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Reminder to follow the new Blood Series blog, where I aim to post at least every month!

The blog can be found at @the-blood-series!

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So... I’m Planning a Book Series

This might not surprise some of you. This might surprise everyone or no one.

So, why am I talking about it here? Well, for starters, to advertise it but also because I’ve remade my blog for the series, which is called The Blood Series (named after the extended quote ‘blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb’). After the blog became cluttered with writing advice, which is not what it was intended for, I decided that I’d need to start again. It looks much better now.

It currently has no posts or followers, and I’m super passionate about this book series especially. I’ve been planning it for about half a decade; I’ve designed history, lore, humanoid species, worlds, afterlifes and about fifty characters for this series. So much dedication has gone into this project and I’d hate for it to die quietly.

I’ll be posting character bios, excerpts and more on the blog, and it’ll be where I answer questions about the series.

The book series’ elevator pitch is this: ten mostly gay teens go on a road trip around England to collect items for a ritual to resurrect the gods while several groups chase them. 

Intrigued? You can follow the blog here. You’ll probably want to read the warning, the cast, the full synopsis and the author pages. 

Please at least reblog this, I’m super passionate about getting this series known, written and published. I’ll most likely have a page with my other ideas for stories somewhere but it’ll be mostly for The Blood Series. I can’t say much about its future, perhaps a Patreon or commissions or something like that. 

Thank you for reading this post, please reblog and, if you’re interested, follow the blog. 

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So... I’m Planning a Book Series

This might not surprise some of you. This might surprise everyone or no one.

So, why am I talking about it here? Well, for starters, to advertise it but also because I’ve remade my blog for the series, which is called The Blood Series (named after the extended quote ‘blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb’). After the blog became cluttered with writing advice, which is not what it was intended for, I decided that I’d need to start again. It looks much better now.

It currently has no posts or followers, and I’m super passionate about this book series especially. I’ve been planning it for about half a decade; I’ve designed history, lore, humanoid species, worlds, afterlifes and about fifty characters for this series. So much dedication has gone into this project and I’d hate for it to die quietly.

I’ll be posting character bios, excerpts and more on the blog, and it’ll be where I answer questions about the series.

The book series’ elevator pitch is this: ten mostly gay teens go on a road trip around England to collect items for a ritual to resurrect the gods while several groups chase them. 

Intrigued? You can follow the blog here. You’ll probably want to read the warning, the cast, the full synopsis and the author pages. 

Please at least reblog this, I’m super passionate about getting this series known, written and published. I’ll most likely have a page with my other ideas for stories somewhere but it’ll be mostly for The Blood Series. I can’t say much about its future, perhaps a Patreon or commissions or something like that. 

Thank you for reading this post, please reblog and, if you’re interested, follow the blog. 

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Just redid the theme due to a better understanding of Tumblr themes. You can now access my RP blog for these characters.

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Ezekiel Fortunato

Full Name: Ezekiel Fortunato.

Gender: Trans male.

Age: Twenty seven.

Species: Human.

Height: 5′11″.

Personality: Snarky, witty, careless, sarcastic, clever, secretly affectionate to friends.

Orientation: Pansexual aromantic.

Ethnicity: Asian, unknown.

Phobia: Fear of bugs, the dark and lack of organisation.

Favourite colour: Emerald green.

Favourite food: Hot dogs.

Can they cook?: Yes.

Favourite type of chocolate: Yes.

Appearance (Hair, eyes, etc.):

Hair colour: Black with ne lock dyed green.

Hair Length/Style: Just below ear, curly (ringlets) and messy.

Eye Colour: Muddy brown.

Eye Shape: Narrow but still sort of wide.

Skin tone: Tan, on the darker side.

Other: A few wrinkles, slightly yellowed teeth, some unhealed wounds, red gums, clouded eyes (most from smoking).

Appearance (Clothing):

Top Half: Pear green hoodie, alien logo on the back of hoodie with caption ‘I don’t believe in humans’, mint green shirt with the caption ‘I gave up smoking, drinking and sex. It was the worst hour of my life’.

