A Somewhat Useful Masterpost for Writers

castillon02:

writing-prompt-s:

thesteadyflame:

Websites for Critique:

  • Authonomy
    It’s been a while since I used this website in particular, but it’s useful for helpful critique and to get your original works out there. If your book get on the top five list at the end of the month Harper Collins will read it for possible publication.
  • Teen Ink
  • Figment
  • Fiction Press
  • ReviewFuse
  • and of course… Tumblr

Other Websites:

Characters

Characters (part 2)

Naming Characters

Medical/Crime/Legal

Other Helpful Stuff

Dress Up Games 
I personally like to find games that I can make my OCs with.

Free Writing Software

  • Google Docs (automatically saves as you write. 100% recommend)
  • EverNote
  • OpenOffice (a free version of Microsoft Office)

Articles

Books:

Inspirational Quotes: x x 

And I couldn’t find the original post for these so (pictures under the cut)

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Thanks @happydooky for sharing

Check out all of the Script-X blogs (e.g., @ scriptmedic, scriptshrink, scriptflorist, scripthacker, etc) for advice about writing certain professions! Most of them are taking asks if you have any specific questions

Also, written?kitten! is a writing website that will give you a new picture of a kitten after every hundred words you write 😀 

Alternatives for 25 overused words in writing

colonelstudy:

1. Interesting– note worthy; thought-provoking; fascinating; attracting; appealing; attention-grabbing; captivating; gripping; invigorating; engrossing; engaging; electrifying.  

2. Beautiful– striking; stunning; magnificent; lovely; charming; gorgeous; radiant; dazzling.

3. Good– acceptable, wonderful, exceptional; positive; brilliant; first-rate; notable; stellar; favorable; superb; marvellous; prime.

4. Bad– awful; lousy; poor; unacceptable; crummy; dreadful; rough; inferior; substandard; atrocious; appalling; dreadful; defective.

5. Look glance; fixate; observe; stare; gaze; peer; scan; watch; study; browse; eye; glimpse; review; inspect.

6. Nice lovely; superior; pleasant; satisfying; delightful; likeable; agreeable; correct; adequate; swell; fair; okay; approved.

7. Very extremely; exceedingly; exceptionally; immensely; tremendously; abundantly; particularly; remarkably.

8. Fine- satisfactory; worthy; respectable; exquisite; suitable; well; imposing; decent; admirable; praise-worthy; decent.

9. Happy– cheerful; delighted; pleased; content; amused; thrilled; elated; thrilled; ecstatic; on cloud 9. 

10. Really– genuinely; truly; honestly; actually; undoubtedly; certainly; remarkably; incredibly; downright; unquestionably; extremely.

11. Sad– miserable; gloomy; devastated; down at heard; distraught; distressed; dispirited; sorrowful; downcast; feeling blue; desolate.

12. Big– massive; huge; giant; gigantic; enormous; large; colossal; immense; bulky; tremendous; hefty; sizable; extensive; great; substantial. 

13. Shocked– taken aback; lost for words; flabbergasted; staggered; outraged; astonished; astounded; stunned; speechless; appalled.

14. Small– tiny; petite; mini; miniature; microscopic; minuscule; compact; pocket-sized; cramped; puny; undersized; limited; meager; modest; minute; pint-sized. 

15. Angry– irate; enraged; touchy; cross; resentful; indignant; infuriated; wound-up; worked-up; seething; raging; heated; bitter; bad-tempered; offended; frustrated. 

16. Know– understand; comprehend; realize; learn; perceive; recognize; grasp; sense.

17. Change– alter; transform; replace; diversify; adjust; adapt; modify; remodel; vary; evolve; transfigure; redesign; refashion; advance; transition; shift; adjustment.

18. Old– aged; ancient; matured; elderly; senior; veteran; decrepit; seasoned; venerable; past one’s prime; doddering; senile.

19. Think– ponder; reflect; conceive; imagine; contemplate; consider; determine; realize; visualize; guess/assume; conclude; envision. 

20. Funny– comical; ludicrous; amusing; droll; entertaining; absurd; hilarious; silly; whimsical; hysterical; joking; witty; facetious; slapstick; side-splitting; knee-slapping.

21. Go– move; proceed; advance; progress; travel; walk; journey; depart; exit; flee; make one’s way; clear out; get underway.

22. Give– grant; donate; hand-out; present; provide; deliver; hand over; offer; award; bestow; supply with; contribute to; send; entrust.

23. Get– acquire; obtain; receive; gain; earn; gather; collect; buy; purchase; attain; score; secure; take possession of; grab.

