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).
-> Check out my freebies
Happy writing! <3
Be careful of Asexuals y'all, I heard they aren't fucking around
the shoulders of a gentleman | 789 | finkpishnets / @madroxed
Summary: Billy’s perfectly aware that the only reason he keeps dragging himself out of bed at six in the morning on the weekends is because of Teddy Altman.
Simple Transactions | 1,250 | abp / @ferretrade
Summary: You can meet people anywhere--even at the bank.
Like the Change of Season | 1,521 | riko
Summary: Winter is particularly harsh this year. A scene from a hypothetical AU.
Magnetism | 1,839 | heartslogos / @heartslogos
Summary: They're like magnets pushing against each other. A pair of invisible forces colliding and holding each other up.
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In Sickness | 1,984 | Solarcat / @solarcat
Summary: Billy Kaplan frowned as his fingertips hit the cardboard bottom of the tissue box. That was not good. It could, in fact, constitute an emergency of epic proportions.
I Don't Care What You Think (As Long as it's About Me) | 2,436 | ambitiousbutrubbish / @unclebabybilly
Summary: “Why don’t you think Tommy’s hot?” Billy sort of shouts, and judging by the look on Teddy’s face, that had come out a bit more accusatory and hurt than Billy had intended. Also, he’s pretty sure he leapt over the line from ‘flirty self-deprecation to get your boyfriend to tell you you’re cute’ straight into just plain ‘creepy’. Fortunately - or unfortunately, as has been the case in the past - Billy is a pretty devoted practitioner of the principle of ‘go big or go home’, and he sets his jaw firm.
Enchanted | 2,829 | akaparalian / @floralegia
Summary: Billy wouldn’t be here, because Billy hates school dances, but his mom had chastised and nagged and chased him out the door with threats to call teachers to make sure he actually went, after giving him some psychologist-babble about how participating in social events, such as school dances, was crucial to emotional development in teenagers, but you know, it was fine, because he’d sit in whatever his new school’s version of the Nerd Corner was and he’d be okay.
Let Us Too Yield | 6,576 | takadainmate / @takadainmate
Summary: Trapped and hurt, all Billy wants is to protect Teddy. And maybe come out of this alive.
J. Haydn - Hob I:96 - Symphony No. 96 in D major (The Miracle) | 8,598 | ambitiousbutrubbish / @unclebabybilly
Summary: Really, Teddy's only orchestral goal is to stay well away from all that String DramaTM. Falling for their harpist literally at first sight was probably not conductive to the plan.
All Who Are Hungry | 8,943 | Ardatli / @ardatli
Summary: Teddy and Tommy are staying at the Kaplans' place for now, but they haven't really considered the meaning of being adopted into a large Jewish family. ~A seder teaches them the true meaning of Pesach~ (Insert holiday cliche of your choice here). Shenanigans, horseradish, matzah and fluff ensue.
Look Where We Land | 11,742 | riko
Summary: Teddy has always privately thought they had something special. Something worth listening to.
For the Love of Dog | 11,750 | ApolloAttraction / @apolloattraction
Summary: Billy’s depression has been getting the better of him lately, so Tommy gives him a dog to foster. Billy doesn’t really know how a dog is supposed to help, but things do start looking up right around the time he takes her to the pet store and meets the cute cashier.
Genesis / In the Beginning | 23,182 | Ardatli / @ardatli
Summary: The realization was as awful as it had been slow-building, loud enough now that he couldn’t force himself to ignore it any longer. Maybe it wasn’t Teddy who was the asshole.
Lazy Sunday | 1,016 | Lady_Ganesh
Summary: Billy and Teddy hang out. Pre-series. Written for mixe for Yuletide 2007.
bombs over manhattan | 1,230 | constellatory
Summary: Post-Civil War, pre-Children's Crusade. There's a special kind of terror reserved only for that moment when you see someone you love go down, and you're not sure they're getting back up.
Making Up Is Hard To Do | 1,299 | lilpocketninja (Banah) / @banahbanah
Summary: Sometimes, Teddy is an idiot. This is one of those times. (For the prompt "first fight -- making up.")
Tonight | 1,617 | minumi / @minumi-chan
Summary: Tonight something is different. Although, it’s very hard to identify why exactly that is when your boyfriend is intent on kissing all sense out of you.
peace on distant stars | 2,009 | sister_wolf
Summary: Billy isn't sure what the Young Avengers are even doing here, in the middle of a superhero civil war.
can we get a drumroll, please | 2,227 | hulklinging
Summary: You can take the nerds out of band class, but you can't take the band out of the nerds. You can, however, take them on a crazy ride to rock star status. Teddy's still feeling a little winded.
These Are Your Shoes | 2,369 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: Billy and Teddy live in each other's pockets, basically.
The Final Move | 2,455 | fontech / @akaikit
Summary: Fic request: Cris asked for Teddy's thoughts on discovering that he's an alien. A Teddy introspective on the death of his mother, and the questions of his identity left unanswered.
Definitely Not Good | 2,648 | Sheeana
Summary: Billy hurts himself. Teddy is not (very) amused. A couple days in the lives of a couple superheroes.