Bottom Half: Ripped jeans with faded stains (blood, food, mud), high top shoes.

Other: Green-grey beanie.

Rank: Main character, ‘villain’, thief.

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I'm going to recreate the promo post for The Blood Series and try to get some people to draw my characters and other things (preferably through commissioning but feel free to draw fan art) for it.

But for now, I'll be relying on word spreading.

If you want to, please advertise this. Make a mini post about it, draw something, tell your friends, anything - but only if you want to! I can't do any in return but I'd really appreciate it!

Even just reblogging things I've posted about The Blood Series would help.

Thanks for following!

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Awesome Sites and Links for Writers

Just about every writer out there has several go-to websites that they use when it comes to their writing. Be it for creativity, writer’s block, to put you in the mood or general writing help. These are mine and I listed them in hopes that you’ll find something that you’ll like or find something useful. I’ve also included some websites that sounded interesting, but I haven’t tried out yet.

Spelling & Grammar

Grammar Girl – Grammar Girl’s famous Quick and Dirty Tips (delivered via blog or podcast) will help you keep your creative writing error free.

The Owl – is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) it's a great resource for grammar guides, style tips and other information that can help with your writing, especially academics.

Tip of My Tongue — have you ever had trouble of thinking of a specific word that you can’t remember what it is? Well, this site will help you narrow down your thoughts and find that word you’ve been looking for. It can be extremely frustrating when you have to stop writing because you get a stuck on a word, so this should help cut that down. 

Free Rice – is a great way to test your vocabulary knowledge. What’s even better about this site is that with every correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. So, please disable your adblock since they use the ads on the site to generate the money to buy the rice.

HyperGrammar – the University of Ottawa offers up a one-stop guide for proper spelling, structure, and punctuation on this site.

AutoCrit – the AutoCrit Editing Wizard can check writing for grammar errors, clichés and other no-no’s. It also provides a number of other writing resources as well.

Writer’s Digest – learn how to improve your writing, find an agent, and even get published with the help of the varied blogs on this site.

Syntaxis – it allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with a ten-question quiz. The questions change every time you take the quiz so users are sure to be challenged each time around. It definitely helps writers know if there’s something that they need to brush up on.

Word Frequency Counter – this counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your text.

EditMinion – is a free robotic copy editor that helps you to refine your writing by finding common mistakes.

Proofreading for Common Errors – this is a simple tutorial on proofreading your writing by Indiana University.

BBC – has a section for helping you with your skills, especially in writing, from grammar to spelling, to reading, to listening and to speaking.

Tools

Copyscape – is a free service that you can use to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. It’s pretty useful for those that want to check for fanfiction plagiarism.

Plagium – is another a copy detection system, that provides a very similar service to Copyscape and uses Yahoo! rather than Google to perform its searches. Just keep in mind that searches for simple text up to 25,000 characters remains free of charge, but any larger requires credits to be purchase.

Write or Die – is an application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination.

Written? Kitten! – is just like Write or Die, but it’s a kinder version. They use positive reinforcement, so every time you reach a goal they reward you with an adorable picture of a kitten.

Fast Fingers – offers you an easy way to improve your typing skills. It’s puts you through a quick typing game that tests your typing speed and improves it at the same time. It’s also a great way for writers to warm up.

Information & Data

RefDesk – it has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s great to use when you need to find something and check your facts.

Bib Me – it makes it easy to create citations, build bibliographies and acknowledge other people’s work. This is definitely something that academics will love. It’s basically a bibliography generator that automatically fills in a works cited page in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turbian formats.

Internet Public Library – this online library is full of resources that are free for anyone to use, from newspaper and magazine articles to special collections.

The Library of Congress – if you’re looking for primary documents and information, the Library of Congress is a great place to start. It has millions of items in its archives, many of which are accessible right from the website.

Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names – is the most accurate list of popular names from 1879 to the present. If your character is from America and you need a name for them, this gives you a accurate list of names, just pick the state or decade that your character is from.