24. Easy– effortless; simple; clear; smooth; straightforward; uncomplicated; painless; accessible; apparent; basic; plain; child’s play; facile; elementary; cinch. 

25. Fast– agile; brisk; rapid; nimble; swift; accelerated; fleeting; high-speed; active; dashing; winged; hurried; turbo. 

100 Words for Facial Expressions

smut-101:

1. Absent:

not attentive, preoccupied, absent-minded

2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring:

powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive

4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific:

bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness

6. Bilious:

spiteful; bad-tempered

7. Black:

gloomy, pessimistic, dismal

8. Bleak:

without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary

9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding:

showing unhappiness of thought or appears darkly menacing

13. Bug-eyed: frightened or surprised, having the eyes bulging

14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky:

impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way

16. Cheerless:

joyless, depressing

17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy:

shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring
19. Crestfallen:

dejected, dispirited, discouraged

20. Darkly:

vaguely threatening or menacing manner

21. Deadpan:

deliberately impassive or expressionless

22. Dejected: downcast, depressed, dispirited

23. Derisive:

expressing contempt or ridicule

24. Despondent:

showing profound hopelessness, discouragement, or gloom

25. Doleful:

expressing sorrow, mournful
26. Dour:

relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance

27. Downcast: low in spirit
28. Dreamy:

pleasant, peaceful, and relaxing

29. Ecstatic:

in a state of ecstasy, full of joy, rapturous:

30. Etched: a feeling clearly visible on someone’s face

31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed:

set or intent upon something; steadily directed

33. Furtive:

suggestive of guilty nervousness

34. Gazing:

look intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought

35. Glancing:

to look quickly or briefly

36. Glaring:

having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger

37. Glazed:

a fixed, dazed, or lifeless expression

38. Gloomy:

filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.

39. Glowering:

sullen dislike, discontent, or anger
40. Glowing:

showing the radiance of health, excitement

41. Grim: very serious or gloomy

42. Grave:

something that is serious or doing something in a solemn manner

43. Haunted:

showing signs of mental anguish or torment

44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, unfriendly
46. Hunted:

appearing worn or harassed as if one is being pursued.

47. Impassive:

without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.

48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
49. Jeering: insulting or mocking
50. Languid:

lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent

51. Leering:

look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious, or lascivious way

52. Meaningful:

full of meaning, significance, purpose
53. Mild: easygoing, showing gentleness

54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful; teasing
55. Moody:

gloomy, depressed, or sullen; ill-humored

56. Pained:

expressing distress, anguish, or resentment

57. Pallid:

lacking in vitality or interest

58. Peering: look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something

59. Peeved:

annoyed; irritated; vexed

60. Petulant: impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

61. Pitying: sympathetic, expressing pity
62. Pleading: seeking apology or to appeal earnestly or humbly

63. Pouting:

to show displeasure or wearing a sullen expression

64. Quizzical:

indicating mild or amused puzzlement

65. Radiant:

bright with joy, hope

66. Roguish:

playfully mischievous, especially in a way that is sexually attractive

67. Sanguine:

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

68. Sardonic:

grimly mocking or cynical

69. Scornful: contemptuous or derisive
70. Scowling:

to have a gloomy or threatening look

71. Searching:

acutely observant or penetrating

72. Set:

to direct with fixed attention

73. Shamefaced:

feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment
74. Slack-jawed:

an indication of astonishment, bewilderment

75. Sly:

showing a cunning and deceitful nature

76. Snarling: surly or threatening manner

77. Sneering:

contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt

78. Somber:

oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave

79. Sour:

harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish

80. Stolid:

calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

81. Straight-faced:

with a blank or serious facial expression

82. Sulky: morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cheerful.

83. Sullen:

showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve

84. Taunting:

to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock

85. Taut: strained or tense
86. Tense:

in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung
87. Tight:

firmly or closely fixed in place; secure
88. Unblinking:

looking at something in a honest and accurate way

89. Vacant:

having or showing no intelligence or interest ; blank
90. Veiled:

not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden
91. Wan:

of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color

92. Wary:

watchful, cautious, or alert
93. Wide-eyed: having one’s eyes wide open in amazement

94. Wild-eyed:

an expression of panic or desperation in their eyes

95. Wistful:

showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing

96. Withering: weak, thin
97. Woeful: full of grief; wretched; unhappy

98. Wolfish:

resembling a wolf, in being rapacious, voracious, or lascivious

99. Wrathful:

full of or characterized by intense anger

100. Wry: an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.