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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 gumroad store if you want to!)

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reblog if you support muslims

i just. i really need to know right now. there’s so much hate in the world, i need to know who’s safe. also if you can’t reblog this feel free to block me <3 i hope i never interact with you ever in my life

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“Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of by the folk.”

— Henry Jenkins (Director of media studies at MIT)

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September is suicide prevention month. Reblog if your blog always supports anyone with a mental illness.

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if you don’t know the difference between a hare and a rabbit you’ve never gazed into the cold wild eyes of a hare and known that if it could speak it would speak backwards

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i think everyone in the lgbt community needs to stop giving a shit about other lgbt people identify literally who cares it’s none of your business

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Trans woman needs help to leave an abusive home!

My name is Sara and I'm a 19 year old trans woman in need of serious help.

I've been mentally and physically abused all my life by my parents and brother and that continues to this day. I'm trapped and afraid for my life. I can't take it anymore. I've been suicidal since I were a child and it's becoming too much to handle. I can't take this for who knows how many more years, I seriously can't. I feel so miserable living in these conditions and the dysphoria is intolerable. I can't do anything about it whatsoever because my parents are heavily against the lgbtq+ people. It makes me even more suicidal. I'm miserable and desperate.

My parents are keeping me dependent on them and not allowing me to work, making it impossible to escape. I did find an online job but my parents found out I was working in secret and made me quit. This has also made the home situation even worse :( I'm too scared to try to find anything else, especially non online because of the abuse that will follow. I can't do something like that in secret and I can't take the pain again.

For now I just need the money to guarantee my physical and mental safety: to move out to another city and be able to pay rent and food for a couple of months so I can find a job that pays enough to not end up homeless. I also need money for driving lessons and a cheap car so I'm not tied to one place and can go to work if it happens to be a non walkable distance away. Later I'd like to start therapy and transitioning but that's the lowest on my priority list right now, as survival's most important :(

I'm estimating it to come out like this:

- Rent and food for 2 months: ~$2800

- Driving lessons and a cheap car: ~$2100

- Transport to another city: ~$50

Total: ~$4950

I understand these are hard times and not everyone will be in the position to help me out and that's alright. I'm really sorry for having to ask like this :( I just don't know what to do anymore.

If anyone could donate even one kofi ($3) it will be immensely helpful for me to get out of here 🙏🏻 If you can't please please consider reblogging so more people can see this. Thank you very much!

Unfortunately my parents have a hold of my paypal, so I set up a kofi with my friend's paypal so all donations go to her and then she will give them to me. I don't know how paypal donations work and don't wanna trouble my friend too much as even giving me her paypal email was a lot to ask for. Please consider donating on kofi ❤️

You can be anonymous, don't need a profile and don't need a paypal 🙏🏻

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What’s happening on Twitter? 😂

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thread

mapping police violence

columbus police killings

police accountability tool

stats on killer cops in columbus

racism within the department

[visual description] 1. Earlier today a Columbus Ohio cop killed 15-year-old Ma'Khia Wright.

The Columbus PD is one of the most racist and brutal in the country. Since 2013, they have killed more children than any other police department in the country, except the Chicago PD.

2. A staggering 83% of those killed by the Columbus PD are Black, despite Black people making up just 28% of the city population.

3. The Columbus PD kills people at a higher rate than 78 of the 100 largest US city police departments.

4. In 99% of police brutality complaints made to the city, police officers' use of force is found to be justified.

Just 6% of officers make up more than 50% of all use of force incidents in the city.

5. The Columbus PD's leadership is entirely White and has faced numerous racial discrimination suits.

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Link to donate to KhalsaAid

https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

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Boys don't cry.

Dean remembers the first time his father told him that. Not after his mother's death, thankfully (he'd say 'mercifully', but mercy isn't a word he has ever associated with John Winchester). Instead, it was when he was six years old and Sammy was still in diapers – the first time John didn't come back by the time the clock hands reached the numbers he had told Dean to wait for.

Dean had fed his little brother, changed his diaper and put him into the bed the two of them had been sharing ever since they moved and left Sammy's crib behind. And then – because his father had taught him to be afraid of the things that go bump in the night – he left the light on, hurried into bed, and peered out from his blanket while he listened to every creak and groan from the old walls and floorboards and counted the number of times the minute hand made a full rotation.

As the number crept higher, Dean started to think their dad would never come back – that he had been taken by one of the creatures from the drawings in John's journal and that it would just be him and Sammy forever (and how was Dean supposed to get food and diapers and keep Sammy safe from monsters?) – and he cried silent tears next to his little brother who slept peacefully and didn't know anything was wrong.