WebMD – is a handy medical database loaded with information. It’s not a substitute for a doctor, but can give you a lot of good information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, etc.

MedlinePlus – is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site that contains information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. It also offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.  You can use the site to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Mayo Clinic –  is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group.

World Health Organization (WHO) – is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and ageing; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

Google Scholar – is an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories and so on. While Google Scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac – this classic almanac offers yearly information on astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation provides this database, full of health facts on a state-by-state basis that address everything from medicare to women’s health.

U.S. Census Bureau – you can learn more about the trends and demographics of America with information drawn from the Census Bureau’s online site.

Wikipedia – this shouldn’t be used as your sole source, but it can be a great way to get basic information and find out where to look for additional references.

Finding Data on the Internet – a great website that list links that can tell you where you can find the inflation rate, crime statistics, and other data.

Word References

RhymeZone – whether you’re writing poetry, songs, or something else entirely, you can get help rhyming words with this site.

Acronym Finder – with more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials.

Symbols.com – is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more. 

OneLook Reverse Dictionary – is a dictionary that lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. 

The Alternative Dictionaries – is a site that you can look up slang words in all types of languages, including Egyptian Arabic, Cherokee, Cantonese, Norwegian and many, many others.

Online Etymology Dictionary – it gives you the history and derivation of any word. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

MediLexicon – is a comprehensive dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care abbreviations and acronyms.

Merriam Webster Online – the online version of the classic dictionary also provides a thesaurus and a medical dictionary.

Multilingual Dictionary – it translate whatever you need from 30 different languages with this easy-to-use site.

Writing Software

Open Office – why pay for Microsoft products when you can create free documents with Open Office? This open source software provides similar tools to the Microsoft Office Suite, including spreadsheets, a word processor, the ability to create multimedia presentations, and more.

LibreOffice – is a free and open source office suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formula.

Scrivener – is not a free program, but it’s certainly a very popular one. It's great for organizing research, planning drafts, and writing novels, articles, short stories, and even screenplays.

OmmWriter – is for Mac OS X, a free simple text processor that gives you a distraction free environment. So you can focus only on your writing without being tempted or distracted by other programs on your computer. They are currently working on a Windows version of their software as well, so keep an eye out for that if you’re interested.

FocusWriter – is another free distraction-free writing application that keeps your writing space simple and clean without sacrificing functionality. It includes a daily goal tracker—work count and time spent writing—spell checking, real-time feedback on variables like word and page count, and tabbed document browsing. The great thing about this is that it's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Q10 – is a free portable distraction-free writing tool for Windows. The interface includes nothing but a tiny bar at the bottom that displays the character, word, and page count—you can toggle the bar off for a totally distraction free workspace. 

Evernote – is a free app for your smartphone and computer that stores everything you could possibly imagine losing track of, like a boarding pass, receipt, article you want to read, to do list, or even a simple typed note. The app works brilliantly, keeping everything in sync between your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It’s definitely a useful app for writers when you have ideas on the go.

Storybook – this open source software can make it easier to manage your plotlines, characters, data, and other critical information while penning a novel.

ScriptBuddy – is a full-fledged screenplay software program. It handles the proper screenplay format automatically, so you can concentrate on your story. It is easy to use and the basic version is free.

TheSage – is a free application, which is a comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus that provides a number of useful and in some cases unusual search tools.

Sigil – is ideal for e-book authors because it's a free EPUB editor with a stack of essential features.

YWriter5 – is a free word processor and is designed for Windows XP, Vista and beyond. It's a small but very comprehensive tool which helps you to plan your novel. It breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. You can set up deadlines, for instance, and the program’s Work Schedule report will let you know how much you’ll have to do, each day, to finish on time. You can even enter your characters, locations and items and freely organize them into scenes. This definitely sounds like it’ll be useful for NaNoWriMo writers.

Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) – is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS and Android OS. The basic version is free to use, but a fully featured professional-grade version is also available. This software allows users to view, create and share office documents that are fully compatible with dozens of document formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. In other words, the format is similar to a Microsoft Word document (.DOC or .DOCX file) and supports formatted text, images, and advanced page formatting. Kingsoft Writer documents can be converted to Microsoft Word *.doc files in the software.

Creativity, Fun & Miscellaneous

National Novel Writing Month – is one of the most well-known writing challenges in the writing community, National Novel Writing Month pushes you to write 50,000 words in 30 days (for the whole month of November).

WritingFix – a fun site that creates writing prompts on the spot. The site currently has several options—prompts for right-brained people, for left-brained people, for kids—and is working to add prompts on classic literature, music and more.

Creative Writing Prompts – the site is exactly what it says. They have 100+ and more, of prompts that you can choose from.

My Fonts – is the world’s largest collection of fonts. You can even upload an image containing a font that you like, and this tells you what it is.

Story Starters – this website offers over one trillion randomly generated story starters for creative writers.

The Gutenberg Project – this site is perfect for those who like to read and/or have an ereader. There’s over 33,000 ebooks you can download for free. 

The Imagination Prompt Generator – click through the prompts to generate different ideas in response to questions like “Is there a God?” and “If your tears could speak to you, what would they say?”

The Phrase Finder – this handy site helps you hunt down famous phrases, along with their origins. It also offers a phrase thesaurus that can help you create headlines, lyrics, and much more.

Storybird – this site allows you to write a picture book. They provided the gorgeous artwork and you create the story for it, or just read the stories that others have created.

Language Is a Virus – the automatic prompt generator on this site can provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of different authors.

Background Noise/Music

SimplyNoise – a free white noise sounds that you can use to drown out everything around you and help you focus on your writing.

Rainy Mood – from the same founders of Simply Noise, this website offers the pleasant sound of rain and thunderstorms. There's a slide volume control, which you can increase the intensity of the noise (gentle shower to heavy storm), thunder mode (often, few, rare), oscillation button, and a sleep timer. 

Coffitivity – a site that provides three background noises: Morning Murmur (a gentle hum), Lunchtime Lounge (bustling chatter), and University Undertones (campus cafe). A pause button is provided whenever you need a bladder break, and a sliding volume control to give you the freedom to find the perfect level for your needs and moods. It’s also available as an android app, iOS app, and for Mac desktop.

Rainy Cafe – it provides background chatter in coffee shops (similar to Coffitivity) AND the sound of rain (similar to Simply Rain). There’s also individual volume and on/off control for each sound category.

MyNoise: Online Fire Noise Generator – If you love the sound of fire crackling in a fireplace, this is the site for you.

8tracks – is an internet radio website and everyone can listen for free, well it use to be completely free. Unlike other music oriented social network such as Pandora or Spotify, 8tracks doesn’t have commercial interruption (that’s if you get 8tracks Plus). Users create free accounts and can either browse the site and listen to other user-created mixes for as long as they like, and/or they can create their own mixes. It’s a perfect place to listen to other writer’s playlist, share yours or find music for specific characters or moods. Note: Joining is still free, however you’re now limited to 1 hour of free listening for each week (or more depending on how much people like your mixes). If you want unlimited access it’s $30 per year or $5.00 a month.

Playmoss – with 8tracks no longer having free unlimited listening and no commercial interruptions many people looked for an alternative and Playmoss is what 8tracks use to be. It has all the same basic features that 8tracks has, only with extra goodies like unlimited skips, able to see the entire tracklist before playing, start at any point in the playlist, see how many playlists contain a certain song and even collaborate playlists with other people.

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31 Horrific Days [October Writing Challenge]

So it’s still September, BUT the month of Halloween is quickly approaching and I figured some people may like to get a head start on this so they have things to post! Here are 31 prompts for writing, one for each day of October. Skip any days that irk you or that you just don’t have the time and energy for, but feel free to use the tag #31horrificdays so others can see your work! As always, the prompts are up for interpretation and are meant to inspire a plot rather than dictate how it goes - all fandoms, original characters, or even a changing cast is more than welcome! [I may do a part 2 of vague, one-word prompts for those who want something more flexible].

