#writing workbook

[creativenerd93311]

Every year I tell myself I want to get more writing done. Last year was probably the least I've ever even tried, mainly due to a bunch of life stuff happening and my brain getting a bad case of the scramblies because of it (i.e. I was an anxious mess or just exhausted for a good chunk of it).

This year, I plan on making a comeback. I even got myself a workbook to see if it can maybe help me get that groove going again. Wish me luck

[luna-azzurra]

I’ve spent way too much time trying to find the perfect character workbook. Something that actually goes deep, asks the right questions, and helps me figure out who my characters really are. But nothing ever fully hit the mark… so I made my own.

This is just one page out of a whole bunch. The workbook covers 15 main and side characters, dives into all the juicy stuff like personality, backstory, habits, looks, and even includes a big list of good & bad traits to mix things up.

If you’re a writer and love building characters as much as I do, feel free to check it out. Maybe it’ll be the one you’ve been looking for too.

📖 Get your Workbook on Amazon now!

[the-writing-mechanic-official]

The Writer's Workbook:

Writing

Additional Advice

Things to keep in mind while actually writing:

The 1st Draft:

A very common mistake many people (me included) fell for was not finishing the first draft immediately. And I mean by that stopping in the middle and going back to change or edit things.

It's always better to continue through the first draft until the end, keep notes of what to change or revise later then leave it for the second draft. It's always easier to build off an existing text later on.

2. Drafts

On the other hand, what other people fall for is the lack of revision. The first draft is a start, but it's not everything. Books go through rounds after rounds of editing and reviewing before you get tired enough to just publish it, since in might never be perfection. But it will be something.

Don't rush it.

3. Keeping up with ideas:

Having an outline or skeleton to the plot that you can follow is extremely useful. If you've used the snowflake method then you might reach a point from which each sentence can be made into a plot point, then writing each one out will be much easier.

Similarly, it's good to keep tables and/or written concepts of characters/world to follow. There have been multiple instances of writers accidentally changing something about a character halfway through. Having a database of these things can help avoid that.

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[seiwas]

shotorus -> seiwas

reblogs are appreciated! 🥹

[lonelymoonbeams]

in my head they have talked a lot and i WILL be spreading this agenda

[f4ilure-g1rl-fuyu]

I think someone asked this before on your old blog but how did you figure out you were system? Like was it a slow or instant realization?

it took about a day to figure it out (late night realization) but it took longer than it took us to learn how to read and write lmao

so we've had kennith for longer than we realized we've had him for, he's always been a character we were very attached to. realized it after i (yuki) had a breakdown over a fanfic that included him and then realized "shit i might be a kennith kin"

a few hours later, kennith was setting up our pluralkit and said, and i quote, "i'm not gonna use this outside of our server because i don't want people thinkin' i'm a system" (spoiler alert: it was wrong)

either that night or the next morning we researched osdd and did and we aligned a lot with the symptoms, and it should've been more obvious because our "kins" had completely different personalities and identities. everything just kinda clicked since then

[merakiui]

that phantom of the opera ask has changed everything for me. was that really my introduction to yandere content..? can you think of any other yandere characters in media because wow i am connecting dots about myself now

Aaaa hmmmm,, the timeline is a tad foggy for myself. I was 15 when I learned about Phantom of the Opera, but during that time I was already writing yandere stories. I need to remember what the pipeline was because there had to be something that awakened the interest.......... maybe it was an anime..... I used to read and write a lot of yandere oc when I was 15, so perhaps that was the beginning???

I think Beauty and the Beast opened my eyes to captivity and Stockholm syndrome in yandere fiction. Actually, there are a lot things from the Disney films that have plenty of inspiration for yandere tropes. Which makes a lot of sense now that I'm here in the present and twst is existing hehe. <3 thank you to Ursula for existing. If not for you, there would be no Azul. orz

I had a very sheltered upbringing that was defined by academics, and so I didn't have many opportunities to look into media with darker plots or yandere characters. T^T I wish I could think of characters that may have been my awakening, but every time I think about it my brain clouds over.

This is me trying to connect the dots LOL:

[lilliancdoodles]

learning portuguese is going to make me learn more about english, cause if I want to know how to do something in portuguese I have to know what part of speech im trying to get to so i'm learning what a past participial is in english and portuguese

[quiveringdeer]

I actually came and sat in my office after getting home and have all my japanese study stuff here but I'm still doomscrolling tiktok 😩😩😩

Someone give me some motivation?

[rotzaprachim]

one of the issues with minority languages (x2) is we have no marketing budgets and everything we do have tends to be done by some guy in his five minutes of free time between actual payed careers so stuff looks very graphic design is my passion. Another issue is needing to stick at least two languages on all the flyers and stuff looking crowded idk stuff I want to play with x2 with the typography

[her-apostrophe]

*Shaping a Something

I

I can only inhale and exhale faster than I can see,

Trying to bite and swallow the air escaping all around me.

II

The air whooshes all become colors of ease -

Purple as synergy,

Green like imagery,

Blue evolving periphery.

Clicking and snapping my mind back into place,

The nib of its honed end

Smoothly settling me into a chamber of noise 

Like heels on a spiraling staircase. 

III

And I catch the air - I do!

The condensation weighs it down falling into my core

Bursting at the seams.

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

[masterdeb8er]

recent doodles

[the-writing-mechanic-official]

The Writer's Workbook:

Writing

4.3 The Snowflake Method

This method is particularly good if you need to expand on your idea or need more help to outline or plot.

The snowflake method depends on branching out a single idea to make it wider and broader. You can get from a single idea to a fairly detailed outline of the story.

Explain your plot in one sentence.

Develop the sentence into a paragraph that includes the major points.

Expand on each sentence and make it a paragraph.

This can go on as much as you need. Additionally, you can use the same method for characters, starting with a paragraph to multiple one.

Alternatively, you can try writing it in bullet points or numbered events make understanding it easier.

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[gildedbearediting]

Writing Exercises: Part 1

I found a pack of writing exercises in my cue card notes, and decided that it was time to share them. Unfortunately, I don’t remember where I managed to find them, but I know I found them on a writing site. At the time, the site owner had noted they were at risk of shutting down, but I don’t know if they’re still around. I know they gave more details about these writing exercises and had courses…

[amomohthefairy]

Fairy Dreams⭐️🧚🏽‍♀️