke - cinnamon bun Der Apfelstrudel - apple strudel Der Germknödel - A fluffy yeast dough dumpling, usually filled with spicy plum jam. Der Windbeutel - cream puff Die Apfeltasche - apple turnover Der Lebkuchen - ginger bread Die Brezel - pretzel Das Milchbrötchen - milk roll Das Rosinenbrötchen - raisin bread roll

Der Kuchen - cake

Der Schokoladenkuchen - chocolate cake Der Marmorkuchen - marble cake Der Käsekuchen - cheesecake Der Karottenkuchen - carrot cake Der Obstkuchen - fruit pie Der Apfelkuchen - apple cake Der Zitronenkuchen - lemon cake Der Erdbeerkuchen - strawberry cake Der Zwetschgenkuchen - plum cake Der Streuselkuchen - crumb cake Der Blechkuchen - sheet cake Der Bienenstich - bee sting cake Der Mohnkuchen - poppy seed cake Die Torte - gateau/torte Die Sahnetorte - cream cake Die Mandeltorte - almond torte Die Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte - black forest cherry cake Die Glasur - glazing/icing Die Kuvertüre - (chocolate) coating Die Dekoration - decoration

Die Verben - Verbs:

backen - to bake kochen - to boil/to cook aufkochen - to bring to a boil aufschlagen - to beat/to whip ausrollen - to roll out (dough) ausstechen - to cut/to press out (with a cookie cutter) abkühlen - to cool down unterheben - to fold in verquirlen - to whisk cremig rühren/schlagen - to stir/beat until creamy wiegen/abwiegen - to weigh kneten - to knead (dough) würzen - to season/to add seasoning/spices

Der Teig - dough Der Mürbeteig - short dough/shortcrust Der Rührteig - batter Der Blätterteig - puff pastry Der Hefeteig - yeast dough

Das Rezept - recipe Das Kuchenrezept - cake recipe

+ List of German desserts with pictures and Traditional German cake recipes

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Quick Tips for Learning Languages on Your Own

Here are some mindsets and techniques that helped me study Italian on my own after classes ended. Hope this helps :)

Also, I’m trying out a new format for shorter posts–let me know what you think!

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YA literature? You mean books about Super Special White Girl and Her Mysterious Brooding Boyfriend?

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also seriously if a character isn’t white, i promise your only descriptive options aren’t food words and varying degrees of tan. it’s okay to say brown. pale brown! light brown! golden brown! medium brown! dark brown! deep brown! so many kinds of brown!

BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN

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Reblog this if you're a writeblr and you wouldnt mind:

Random asks about your wips

Being tagged in tag games by people you don't know yet

Strangers complimenting your work

Fellow writeblrs striking up conversations

Interaction with new writeblrs in general

I see so many folks afraid to jump in to the community, so hopefully this post will lay out like a welcome mat for new folks to come say hi :)

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The best writing teacher I ever had wasn’t the one who taught me grammar and spelling. He wasn’t the one who taught me outlining and paragraph structure, nor was he the one who taught me about themes, motifs, and symbolism.

He said, “Wiggle your pencil.

Put the tip of your pencil to the paper and keep the eraser end wiggling.

If you have nothing to write, write that: I have nothing to write, I have nothing to write, I have nothing to write, I have nothing to write, and eventually, by force of boredom, something else will come out.”

We would take 30 - 45 minutes every day to ‘wiggle our pencils’ in our wide-ruled notebooks, during which time, he was silent except to remind anyone who stopped to keep that pencil moving. 

I finished not one but two novel-length stories that year. It was fifth grade.

Wiggle your pencil.

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“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

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Heroic Traits and Their Faults

Accepting – too accepting; willing to excuse extreme behavior

Adaptable – used to traveling from situation to situation; may not be able to fully adapt/live in a permanent situation

Affable – accidentally befriends the wrong sort of people; pushes to befriend everyone

Affectionate –inappropriate affection

Alert – constantly on edge; paranoid

Altruistic – self-destructive behavior for the sake of their Cause

Apologetic – apologizes too much; is a doormat; guilt-ridden

Aspiring – becomes very ambitious; ruthless in their attempts to reach goals

Assertive – misunderstood as aggressive; actually aggressive; others react negatively when they take command all the time

Athletic – joints weakened from exercise; performance-enhancing drug abuse; competitive

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60 Awesome Search Engines for Serious Writers

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Character Details to Hide from Your Readers

Hiding information from your readers on purpose will help you create tension in your novel. I know this doesn’t work for every novel, but if you’re writing something with elements of suspense and mystery, hiding details and revealing them later will improve your story. This also helps add dimensions to your characters and explore their motivations on a deeper level.