The character goes out on a date (or an outing with a friend) and comes home late that night to see all of their furniture moved/stacked oddly, rotten food in the fridge, but no signs of entry or security issues.

The character learns through conversation that one of their friends hates Halloween.

The character is distressed from several nights of nightmares/sleep paralysis, all of which leave them waking up terrified. Eventually, what they see in their dreams start to blend into reality.

Write a story about supernatural happenings.. from the POV of a character’s pet.

Write a story about a character receiving threatening letters in the mailbox that keep getting scarier and more dangerous every day through the month.

The character, along with one or more others, decide to visit a local haunted house attraction that’s just opened up.

Halloween is rolling around and an odd fair has come to town with all manner of old-fashioned clowns, fire-eaters, and jugglers. The character(s) get their hands on tickets to see the show and cannot resist.

After hearing about an abandoned house in the neighborhood that was supposedly the scene of a gruesome crime years earlier, the character and a friend or two decide to explore the property.

A fun, creepy night of urban exploration gets the character(s) into trouble.

While spending some time at the beach at night, the character comes across something else moving near the shore, something that may or may not be human at all.

The character didn’t plan on any costume for Halloween this year, but their best friend/partner wants to go shopping for the perfect costumes, perhaps even as a themed pair.

Write a plot about a character meeting a fae creature, but realizing they aren’t as pretty and delicate as the fairy tales made them believe.

After watching a horror movie, the character claims there weren’t scared at all. However, once the house is quiet and dark, they’re suddenly hiding under their covers in fear.

With Halloween approaching, weird people have been hanging around town. Very weird people. ‘People in masks standing outside of houses’ weird people, including the character’s house.

Two character end up in a battle over which is better: ghostly horror movies or monster movies?

After the death of a friend or family member, the character (and possibly one or a few others) finds a hidden trap door in their home while cleaning out their belongings. Inside, they uncover secrets the deceased was hiding.

The character makes a new friend who claims to be an actual witch. They end up proving it to them with an impressive display of magic (if the preferred character is actually a witch, feel free to change the POV)

The character ends up locked in another reality where everything around them is just a bit ‘off’, as well as the fact that no one seems to recognize them. Then they meet one other character who does remember them, and appears to be going through the same thing.

The character has a run-in with someone from their past; someone they know for a fact has been dead for years.

The character has had a near-death experience, and is seeing a few moments between worlds before they’re brought back to life.

The character(s) have a run-in with an odd trick-or-treater a week before Halloween, but the eerie child refuses to leave their doorstep

The character, along with one other, travels to the Suicide Forest in Japan (or another famous haunted wilderness of writer’s choice) and uncovers something grisly, or perhaps even gets lost and disoriented. 

The muse meets up with an old friend or family member, and together they find home videos from their childhood Halloweens. This could be either a heartwarming experience, or an eerie one if they see something spooky they didn’t remember from their past.

The character starts a brand new job, but quickly learns that there are warnings that come with the job. No wonder they can’t keep employees for more than a few days.

The character (one or more others are optional as well) has been kidnapped and locked in a cellar, trying to find the means of escape.

Write a ghost story including any characters of your choice, with one twist: the story takes place in a past decade or century.

The character has just moved to a new city and isn’t familiar with anyone or anything. As they’re taking a walk late at night to relieve their stress, they have an eerie feeling that they’re being followed down every block.

Write a horror plot centered around a gas station (petrol station).

The character lost a beloved pet a year earlier, and finally decides it’s time to bring home a new shelter pet to love. They’re magnetically drawn to one animal in particular, but once they take it home, they start to suspect that this animal may not be ordinary at all.

Write a story from the perspective of a legendary monster (lagoon creature, zombie, sea monster, yeti, etc)

It’s Halloween night - write a story about a costume party or get-together going terribly wrong.

