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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

so what you’re saying is you’re alcoholic

Are you poisonous?

venomous

Creatober 2020!

Rules: -Traditional: One prompt per day, either drawn or written! -Alternative: Pick 3 or more prompts and take the week to draw or write! -Note: The last three days are scenes rather than single word prompts.

October 1st- 7th: (note that the week starts on a Thursday) -Disinterest     -Presence     -Flight     -Dawn     -Drown     -Melancholy -Fracture

October 8th- 14th: -Awareness    -Pressure      -Fight      -Sunrise   -Burn       -Intrigue        -Bruise

October 15th- 21st: -Focus      -Overwhelm      -Freeze      -Sunset       -Trauma   -Surprise -Gash

October 22nd- 28th: -Obsession     -Become     -Repress     -Dusk     -Exsanguination      -Righteousness     -Break

October 29th: A cave with a grove hidden deep within it. Pinpricks of light cast the area in a low haze. There is the smell of loamy soil and copper. A step inside causes a low, almost unnoticeable at first, hum.

October 30th: A party at a stranger’s house. A night of barhopping led here and the world had started tilting on its own hours ago. There is a constant tickle on the back of their neck. Their heart beats speed up.

October 31st: Meeting up with friends in a cemetery, chatting among the tombstones. But someone is missing. Who is it? They count the heads but come up one number more than they had originally. They count again.

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During the month of October I will be looking at the tag #gtpatcreatober so be sure to post your various works under that hashtag! 

Have fun and happy writing! <3

Manipulation tactics in apologies

So, this is half writing advice, half life advice.

We all need to be able to recognize when an apology is manipulative, on both a large and small scale. I think we're all aware of the most recent large apology. Quite a few of these apply to that.

But also, feel free to use this as writing advice, too.

Not all of these are necessarily manipulative on their own. If you have apologized to someone for a mistake and done any of these, it doesn't mean you were trying to manipulate them. A lot of these can be completely unintentional. But, put more of them together and take them to more of an extreme, and then you begin to have a problem.

Third person. Especially in reference to the past, using third person to refer to yourself in an apology is a form of detachment. It's dodging the mistake and shifting the blame onto a false 'past self' to avoid taking responsibility.

Hyperbolic self hate. In a casual apology, a little self pity isn't out of place. If you're usually self deprecating, it's normal. It becomes dangerous when it's less like "sorry, I suck at remembering times", and more like "I'm a horrible person, I'm so stupid and terrible and cruel-".

Hyperbolic consequences. On the same note, it's also manipulative to say "I should die/be hurt/be abandoned". It's forcing the listener to feel guilty and feel as if they have caused feelings of depression.

Blaming, not explaining. Often, when apologizing, we want to explain why we may have done something wrong. That's normal! But a good apology should make the other person understand why you made the mistake, not tell them that you didn't make the mistake because you couldn't control it. This is also a form of guilt tripping.

Selective addressing. This one applies to if the apology is for more than one issue. A manipulator may fully address one point, but disregard or gloss over another, then use this to pretend that they fully addressed both, or that they don't need to apologize more than once.

Forced relatability. To make someone feel bad for them, a manipulator may place blame on things the listener can relate to going through, or has sympathy for. This makes them feel as if they cannot criticize them without acting as a hypocrite, or insensitive.

Gaslighting. I'm sure you all know how this one works, but it isn't always "that didn't happen"- it can be "that wasn't as bad as you say", or "you didn't get that it was a joke?". It twists reality to downplay events.

Strawman/subject changing. These are together because they function the same way. A strawman is a falsified or exaggerated arguement that can be easily disproved, and usually has nothing to do with the topic at hand. This can make it seem like the situation has been addressed, and demonizes the victim.

Triangulation. This is when another person is involved in an arguement, usually by the manipulator. This can be to make the victim jealous, focus their attention on the other person, or force them to side with their abuser in disliking them. There is little to no communication between the victim and the added person, and can be used in apologies to shift blame or distract from the issue.

Love-bombing. Less of an apology, and more of a substitute for one. Instead of owning up to their actions, a manipulator may shower the victim with affection and praise, attempting to create a sense of loyalty or a feeling that they can't be as bad as perceived.

That's all I'll get into, but there are far more than I've listed. If you think you're being manipulated, I urge you to research further.

Scottish Gothic

You try to leave, over and over, but whenever you’re away you get sicker and sicker, wasting away; it only stops when you come home. This Land owns you, flesh and blood, body and soul. 

Every day you commute to the nearest city for work, every night the croft in the distance glows with light and activity… that croft has been empty for over 200 years. 

When hiking it’s important that you never leave your tent at night; the sounds of battle on the wind are said to be an illusion, but the glens smell bloody first thing in the morning. 

The woodlands near your house seem to change entirely with the seasons; if you step off of the path the hairs on the back of your neck begin to rise. 

That stump that looks like an empty chair? Don’t sit on it. 

When walking home by the river you see an old woman in the streetlights, washing clothes in the river. As you draw near you recognise your jacket - it’s saturated in blood. 

New Years Eve is a dangerous night, that’s why we flock together to drink and sing and dance - don’t leave before the bells, and if you do, never look behind you. 

Your house is older than your bloodline. When it groans in the night stay very still - stone doesn’t creak, remember? 

If you find silver coins in the hills don’t take them; bury them with a drop of your blood and don’t look back. Put a hill or running water between you and it before you sleep. 

If you find an empty campfire be wary; ask before you sit, eat nothing that isn’t yours, and leave a little for the patron. 

The glens may look small on the map, but whole armies have disappeared into them without a trace; close your ears to the voices of the earth when you walk here. Remember you are mortal. 

Not all Celts were warriors, but the peaceful passed on long ago; do not treat with the dead unless you understand their ways - there are no noble savages here. 

Where the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean you can see the patterns of fate in the sea foam - do not stare unless you are prepared to know. 

The night of midsummer is short and full of trickery; do not sleep in the open. 

The hollows of the earth are not meant for you. 

It is increasingly obvious that most people have no idea how to indicate an illness is slowly killing someone without making them cough up blood. Doesn’t matter what it is or if it has anything to do with your respiratory system, if you’re dying, you’re coughing up blood.

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Find the Word Tag III & IV

I was tagged by @radiowrites​, thanks by the way. I could only find one, so ._. also, i’d definitely be up for being in every tag game you do.

Coffee

“I’ll pay you,” Louie offered. “And I’ll buy you a coffee tomorrow.”