mrgankingston: Handling Perfectionism as a Writer My names Morgan and I’m a perfectionist. The first step to overcoming a problem is admitting you have one. Now all joking aside, perfectionism is something I struggle with a lot when it comes to my writing. It hinders me from moving forward some days and even worse scrapping […]

Ambient sounds for writers

iwearapentagrambtch: sketchbookthingz: queerenbian: icanneverbesatisfied: queerenbian: guysimbeingfollowed: 1000storyideas: Find the right place to write your novel… Nature Arctic ocean Blizzard in village Blizzard in pine forest Blizzard from cave Blizzard in road Beach Cave Ocean storm Ocean rocks with rain River campfire Forest in the morning Forest at night Forest creek Rainforest creek Rain on roof […]

shootingawallwhenyourebored: louiswillam: goddessofsax: Blue, brown, and green eye colors dONT LET THE FIC WRITERS SEE THIS TOO LATE

LET ME TELL Y’ALL ABOUT THIS WRITING APP

simplewritingtips: Fighter’s Block is the best writing app I’ve come across in a long time. You type in the amount of words you want to write and as you write, your mini lil avatar fights a monster. Each word you write acts a hit towards your monster, and once you’ve hit your word count the […]

s-leary: websandwhiskers: So, because people writing inaccurate kid!fic bothers me, a quick reference to kids (Disclaimer: I have no professional background in child development, and no offspring of my own – this is all based on other people’s kids.): Newborn: Person-larva. Cannot do much but eat, sleep, cuddle, cry, poop. Cannot hold their own head […]

Medieval Fantasy City Generator by watabou

yeahwrite: plantkat: Some example maps for folks to see theres several other palettes and style options, options for adding and removing elements, and a separate site hosting this generator as well, where you can edit the size and seed in the address bar This is a great tool! Check it out- lots of options to […]

Sex and flirting in Japan (originally from lj user supacat)

skalidra: theliterator: violetscythe: thewitchthetimeladythehuntress: sorrelchestnut: nomette: asukaskerian: supacat: “homasse asked about the differences in flirting styles in the different countries I’ve been in, and Meg asked the same question only about sex (-_-);;; um, I don’t travel the world treating it like a smorgasbord of guys, sampling various ones from each country (tragically). But I […]

joanws: jennytrout: legit-writing-tips: fozmeadows: Watching my toddler figure out how to language is fascinating. Yesterday we were stumped when he kept insisting there was a “Lego winner” behind his bookshelf – it turned out to be a little Lego trophy cup. Not knowing the word for “trophy”, he’d extrapolated a word for “thing you can […]