Five times. Five times, the minute hand revolved before the front door finally opened and banged shut. Dean knew the sound of his father's heavy boots, and he was out of the bedroom and clinging to his father in no time at all, not even noticing the blood on John's jacket or the stink of the whiskey he liked to drink.

John pushed Dean away, took one look at his six-year-old tear-streaked, snotty face and said the words that made Dean stop coming to his father for comfort.

Boys don't cry.

Dean was ten. The kids at the new school (like the kids at the previous one) kept saying he and Sammy smelled and that they were always wearing the same, dirty clothes. A group of boys around Dean's age wrestled Sam's hoodie away from the kid – a gift from their uncle Bobby and one of the few newer items of clothing Sammy owned. When Dean tried to tug it back, one of the seams tore and the boys took off running and laughing.

It was easy for John to place the blame on Dean for not taking care of the situation, and even easier for Dean to accept that it was his fault. And Sam had so few clothes to begin with, most of them hand-me-downs, tattered and threadbare, and…

Dean wasn't crying this time; not really. But maybe there were unshed tears in his eyes as he decided that he was going to have to learn to mend and do laundry – and that seemed to be enough to prompt the words from his father.

Boys don't cry.

Dean was sixteen years old, with a new home, a new school, a new family – one built not on blood, but on respect and hard (but never dangerous) work, and one man's unconditional love for good kids from bad circumstances. Dean had become a wrestling champion at school, and he was learning to play the guitar. He'd had his first kiss with the girl who was teaching him.

He was happy.

In fact, he had never been happy for longer – but he had made the mistake of forgetting that happiness just wasn't for him. While it had taken Sonny months to make Dean forget it, it only took John a heartbeat to remind him again, and he knew, the moment he saw his father again, that his new life was something he would have to leave behind.

Dean didn't turn around as they drove away. Instead, he simply watched Sonny's place shrink in the rearview mirror until he couldn't see it anymore. His childhood had been taken from him, and now, so had his teenage years. He wasn't allowed to be a kid; all he was and ever could be was a brother, a father, a mother, a soldier. He turned away from his father so he could let a single tear roll down his cheek.

Because boys don't cry.

Dean was 18, 19, 20, and older. Not technically a boy anymore – but he had still learned his lesson.

Don't cry in front of dad.

Maybe boys didn't (or shouldn't) cry, but Dean wasn't built right – or at least that was what John had told him after finding the Playgirl magazine Dean had tucked away underneath his mattress. And so Dean could never quite rid himself of the weakness of crying: when Sam decided to go to Stanford. On Dean's 20th birthday, which John didn't remember or care to acknowledge. When John decided to haul ass in the middle of a hunt after finding out Dean was getting too close to another young hunter named Lee.

Dean would always wait until he was alone, however, or under the cover of darkness –

Because boys don't cry.

Except they do. And Dean does. And does, and does, and does, the older he becomes and the more he grows to learn that John Winchester wasn't an authority on what boys do or don't do.

He cries for Sam. He cries for himself. He cries for his mother, and even his father. He cries for people he comes to consider family. He cries for a vampire; he sheds a few tears for a demon. He cries for an angel who tells him he loves him.

And precisely because John Winchester was never an authority on what boys do or what it means to be built right – Dean goes to a place no other human has been before just so he can save the angel.

And then he kisses him.

Dean cries again when they get married, but so does his new husband and everyone else. And whenever he cries from then on out, he finds only acceptance and a shoulder to cry on, and the comforting arms of his angel.

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BISEXUALITY ATTRACTION

so many people asume that bisexuality works like this:

but it differs from person to person 

for me it is more like this:

or some days this:

for some people it works like this:

or

it just depends on them and their feelings

some times people are more attracted to one gender rather than the other, that does not make them any less of a bisexual

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(before death eaters were formed)

voldemort: today is the day we reveal to all of the wizarding world the League of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness.

lucius:...

bellatrix:...

regulus:...

snape: im sorry, you want us to be called L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N?

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My heart-

tiny hug

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This right here is the real shit

I feel like it’s time we talked about how there is no such thing as universal accessibility. One space cannot be accessible for every single person. And I don’t say that to suggest that we just shouldn’t try making spaces as accessible as possible, but rather to say how important it is that we have multiple, different spaces.

A place that is well-lit and has lots of natural light will help many visually impaired people, but it will be a nightmare for anyone with photo-sensitivity. A small, dimly lit, quiet space might be ideal for somebody with sensory overload, but not for somebody with claustrophobia. A solarpunk utopia where the cities are filled with plants and trees and green might massively help the population’s depression and general spirits, but it would be hell for anyone with autoimmune disorders and allergies.

