How To Create An Atmosphere: Forest

30 Day Fluff Challenge! Every day for thirty days, you’ll be given a sugary sweet prompt.

“You’re my new pillow”

Making pancakes

Birthday

Messing around in IKEA

Painting together

Prom-posal

“If we both want to fit, we’ll have to cuddle”

Comfort food

“This is my favourite place in the whole world”

Wearing each other’s clothes

Crying during a movie

Baking

Getting dressed up for a completely casual date

Taking care of each other while sick

Buying each other a book

“I want to stay up with you”

Sleeping in the same bed for the first time

Pillow forts

Beach day

Drive in movie

Barbecue

Proposal

“Dance with me”

Making each other dinner

Regular at a coffee shop

“Come on. Tell me a story”

Taking care of an animal

Carnival / fair

One year anniversary

First date

Also see:

30 day AU challenge

30 day angst writing challenge

Im just feeling a certain way rn

fic writers and fan artists be like

writing fanfiction is just fingers clenching over a keyboard as you ferally mutter i just want this little guy to be held, damn it and proceeding to hurt said little guy (gn) for about 10k words before you actually give them their hug

How to Write a Book When You Don't Have Enough Time?

If you can write for 15 minutes a day, you can finish a novel within a year.

Discipline is far more important than how much time you have to write. You can’t just quit your job or stop going to school to make more time, but you can learn to make more out of the time that you already have.

me: god if this author doesn’t update I’m going to DIE

also me, an author with several WIPs:

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Rach Academia - FREEBIES (workbook, notion template, games, challenges, etc.);

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

Also, don't forget to check my gumroad shop, where you can find plenty of FREEBIES (from notion templates for writers to workbooks and sheets).

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Happy writing! <3

Finale arcade token

The sizzle of a grill

“If you’re gonna act like a clown, I might as well treat you like one.”

Eavesdropping

“This is the worst plot twist I’ve ever seen.”

Lighthouse

Love letters

Helplessness

“A little makeup will cover it up.”

“You brought a knife?! Here?!”

Coffee rings

Spunk

“Calm down, you cartoon villain.”

Filter

Rusted tool box

Operating room

Compliance

“I’m just waiting for the life in your eyes to return.”

Consume

Flickering lights

“You had it this whole time?”

Eye bags

Missing poster

Stained hands

Novelty keychains

Carnival food

Podcasts

“This place is decorated like an IKEA— not that that’s a bad thing!”

Humanising

Passing the blame

“All summer long, baby. All summer long.”

Also see:

June 2021 writing challenge

Writing challenge masterlist

Prompts masterlist