twitter user rufallosfluff is a fucking genius
AND this is why Grim’s allowed off-harness in the backyard, but not Pangur 😂
Writer’s block, in my option, is basically paralysis brought on by perfectionism and high expectations of ourselves. So I recommend you combat it by lowering your expectations—drastically.
If you feel overwhelmed or blocked, set a small goal.
For example, tell yourself you’re going to write for 5 minutes. Then, if you write for 5 minutes, celebrate! You’ve reached your goal. But more often than not, once you begin writing, you’ll write for much longer than that.
Basically, the practice helps you loosen up and open the door to possibilities. If you don’t do something, your writing muscles just get more and more atrophied.
Try it—the next time you’re feeling blocked, commit to a small goal. Write for a minute. Two minutes. Write a sentence. A paragraph. A word. Just one word! Then celebrate. You’ve just conquered writer’s block.
Volleyball is just a really intense version of “don’t let the balloon touch the floor”
Some links I have found in various Tumblr Posts that I have saved on my computer. I do not take credit for collecting all these links. Unfortunately, I did not have the mind to save/note where these various links come from. Thank you to whoever compiled these links together.
General Writing Tips, Guides and Advice
How to be Confident in Your Writing
Start Your Novel Already!
Why First Chapters Matter
How to Outline a Novel
Incorporating Flashbacks
Word Building 101
Common Mistakes in Writing
Tips on Getting Started
What Not to Do
7 Tips to Become a Better Writer from Stephen King
How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer
Why Writers Must Read
How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers
31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
10 Tips to Write Fanfiction
Writing a Blurb
10 Writing Tips
Perfecting Description
Point of View
Speed Up Your Writing
Recieving Bad News
Useful Writing Apps
Avoiding Clichés
Writing Lessons
Finding Inspiration
Plot and Conflict
What is Conflict?
Where’s Your Conflict?
Adding Conflict to Your Scenes
Guides for Using Inner Conflict That Makes Sense
Plotting Your Novel
Internal and External Conflict
The Top Ten Plotting Problems
The Elements of Plot Development
Plot Help
Writing a Plot Your Own Way
Plot Development
Develop a Plot
Tension and Conflict
Your Plot, Step by Step
Plot vs. Exposition
Plot and Conflict
Character Development
How to Describe the Body Shape of Female CharactersCharacter Apperance Help
Words to Describe Voice
Body Language Cheat Sheet
Character Development Exercises
101 Character Development Questions
Art of Character Development
Introducing Characters
Characters You Need to Reinvent
Making Characters Likeable
Heros and Villains
Describing Clothing
Understanding Body Language
100 Positive Traits
Mental Illness in Writing
Conflicts and Characters
Indifferent, Distant Characters
Bitchy Characters
Describing Voice
Being a Bitch
Heartless Bitch
Writing Nice Characters
Character Questionnaire
Mental Disorders
Writing Characters with Mental Illness
Writing Male Characters
Playing Male Characters
Breaking Sterotypes
Characters with Glasses
Rebellious Characters
Writing Female Characters
Writing Intriuging Male and Female Characters
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Placement of Speech TagsGrammar and Spelling
Grammar Slammer!
American vs. British Grammar
HyperGrammar
Grammar Girl
Punctuating Dialogue
How to Use the Semicolon
Introduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation
Comma 101
All About Dialouge
11 Grammar Tips
Comma Usage
Correct Use of Apostrophe
Proofreading
Transition Words
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation
Better Writing: Grammar & Spelling
Semicolons and Colons
Underlining and Italicizing
Dashes and Parentheses
Hyphens
Apostrophes
The Ellipsis
List of 1000+ Adjectives
All About Names
List of Names
Genre Based
20 Tips to Writing Love ScenesOn Love And Sex
All That Sex!Writing “Real” Men in Romance Fiction
Kissing
How to Write a Kissing Scene: Valentine Edition
How to Write a Kiss? And Should You Write Sex?
The Keys to Conflict
Writing Gender-Specific Dialouge
Things Smut Writers Should Know
How to Write a Sex Scene
3 Secrets to Writing Sex
Writing Love Scenes
Why You Should Write Love Stories
How to Write Horror
Horror Sub-Genres
Horror Plot Cliches
25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror
Plot and Character in Horror Fiction
7 Laws of Comedy
5 Secrets for Improving Comedy Writing
How to Break into Comedy
How to Be Funny
Mystery Writing Lessons
10 Rules for Mystery
Mystery Writing
Other
Word Count
I came across the Wikihow for speaking with a Bostonian accent and I couldn’t decide which picture I loved the most so I included them all
@whirlybirbs I’ve lost it.
i’m so mad why is this me why u gotta call me out