Tools Tuesday - Style Sheets
Another Tools Tuesday focused on writers! This week, let's talk about style sheets. This is a great tool both for while you're writing your work and while you're editing.
What is a style sheet? Basically, it's a guide you create to make names, grammar style, and other pieces consistent throughout your work. This link explains it well.
How can this help writing fanfiction? Having an easily accessible list of names for people and places spelled correctly, with basic pertinent details, can be a life saver for dealing with a large cast. It's especially helpful if the names are in a language you don't speak.
This works especially well for capitalization of titles, nicknames, and social hierarchy. You can also keep a map or timeline in your style sheet for quick reference. This is a fantastic resource to give an editor or beta reader! I hope this helps you with your WIPs!
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Yall ever make style sheets, reblog with yours if want to
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Robin and Steve playing a dnd character together because Steve said the only way he'd play is literally with Robin. They take turns each session for who speaks but always planning together. It's a teenage human, gangly and uncoordinated and a bit of a loner. Everyone sort of lets the "two people playing one character" issue slide, as they want to play a game with their friends.
Robin and Steve have wildly different character voices, and sometimes announce which way they are walking before stumbling in that direction, and also mutter to themself in character. when it's Steve's sessions to talk he flits with the NPCs Eddie plays, but Robin is just a little aggressive to them. The personality changes are kinda weird but everyone is just happy they're playing.
Everything is going well until the big bad of the short campaign they're all playing knocks them into a wall. Not hard, but hard enough they're scrambling and flailing and...splitting in half. By their own description. Immediately they start, with their respective character voices (they are committing to this bit) bickering about whose fault it is. And about what they should do now their cover is blown.
The table is silent.
Robin and Steve have been conning everyone the entire time. They're playing twin halflings, who alternated who sat on each other's shoulders pretending to be a human because they were goofing off the day they joined the party and were too embarrassed by the mix up to correct anyone about it until they had to. Their voices and personality changes are brilliantly embedded as not Robin and Steve not being able to keep consistent, it's because they've been playing different characters. It's brilliant. It's horrible. Everyone fell for it and the reveal essentially pauses play because everyone starts yelling at them.
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heheh art block is gone. my brain can finally rot again
also go watch Monkey Wrench. you should definitely go watch all of them
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Love and Dryer Sheets
Harry has a secret that he's keeping from everyone. He finds her in the laundry room of the apartment building. He calls her Sunshine. And his conscience won't stop yelling at him.
Sunshine won't leave her washer unattended and meets a VERY grumpy Harry. Her laundry detergent smells like rain even when she looks like the sun. She reminds him that love isn't supposed to be angry.
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Songs you may consider listening to while reading:
Moon Song by Phoebe Bridgers
Say Don't Go by Taylor Swift
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Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
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tattoo designs for the portfolio >:))
ps: these aren't for sale and please don't use them bc i'm trying really hard to get an apprenticeship thank you!!
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