A bunch of writing stuff I liked on stumbleupon!

[caecilia]

You know, instead of writing. Just kidding. I wrote a little bit and read, too.



Huge resources:
+A free online course with lots of exercises.
+The phrase thesaurus - good for dialogue and prompts, I bet. Put in the word 'mother' for example and get 'Who's she, the cat's mother?'
+A thing on how to create tension.
+An instructional youtube series. This first episode is the basics of detective fiction!
+Synonyms for commonly used words
+Character questionaires - with a link to a '3 day writing course' that I haven't looked at, but it promises 'Endless Story ideas'
+Another synonym chart, focused on emotions.
+Creativity is like sex. Maybe this will be motivational to some people. *cough*
+Neat infographic on Kurt Vonnegut's story structure theory.
+A questionnaire for outlining your novel.
+A neat kind of prompt generator!
+Another list of words for FEELINGS, also has some cool generators on the bottom like Science fiction jobs
+Cheat sheet for writing body language

Short fun things:
+A comic about plot structure
+Calvin and Hobbes on writing.
+A funny little flash game that imitates a sassy British word processor. But you can really write on it and print from it? I can't because I don't have a printer but I think it lets you. Make sure you click on everything and read the tips of the day!

Not strictly writing, but cool, fun and inspirational:
+Non-stop jazz to give you atmosphere.
+It's just a picture. It came up under 'writing', I don't know why, but it's nice and it could be used as a prompt or for quiet reflection.
+An excerpt from something? Robert Anton Wilson's multiplex nature of causality? Inspiring maybe.
+100,000 stars. - a virtual map of the galaxy, but I think it only works with Chrome.
+Scale model of the solar system. You can skip to each planet but you'll miss the fascinating quotes! Useful for putting you in the space opera state of mind.
+How to use chakras to overcome creative block

Comments

[inkdust]

I've been wanting a body language cheat sheet! I always feel like I'm forgetting the possibilities. That one looks pretty good.

[caecilia]

When I have money I think I'm gonna get a couple of those wooden artist's models. I don't see why they couldn't be useful for writing!

[inkdust]

They would! Sometimes I have to get up and try to physically act out the blocking of a scene, haha.

[caecilia]

hahaha I make facial expressions, picture it like it's happening on tv, play sims...play with dolls...adlib with stock photo models...etc! I think it's good to have a variety of tricks.

[inkdust]

Haha, I'm so glad I'm not the only one! (Not that I really thought I was, writers are a weird and resourceful bunch) I certainly feel silly climbing into a chair to see if the position I described is actually possible.