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Table of Contents: Writing Resources Oct 1, 2020 20:02:22 GMT -6

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{NOTE: Forum Leaders, if adding a new resource, please go to the post in this thread that fits the category of your resource, then edit that post to add the resource. Please use the same title as that thread for consistency and ease of navigating. Also if you want to help add old resources from the prior forum, here is where I stored most of the links from our old forum: reshapingreality.org/resources/ Please verify all links work before adding!!}

Welcome to Writing Resources!

To aid in navigating this forum, we've created a Table of Contents! When you create a thread with your resources, one of our diligent members will hop on over and add it to our TOC. All thoughts on your resources will stay in your thread you've created, but you'll have your very own link to your thread in the TOC! Isn't that nifty?

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Table of Contents: Writing Resources Oct 1, 2020 20:03:28 GMT -6

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Characters

Character Design Information MegaThread
Body Language and Emotion Thesaurus (heavily influenced by Western culture so are not representative of all cultures.)
Strong Characters Versus Weak Characters Article by C.J. Cherryh
Character Creation & Development Theory
Character Design Template Word Document and Fill-able PDF Form
HeroMachine 3 to assist with generating the physical appearance of possible characters (limited scope, not much diversity in body types).
Writing with color Part 1
Writing with color Part 2
Ways to Describe Characters of Color (post includes links to part 2 and 3)

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Table of Contents: Writing Resources Oct 6, 2020 18:12:45 GMT -6

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General Writing Advice/Sites

Library Thing (Cataloging books owned)
Goodreads (Author resource, cataloging books)
Writer beware (Helping writers avoid scams)
Writing Excuses (a podcast)
Fiction Factor: Writing Novels
Daily Writing Tips
Super Hero Nation (Great Writing Articles)
Writer’s Digest
The Writing Teacher’s Strategy Guide
Pixar’s Storytelling Rules
Storytoolz (Series of tools such as word counts, generators, identifying cliches and more)

Books

The Magic Words: Writing Great Books For Children and Young Adults by Cheryl B. Klein
The Steering Craft by Ursula LeGuin
Beginnings, Middles, & Ends by Nancy Kress
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff Vandermeer
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design by Dille & Zuur Platten
Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lammott
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Browne and King
Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by David Gerrold
How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card (Am not fond of his books, but he does have good tips. Recommendation submitted by a friend.)
Writing Great Short Stories by Margaret Lucke
If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland

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Table of Contents: Writing Resources Oct 6, 2020 18:13:17 GMT -6

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Plot

Beginnings, Middles, and Ends – blog post discussion
Writing Excuses — all the plot posts
Plotting (Discusses plots within Comic Books) – Video
Seven Point Story Structure
Snowflake Method
Structure to Your Writing
Periodic Table of Storytelling
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List item 3

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