Exercises for Fiction Writers - Page 2. 10,000-Year Calendar! Get out the nice paper for these photo calendars!
Monthly and yearly calendars available! 100's of artworks and photos available! Print a monthly or a yearly calendar using your own photo for any month or year. Free demo or only $1 if you like your printed calendar. How to Plot and Write a Novel: Plan Your Novel Writing with the Snowflake Method. Many novelists mull over story ideas, letting them ripen and develop over time.
When the story is ready to be told, instead of just sitting down and starting to type, try the Snowflake Method. This step-by-step way to write a novel begins with essential elements and becomes more detailed with each step. Essential Elements for Novel Structure Snowflakes have a structure which begins with a simple form and adds more elements to create complex patterns. Novelist and physicist Randy Ingermanson created the Snowflake Method to break novel-writing into steps that build on each other in the same way. Story Starters & Idea Generators. One of the best ways to break through writer's block or stretch your writing skills is to pick a story starter and just start writing.
Suggestions on how to use each generator are included with the generator. Caveat: There's always a temptation to keep looking for the "perfect" idea, but then you need to ask yourself...are you really just trying to avoid writing? Problem: You can't get a story started Solution: Archetype's Plot Scenario Generator. Short Story Ideas - Scenarios. Use for writing. Character Trait Chart. Character Trait Chart and Personality Components It can sometimes be helpful to make a Trait Chart for each character.
This is especially helpful during the early stages of character development, before the character becomes as real to you as your mother. How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act. Next to the positive change arc, the flat character arc is the most popular storyline.
Also called the “testing arc,” the flat arc is about a character who does not change. He already has the Truth figured out in the beginning of the story, and he uses that Truth to help him overcome various external tests. The flat-arc protagonist will be confronted with tremendous opposition. Creative Idea Generator. Short Story Ideas - Storylines. Story Starters. Random First Line Generator.
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method. List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names. The following is a partial list of adjectival forms of place names in English and their demonymic equivalents , which denote the people or the inhabitants of these places.
Note: Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman ). The French terminations -ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine ; adding 'e' ( -oise / aise ) makes them singular feminine; 'es' ( -oises / aises ) makes them plural feminine. The Spanish termination "-o" usually denotes the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by replacing the "-o" with "-a". Serendipity. Plot Scenario Generator.
123 Ideas for Character Flaws) 25 Things You Should Know About Character. Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: 25 Things Every Writer Should Know 25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling.
The%20Story%20Spine.pdf. Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language. Translate emotions into written body language We are always told to use body language in our writing.
Sometimes, it's easier said than written. I decided to create these cheat sheets to help you show a character's state of mind. Obviously, a character may exhibit a number of these behaviours. Family Gen. Love Interest Gen. Personality Generator.