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Thanks to all the people who replied and sent asks! I will start working on the week of prompts, but I’ll add in an additional ask meme since y’all are so wonderful! ;)

If you have something you’d like to see, just let me know! I won’t start releasing the prompts until I actually hit 10,000.

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Hi Guys!

When this blog reaches 10,000, what would you guys like to see most?

A week of prompts

A week of ask memes

Both

Something else?

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when the story is just not working, but you keep writing anyway

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For all of you artists out there!

So it appears that Autodesk did a thing.

Go nuts, my friends.

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Writer Beware makes posts on which publishing houses to avoid at all costs, which words to look for and which words to watch out for in contracts, and several other things that will keep you in control and knowledgeable about the publishing process.  I’d suggest reading through the website if you want to avoid getting ripped off, cheated, or scammed.

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I feel really dumb asking but whats a whip

Do you mean whip or WIP? If you mean WIP, that stands for Work In Progress! If you mean whip, then I have no clue 

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Writer Ask Meme

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Designing Your Characters

Hey everyone, Abby here with another writing post! Today I want to talk about character designs and how to make them, and why they help me so much personally. Let’s get right into it!

What is a character design?

Have you ever been creating a character and bam, you get a sudden and (very) detailed image of this character in your head? Isn’t it the coolest? (Correct answer: yes.) Most people think of character designs as drawings of the same character in different poses and outfits and such, but some of us weren’t blessed with artistic abilities of the drawing type. So us writers turn to the character design using words and descriptions (then there are the lucky ones who have both, teach me your ways)!

Character designs are extremely important for your writing because you want to have a consistent reference for the appearance of all of your characters while you’re writing. They often take a while, but I think in the end they’re definitely worth it.

My Character Designs

I consider myself an extremely organized person, so I like to use two different “forms” that I’ve created. (The other one is for personality, which I’ll go over in another post.) So we’re going to go with a made-up character for this one, just so I can give some good examples. 

Below the cut you’ll find a “form” that I fill out for all of my characters’ appearances. The effectiveness of this whole thing is decided by how in-depth you go with it. You can get the basics if you just answer the questions, but for a full understanding you’ll want to get in an much description as you can. Like I said, time-consuming.

[ A Note: While it will be helpful to know everything about your character’s appearance, there’s no need to include it all in your writing. Unless it’s super important to the story later, I’m not entirely sure readers will need to know about your olive-skinned character’s sloping nose with a bit of a snub at the end, slightly sculpted jawline, golden-brown eyes, and full lips all at once.]

Keep reading

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Reblog if you have an OC with a disability

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Writing a Believable Family: Information You Need

So today I thought I’d help out myself and anyone else who’s writing something where family plays a central role, seeing as a lot of people write about families but I barely see any posts about it!

Families are really fun to read about (imo), but often hard to write, as each family has a different dynamic that you really need to get a hold of. It’s easy to get discouraged because sometimes your fictional family might feel like strangers when they interact with each other. So without further ado, here are some questions and prompts to help you get to know your characters’ families.

Questions

Who is in this family? Are they all important characters?

How big of a role does this family play in the story? The theme of family in general?

Who looks the most like who? What general physical features do they all share?

Who is closest with each other? Who feels more distant?

What is a tradition this family has?

What holidays does this family celebrate? What religion do they practice?

What does this family always fight about?

Are all the relationships in this family healthy? If not, what makes them toxic?

Who is in charge or seems to have the most authority?

Is there a social hierarchy within the family? Who generally seems the coolest to the others?

Does this family travel a lot together? Where do they go?

What was/were the older generation(s) like before the younger generation(s) were born?

Has anyone in this family died? How did this impact the others?

Do members of the family have different politics? How does this affect the family’s relationship?

How much do your characters value their family?

What movies does this family watch on movie nights? What movies do they refuse to watch together?

What role does extended family play in this family’s life? (Ignore if the family you’re writing about is an extended family.)

Who argues the most?

