Gonna Start Posting Art Here If That's Ok With You

Gonna start posting art here if that's ok with you

From Kemp Mill The deer walk around and graze wherever they want, and no one has ever tried to evict them.

Writer all for one- supporting writers everywhere!

So, @eternalwritingstudent brought up a great point about support in the writeblr community, and lack thereof.

Putting your work out there is hard enough. But when you don’t get any response it can get really disheartening. Yes I know we’re not entitled to people’s likes and reblogs but when it happens it’s such a motivating feeling- something which isn’t seen or emphasised enough on this platform.

The writing community has always been about helping and supporting and motivating other writers, and that is trending downwards on tumblr. And I want to try and change that.

So I’m starting a #writerallforone - where writeblrs of all age and popularity can work together to support everyone and not just a select few.

I’ve opened my submissions for this very reason, and I hope other writeblrs will do the same. So if you have a piece of writing, a mood board or artwork etc you want to share, submit it (following guidelines,) and I’ll queue it up for you.

I’m also starting a #writeblrff - writeblr follower Friday, where you tag your favourite writeblrs for others to follow.

Will this get many notes? I don’t believe it will. But if even a few writeblrs join me, then we can start to make a difference. Please let me know if you would like to join me!

Please reblog to spread the word!

Haunted Home Makeover: How to Write a Haunted House

As a lover of all things gothic and horror, one of my favorite tropes is a haunted house. I recently wrote a short story with a haunted house and thought I’d share some helpful tips. Hopefully these questions can help you too make the most haunting of haunted houses: 

When/Where was your house built?

The period/place in which your house was built both impacts the appearance and adds to what darkness lurks within its walls. What was happening at the time? Is your haunted house an abandoned apartment on the Southside of Chicago (Candyman), or a sprawling mansion in the northeast (The Haunting of Hill House)? Is your haunted house infamous in your setting? Or is it only one haunted house in a town full of haunted houses (note to self: don’t move into a town full of haunted houses). 

When is your story taking place?

 How much distance is between the characters and the house’s construction? Houses feel different depending on their age. You can play around with this idea. Have your shiny new suburban house feel as if it’s been around for ages, or make your southern homestead built in 1855 feel as if it was just built yesterday. Go on. Make it weird. 

What does your house look like?

Explore the ways in which you can use architecture to mess with your characters. In the Netflix version of The Haunting of Hill House, the Red Room becomes a central part of the story, and so too can details make a difference in your story (as they say, the devil is in the details). Are the halls narrow? How much light comes? Are there tons of rooms with no purpose (Winchester Mansion) or is it a nice and neat house with seemingly nothing wrong with it (Sally House)? 

Who lived in the house previously

What’s the human history of the house? What kind of people were they? There’s a difference between satanic cultists and a sweet old couple across the hall (or, if you’re in Rosemary’s Baby, a sweet old couple who are also satanic cultists). What happened to them? Did they die of mysterious circumstances or leave without packing their things? If they’re still around, can your characters interact with them? What would they say? 

What’s haunting the house?

You may not have an answer for this, and that’s completely okay! Sometimes the unknown is the creepiest thing of all. But if you want a definitive cause for the haunting, what happened? When? Who was involved? Can this cause relate to or parallel the current story? Is your haunting supernatural (ghosts, demons, witches, the lawn gnomes the old owners left in the yard)? Or is your haunting something more felt than seen, something insidious, always lurking just out of sight? Playing around with this can be a whole lot of fun. 

What’s your house’s personality?

I know. Houses aren’t people. But in your story, your haunted house should be a character like any other. Think about how you’d characterize your haunted house if they were a person. What would they act like? How can you then translate those personality traits into a house? 

How does the house feel about your characters?

What kind of relationship does the house have with each of the characters in the house? Does it react differently or treat them all the same? Does it like one character in particular? Does your house hate strangers? Different dynamics can be particularly interesting if you’re writing from multiple points of view. 

Also, how do your characters feel about the house?

Just because your haunted house likes your character doesn’t mean that character likes the house, or maybe they do. Just as conflict should be between characters, so should there be conflict between characters and their setting, especially if your haunted house is a central part of your story.

If you enjoyed this, like! reblog! follow! Thanks for reading, and keep writing strangely. 

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general

writing a strong introduction

writing brilliant paragraphs

ways to get past writer’s block by @kiramartinauthor

everything you need to know about the mla format

narrative essay + descriptive essay by @areistotle

cliches to avoid for essays by @appblrgirl

proofread better by @livingbtwnthelines

i’m here for a consult by @scriptmedic

non-writing things to do to make you a better writer by @bellarosepope

editing checklist by @anomalously-written

advice on writing a nice thank you note by @thesnicketfile

essay basics by @novanovelist

how tos

how to write an essay by @captainnaustralia

how to write college level essays by @caesarstudies

back to school: How to get an a*/8 or 9 in an English Lit essay by @thelawgraduate

how to write a university level essay by @healthyeyes

how to reduce your word count by @rewritign

how to write comparative essays

how to write a critical review

how to write a killer unprepared text essay

how to recover an unsaved draft on Microsoft Word by @holyhoee

how to write a history essay by @delphicoracle

tips

tips on writing an essay by my history professor by @busy-bizzy-bee

great writing tips

tip for all my student readers by @afternoonsnoozebuttonalex-blog

those different essay keeps popping up tips by @thisnerdsadventures

tips for writing research papers by @studysection

essay writing tips by @study-well

resources

websites for writing essays by @intellectys

writing apps, extensions and websites by @uglystudies

app recommendation: Hemingway editor by @namaste-shay

list of cute and simple apps/websites/extensions for your writing pleasure by @busymarina

resource for writers by @studyquill

website which grades your essay by @leightaylorwrites

google like a boss by @estudemarina

things almost every writer needs to research by @the-right-writing

who needs wikipedia by @procrastinatioff

guides

a no-nonsense guide to writing an essay by @hufflepuffwannabe

a step-by-step guide to writing a five paragraph essay by @emmastudies

vocabulary

strong and weak verbs masterpost by @gryfhindor

words to replace said, except this actually helps by @ms-mazarin

advanced english vocabulary by @languagesandshootingstars

vocabulary by @belleresources-blog

words to keep inside your pocket by @aurelle

synonyms for words commonly used in student’s writings

words that describe someone’s voice

synonyms for ‘suggests’ in essays by @justkeeprevising

alternatives for overused words by @thestudyingcabin

100 words every high school graduate should know by @kimtented

world building by @createwithwriting

english literature “to emphasise” - alternatives by @studyingboookworm

academic phrase masterpost: connecting words by @jwstudying

writing plots

character development worksheet by @aetherial

how to write characters that feel like real people by @kancrum

20 basic plots by @thewritershandbook

52 short stories in 2 weeks by @ourwritingtherapy

annotate

make sure to read the poem at least 3 times over. skim once, and read twice. Skim and read once each if you don’t think you have enough time. Don’t let the length of it intimidate you.

annotate anything that will help you to answer the question. Answering the question, aside from literary devices on their own, is the most important.

be selective about the quotes and literary devices you find, and identify which ones you can write more about.

annotating effectively by @hideandstudy

how to annotate by @tbhstudying

Other masterposts by me

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Literature

Notetaking

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