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Writing resources

Since there's so much awesome content on this site to stop reblogging stuff, I'm going to keep this post pinned and updated with the actual content I want this blog to be about: free resources for writers.

You can search my blog using the search box above, too! You'll find:

Resources I've compiled and/or put together myself, under #linwelin's resources.

Posts about my own writing under #linwelin writes.

Resources I've found and reblogged under #writing resources.

Tips on specific subjects under #writing tips.

General advice on the craft of writing under #writing advice.

But just in case you'd rather read it like this, here are links to the resources I've posted myself:

Using Google Docs to write fiction. Includes: why I like using GDocs, an illustrated guide on its best features and their applications for writers, how I organise my files, a handy template I call my "Writing Desk", to keep everything easily accessible, and a guide on how to use and tweak that template to your liking.

How to customise your Google Docs and Sheets so they look exactly how you like them—including a pseudo-dark-theme that's easier on the eyes.

A spreadsheet to organise big projects. A template for you to copy, and a guide on how to use and modify it to help manage those WIPs that are way too big to keep in one file and you have no clue how to tackle.

Word finders and tools for writers. Dictionaries, thesaurus, word finders, slang, and phrases. Also, some handy info on how to add custom search engines to your Chrome browser to save a lot of time. It's a game-changer, trust me.

Naming resources. All sorts of sites to find the perfect name for your characters. Real world, fantasy names, all the types of filters and browsing options you could want: origin, initial, rarity, meaning, association, theme, etc.

Writing playlists. My list of Spotify playlists specifically made for writing. It's constantly updated because I'm a playlist dragon, by which I mean I hoard too many of them and I still feel like I don't have enough, I constantly tweak and rearrange them, and they're my precious babies. You'll find a playlist for every mood, mostly instrumental to avoid distractions.

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Dead Space Remake » Plasma Cutter

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With his name finally being mentioned in the anime I would like to formally apologise to the dunmeshi fandom for the person I will become when the Winged Lion shows up

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Is this justice? Is this a new dawn?

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HER

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How to draw: Not white characters

How to draw a Black person

How to colour Black people skin tones

How to draw dreadlocks

How to draw African hair

How to draw curly hair

How to draw braids

How to draw braids part 2

How to draw cornrows

How to draw Bantu knots

How to draw two strand twists

How to draw an East Asian person

How to colour darker skin tones with alcohol markers

How to draw hijabs/traditional Muslim hair coverings (note, he used incorrect terminology, what he called a burqa was actually a niqab! Sorry for the mistake)

How to draw a hijabi girl

All links and art provided by @ itsajart on TikTok

Before you go “mY aRt sTyLe iS dIfFrEnT tHoUgH” you can moderate it and play around with your style to get it to fit.

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I enjoy adding "as one does" in parentheses after describing a strange thing to do (as one does).

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sacrificial

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Theatre & Council Tower of Dioscoria 🌳

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Jennifer Gennari, Oil on canvas

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i forget baby bugs don't really exist not in the way i want them too anywYs. i was like how come ive never seen a baby beetle i bet theyre soo cute and then i googled and i was like oh right. grub

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Jesus christ, I wish to just one day be this pinnacle of wit, horniness, and sacrilege.

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I got a laptop with Windows 11 for an IT course so I can get certified, and doing the first time device set-up for it made me want to commit unspeakable violence

Windows 11 should not exist, no one should use it for any reason, it puts ads in the file explorer and has made it so file searches are also web searches and this cannot be turned off except through registry editing. Whoever is responsible for those decisions should be killed, full stop.

Switch to linux, it's free and it's good.

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we're running out of time to fuck it we ball....

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people who don't wear glasses don't get the added benefit of taking off your HD eyesight for a while. just. fuck it! i'm done. 240p vision time

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One time this man approached me in a bar talking in Spanish. So I assumed he was Spanish and we started speaking, we had a whole ass conversation and at some point he was like. So what part of Spain are you from? And I said well I’m Italian actually. What part of Spain are you from? And he was like. I’m Greek.