What personality traits does the family share?

What makes this family unique?

What did/does the younger generation do for fun as little kids?

If this family had a vacation home, where would it be?

Who looks up to who?

Prompts

Write a conversation at the family’s dinner table.

What was the most disastrous family reunion/outing? Write it.

Try making a character web (shown in this post) for the family.

How does the rest of the family behave when one member graduates?

Write the script for everyone’s favorite old home video.

Draw a family tree. See how many generations you can go back.

Write each family member’s favorite family memory.

Describe how a family road would trip play out.

This family becomes the family fighting in Walmart. Describe how this happened.

The family is known for their top-notch annual ________ party. Write one such party.

Have a character from the family give your reader a “tour” of the family home.

Who got drunk at the last reunion? What ensued?

A character from the family is going through their favorite family photos. What are they? Why do they like them? What is the story behind them?

Imagine that this family has one huge family scandal in its history. What was it? How did people react when they found out?

A character has been hiding a secret for years, and their family finds out.

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oc rivals - which pair of your characters fits each number?

(send a number OR do it yourself, people with many ocs pick out of groups)

Meanest VS Kindest

Tallest VS Shortest

Most humble VS Most arrogant

Coldest VS Most emotional

Most chaste VS Most lustful

Most serious VS Silliest

“Sleep is for the weak!” VS “Sleep for a week”

Happiest VS Saddest

Darkest backstory VS Lightest Backstory

Biggest eater VS Lightest eater

Most ticklish VS Cruellest tickler

Brainiest VS Brawniest

Most forgiving VS Most grudgeful

Physical vices (drugs, sex, alcohol) VS Spiritual vices (Lust, wrath, envy)

Optimistic VS Pessimistic

Most secretive VS Most open

Judges a book by its cover VS Judges mostly by personality

Best singer VS Tone deaf

Cast iron stomach VS Most squeamish

Shows most skin VS Covers up most

Most religious VS Most atheistic

Biggest reader VS Hasn’t touched a book in 3 years

Best at self-care VS Most self-destructive

Most flirtatious VS Most modest

Most outdoorsy VS Most indoorsy

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team ‘enemies to lovers’ or team ‘friends to lovers’?

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how bad was your ocs acne as a teen?

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oc questions: sleep edition

1) how does your oc get ready for bed?

2) does your oc prefer a warm or cool bed?

3) how many pillows does your oc need/use?

4) which oc sleeps with stuffed animals?

5) which oc prefers to share a bed with someone else?

6) which oc would be an absolute nightmare to sleep with (stealing blankets, cold feet, etc)?

7) which oc snores?

8) in what position does your oc sleep in?

9) describe your oc’s sleepwear.

10) how long does it take for your oc to fall asleep?

11) does your oc remember their dreams?

12) which oc experiences sleep paralysis?

13) is your oc more likely to have a good dream or a nightmare?

14) does your oc require certain conditions in order to fall asleep?

15) is your oc a restless sleeper?

16) which oc sleep talks?

17) which oc sleeps the most?

18) which oc can naturally run on less than 5 hours of sleep a night?

19) which oc is an insomniac?

20) a fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night while your ocs are asleep. how do they react?

21) what odd locations have your oc been found sleeping in?

22) which oc could probably sleep through the apocalypse?

23) where is your oc’s typical napping spot?

24) what is your oc like immediately after waking up?

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Proposal: instead of creating fantasy names by inventively misspelling real names, create fantasy names by cutting real names in half and stapling them back together with mismatched counterparts. e.g.:

Alexamin Danthew Jamriel Tyseph Wilmeron

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Person A: do you think... I’m an unlovable failure?

Persson B: *sighs deeply unfolds the list of reasons why they’re not*

Source 

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Thank you so much for the beautiful work do! It makes developing OCs so much more fun, and it shows that you're dedicated. Please, keep it up! (Just remember to take care of yourself too :) )

Thank you so so much. It makes me so happy to know I’m able to help other people with their OCs! <3