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31 Horrific Days v2 [October Writing Challenge]

Here is a Version 2 of the earlier October Writing Challenge, with one prompt per day for the month of October. This time around, the prompts are vague and open to a ton of interpretation, but could all be weaved into a horror (or horror-comedy) story. Drabble about your roleplay character(s), write a short story completely from your own head, or make a ficlet about characters you like! As with the last list, do not feel guilty if you skip days, but definitely consider using the tag #31horrificdays if you’d like others to see your work!

Poisoned

Cage

Insects

Buried 

Trees

Photographs

Trespassing

Basement

Eyes

Growling

Obsession

Passenger

Disgust

Omen

Bite

Paranoia

Scratching

Mask

Hovering

Silent

Secret

Hunger

Forgotten

Candlelight 

Whisper

Cold

Legend

Missing

Bleeding

Beast

Ritual

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I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD.  If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?

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June Challenge Prizes - OC for @ihavenosoul12

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I’ve never met a strong person with an easy past.

Unknown (via thequotejournals)

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Forest

Full Name: Maggie 'Forest' Eyighes Gender: Cis female. Age: Fourteen years, five months. Species: Human. Height: 5'6" Personality: Orientation: Homosexual, homoromantic. Ethnicity: British. Phobia: Fear of clowns. Favourite colour: Most shades of red. Favourite food: Apples. Can they cook?: No. Favourite type of chocolate: Milk. Appearance (Hair, eyes, etc.): Hair Colour: Auburn red. Hair Length/Style: Shoulder length, choppy. Eye Colour: Forest green. Eye Shape: Narrow. Skin tone: Darkish fair. Other: Acne, freckles Appearance (Clothing): Top Half: Lipstick red tank top, apple red jacket. Bottom Half: Beige cargo bottoms, apple red and pear green trainers. Other: Jam red head bandana, bead necklace. Rank: Main character, 'hero', athlete.

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Do you have any advice on how to write dialogue for certain types of characters (rude characters, not-so-sane characters, angry characters, etc.)? I'm writing my own book series (and another book, but it's separate from the series) and I'm stuck on how to write certain characters. I have quite a few characters to write (about twenty main characters and even more minor and background characters) so any advice would probably be helpful. I just need some advice on dialogue but anything would help!

I find that it’s super helpful to start from the voice - It can be someone you know, someone you heard at a bank, someone in your class or at your work… but start from a voice. Find something that you know exactly how they’d say it - (Kermit’s catchphrase of “Hi ho, Kermit the Frog here” is one of my favorite examples. It has all of his sounds in it.) - something that when you see it written down you can practically hear it in that character’s voice, and then imagine how they would continue speaking after starting from that point.

Whenever I’m getting ready to write a new character I have a lot of conversations outloud with that character while I’m driving around in my car. I interview them, ask their opinions on things, find out how they speak… then when it comes time to write dialogue for them I just mimic all that practice work. :)

To become great at dialogue you just need to practice impressions and doing different voices, even if it’s just in your head. You need to be unafraid to be silly and have a lotttt of conversations with yourself. The biggest flaw I see with a lot of younger writers when they write dialogue is that the things the characters are saying are too flowery, or grammatically strange. If you actually sit there and try to figure out how you would say that line if you were that character your dialogue will start getting better immediately.

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Yo. Book Series Blog.

So… I have this new blog. It’s at @the-blood-series - it’s basically a place for me to ramble about the book series I’m planning (The Blood Series), and it’s got a list of the current characters who are in it that I remember/have planned. Some of the characters are from @fucked-up-cinnamon-rolls (and @bloodisonourhands).

It’s where I’ll talk about my characters in the book, ideas, things like that! If you’re interested in that, please follow it!

I may also commission people to draw things for it, if I can get money to buy them, but any art or something similar would be so very much appreciated! I would like it if people were aware that I was planning a book series, to see if people like the idea.

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there's a fandom for the blood series its canon

Disgusting.

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I'm in the fandom what's good

You have made a mistake.