Here are a few things to hide about your characters to create tension:

Whether or not your protagonist is lying

Even good characters lie, especially if they feel like it will protect other people in the long run. There are ways to hint that your character is hiding the truth without actually revealing what the truth is. If your protagonist gets nervous or changes the subject when they’re asked about a specific detail, this will help show your readers that something isn’t quite right. If your character’s deception is hidden and then revealed at the right time, you’ll be able to add exciting tension and shock value to your story.

Who the real villain is

Some of the best tension is created when we’re uncertain about who the real villain is. In mystery/crime novels, for example, there’s often evidence that points to one person who ends up not really being the one we need to worry about. If you hide this information from your readers, you keep them guessing throughout the course of your novel and this will aid in creating suspense.

The truth about their past

When you hide your character’s past from your readers, you have the ability to use it as an explanation for something important later on. For example, if you character has these mysterious powers they can’t explain, you can use their parents and back story in order to reveal later on why it’s happening. Revealing past details slowly over the course of your novel helps build the mystery.

What their secondary goals are

Sometimes characters will have goals no one else knows about but them OR they will have a false goal that their using to cover up their real goal. For example, a character might say they’re rescuing another character because they want to help, but it really might be all about finding some hidden treasure along the way. There are many reasons why a character might want to hide their goals. Explore character motivations on a deeper level and you’ll be able to realistically include this type of deception in your story.

-Kris Noel 

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Writing With Color – General Topics

A collection of WWC posts that deal with more general writing advice, character creation and diversity topics applicable to most marginalized people, particularly People of Color and some ethnic and religious groups.

Writing Characters of Color: The Generals

On “Overthinking” Writing Characters of Color

On White Authors “Getting it Right”

On White Writers Writing Characters of Color (I, II, III)

Researching PoC + Supporting Writers of Color 

So You Want To Save The World From Bad Representation

Writing POC with Little Experience

Writing Authentically From Your Own Experiences

Useful Non-WWC Posts

Diversity Exists in the Real World by shiraglassman

How to Write WOC and MOC if you are White by kaylapocalypse

“I feel pressured to be inclusive in my writing!” by nimblesnotebook 

On White Fear & Creating Diverse Transformative Works by saathi1013

Diversity/Representation Topics

Diversity vs. Exploiting Cultures

Diversifying a Predominately-White Cast

On “Diversity Quotas”

On Excluding Diversity Out of Fear

Different Heritage POV’s in a Story

Including Realistic Diversity Naturally

“Normalizing” Protagonists of Color

Villains of Color

White-Dominant Rural Areas and Diversity

White Privilege, Publishing, and Diversity Quotas

Writing: Making Efforts in Diversity 

Character Creation

Character Creation: Culture or Character first?

Character Design and Assigning Race and Ethnicity

Characters’ Races Added Last During Development 

Determining your Characters’ Race and/or Ethnicity

More on Assigning Race after Writing

Characters of Color & Culture

A Discussion on Culture and Erasure

“Culturing” Culturally-disengaged PoC

Characters of Color with “No Culture”

Mixed Race + Disconnect from Culture

Stereotyped vs Nuanced & Audience Perception

Tradition and Culture vs. Stereotype

Western Neutral Characters

‘Whitewashed’ Character of Color?

Fantasy & Coding

Defining Coding (& Islam-coded Fantasy)

Denoting Race in Fantasy Setting

Fantasy Races Based off of People of Color

Naming People and Places, Avoiding Explicit Coding

Racially-coding Aliens

Real Religions in a Fantasy World

Religion in Fiction & Fantasy

South Asian-Coded Fantasy Caste System

Whitewashing in a Fantasy Setting

Including Racism in Fantasy

World-building: A Fantasy World without Racism

Writing Sensitive and Controversial Topics

Do I Need Permission to Write About Marginalized People?

Writing a Genocide to which you have No Personal Connection

On Outsider-Written Stories About Issues Of Another Group

Outsider-Written Stories, Issues of other Groups, Speculative Situation

Writing about Prejudice between People of Color

Reclaiming negative, dehumanizing stereotypes outside the group

Representing yourself when “yourself” isn’t white

Racism and Micro-Aggressions 

Everyday Racism, Friendship and White Allies

Incorporating Micro-Aggressions in Writing

Racist Characters + Including Racism in Stories Not “About” Racism

The Pitfalls of Racist Character Redemption Arcs

PoC Educating White Privileged Friend (Context: Black Characters)

–WWC

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I'm back on my bullshit

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i literally cannot stop. will reblog with the link once i’m done.

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