At the LGBTQ+ Christian group I go to, there are some really flamboyant, loud, and excitable extroverts there, who love to sing their hearts out and clap and dance during worship. There are also people who have sensory issues and anxiety exacerbated by loud noise. It cannot be a safe-space for everyone to express themselves freely, if it’s also a safe space for those with anxiety.

In a learning environment, one child with ADHD may need to bounce their leg or fidget with something in order to concentrate, while another autistic child finds that incredibly distracting and makes them anxious.

A small, tight, cosy space that’s reminiscent of a village pub or small cottage might be ideal for making me feel comfortable, sheltered and reducing my anxiety and social exhaustion, but it wouldn’t be very accessible for a wheelchair user or someone with physical mobility issues. I am both of those people.

Nobody is doing anything wrong, nobody is being victimised by another person, there’s no right and wrong in these situations. It’s just that those people have opposing needs that can’t be accommodated in the same space at the same time. And we need to talk about that.

What’s important is that we create different spaces to cater to a multitude of needs, and that we listen to people’s needs. Most importantly we need to look at which groups of people and which needs are often ignored, and which people have very little access to spaces.

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Adding on

Consent through societal pressure is not consent either

consent through fear is not consent

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So I thought this meme (credit to @swordlesbianopinions) was always pretty delightful and a lil while back due to many things, but in part prompting from a couple of friends who know what a big sword nerd I am, I finally opted to throw together a list of sword designs I’d associate with the different pride flags (based primarily on the sword’s literal design, not history). Obviously, this is a lot of personal opinion, but hey, it’s all for fun. Enjoy!

“While You Were Being Heterosexual, I Studied The Blade“

(My original thread is on Twitter here.)

Lesbian first, bc that’s the OP’s orientation. Backsword. Beautiful, fast, delicate, single-edge, evolution of the Falchion meets fencing sword. Also, it was the design used for the Sword of Dios in Utena & Pearl in SU. (Pretty sure Utena just copied this: http://elfgrove.tumblr.com/post/111286499668)

Rainbow flag. The Flamberge. Large and flashy, slightly slower movement but powerful, memorable/iconic, double-edged, more of a display of the swordsmith’s skill than practical weapon, but damn they’re fun. 

Also, have fun with the flaming puns.

Bisexual flag. Leaf-bladed Greek Xiphos or Celtic Hallstatt sword. Double-edged, smaller and swift, but heavy for its size. Lends to a wide range of use and style and has a great deal of creative variety in the hilt.

Pansexual flag. Trondheim Viking sword. Double-edged, a relative to the Greek Xiphos, longer, lighter, a bit more generic a profile, but good and highly versatile blade that lends towards minimal simplistic hilt designs (made up for with etchings) and little crossguard if any.

Asexual flag. Rapier. Usually double-edged. Long, thin blades with a great deal of reach. Fast cut-and-thrust usage style. Iconic for the elaborate and decorative basket hilts that while pretty also deflect attacks to protect the wielder. Often paired with a parrying dagger.

More Color More Pride Flag. Ngombe. A traditional sword from the Congo region. Beautiful, strongly detailed, and large, used as a symbol of prestige and sometimes in ceremonial dance or as currency. Colonization spread now-debunked myths of it being used as a slave/animal execution tool.

Transgender flag. Kris/Keris. An Indonesian short sword. Asymmetrical. Double edged. Triangular guard that is a part of the blade. Beautifully detailed blades requiring complex smithing and are both a weapon & spiritual. They can be hard & intimidating or delicate pieces of art.

Agender flag. Kora. Single-edged. An unusual sword design wherein the inside curve is the sharp edge. The curve lends power and the flared end is both decorative and adds weight to the force of a swing. Designed for slashing rather than thrust-style fighting. Typically practically adorned but sometimes features artistic engraving on the blade and gilded details.

Non-binary flag. Khanda. Double-edged but most of one edge is encased in a strengthening plate. Features a widened flat tip that eliminates thrusting from usage. Effective for slashing & versatile for single or dual wielding. Pommel hook or strengthening plate can serve as a grip. Can be very practical in appearance or highly decorative and gilded.

Genderqueer flag. Scissors Katar. A variety of push dagger. These wide, beautifully decorative blades open into 3 via a spring (usually) mechanism. Despite colonialist rumor they exist to cause excessive harm, recent theory is the mechanism is actually defensive, meant to act as a sword catcher and breaker rather than for viciously gutting opponents..