Sketch Me A Text | 2,764 | aconitemare / @aconitemare
Summary: Billy made a strangled noise and grabbed his pencil, drawing some random lines in his sketchbook while he gathered his composure. Cassie leaned toward Billy’s ear. “I think he heard you.” “Don’t worry, that has definitely been noted and filed under Reasons I’m Never Leaving My House Again Ever,” Billy assured.
Four Eyes | 2,939 | Xander_The_Undead / @xandertheundead
Summary: Billy wore glasses, and Teddy had no idea why this new discovery made him so excited.
International Diplomacy | 2,984 | DangerousCommieSubversive / @dangerouscommiesubversive
Summary: The delegation from the Kree and Skrull Empires has arrived, and Prince William is ordered by his aunt to keep the visiting Prince Dorrek entertained. Somehow.
We Don't Put Our Hands Over Our Mouths | 3,324 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: Billy has never had good impulse control. Something pops into his head and he generally just says it, or does it - joining a super-team, anyone? - before he actually thinks about whatever he's doing might mean. So far he's managed to mostly avoid making a complete idiot of himself through some crazy combination of snarkiness and luck. But this time he's not so sure.
Love is Like Falling | 3,487 | Khirsah / @khirsahle
Summary: Teddy reached down and took Billy’s hand, threading their fingers together. The warm, gentle grip immediately derailed his words, his brain. “Sure,” Teddy said, squeezing Billy’s hand. “That sounds cool.” “Cool,” Billy breathed. “Cool.” “Cool.” Teddy squinted at him. “Are you secretly a Buffybot stuck on some kind of programming loop?” Billy snorted, turning his face to press his forehead against Teddy’s arm. When he breathed, his lungs were filled with the incredible scent of him. “No,” he said. “Shut up, I’m just having a spaz.” “Oh, well, in that case.”
Redefining Normal | 3,510 | Tangerine / @atangeriner
Summary: Normal is overrated.
A Little Like Mutant Manifestation | 3,886 | howlikeagod / @eternalgirlscout
Summary: Billy pulls back a little (normal), and grins down at Teddy. His face is flushed (normal), his hair is a godawful mess (completely normal), and Teddy wants him to take his clothes off (not normal at all). That desire slams into him like a semi-truck and leaves him gasping. He’s lived his whole life a little too aware of where his eyes catch, on the lips and hands of other boys, where his thoughts wander to kissing and holding in the darkest corners he can find. It’s never been more than that.
On Responsibility | 4,501 | natcat5 / @natcat5
Summary: It’s about responsibility, and being held accountable for your actions. He doesn’t have to tell Teddy, doesn’t have to tell anyone because- Because- It wasn’t like a suicide suicide attempt. He wasn’t- it wasn’t because- He was just trying to fix what he had broken. Clean up the mess that he had made. Take responsibility.
The Common Issue | 4,833 | riko
Summary: Billy has feelings about civil procedure, the firm's new junior associate, and the fact that his co-workers are all nuts, and he isn't thinking about any of them.
Scenes From A Teen Life | 5,252 | Etharei / @etharei
Summary: He's never been in this space before: broad daylight, his cheek throbbing, clothing dirty from the street, and at the same time floating, skin thrumming like he's using magic; hopelessly, helplessly happy. In which Billy Kaplan, against all expectations and documented statistics, has a boyfriend.
One More Bad Excuse | 5,323 | Ardatli / @ardatli
Summary: Life is full of changes. Losing his mother was one, losing his home was another. Teddy can't begin to cope with the idea that he might be losing Billy, too.
Who Can Retell (the things that befell us) | 6,297 | Ardatli / @ardatli
Summary: Or, one Christmas that Billy and Teddy didn’t spend together, and five that they did.
Monsters of Men | 8,873 | takadainmate / @takadainmate
Summary: "Get up," he said, and his voice sounded muffled and distant and for a long time Teddy stared at him, trying to work out what he meant. They had nowhere to go. There was no point in going anywhere. They were alone here and no one was going to save them. No one could save them.
Our Lives Lead Other Lives | 10,045 | riko
Summary: "Those things Billy's learned to bundle up tightly, keep compact and hidden so far down that even he forgets they're there sometimes. The gay thing is one. The being bullied at school is another. Now the spellcasting, shooting lightning from his fingertips, and fighting evil are rounding out the roster."
The Shelter Rule | 10,890 | orphan_account
Summary: Teddy’s life consists of a couple bags of clothes, a bed at the youth shelter, a therapy group run by his case manager, and two very dead parents. At least, until he switches schools. Then, Teddy’s life grows exponentially.
All Grown Up and Still Don't Know What (or; Billy Kaplan's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Life) | 14,233 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: Everything cycles back around into powers, his new powers. Powers that, by the feel of it, Billy’s really only scratched the surface of. But powers that he thinks could really do some actual good, on the right team. Assuming he doesn’t blow anything up with his mind by then.
Mine | 1,415 | isengard / @goulets
Summary: You are the best thing That’s ever been mine.
The Things I Am Doing (Instead of The Things That Should Be Done) | 1,541 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: Normally there's classes, work, citizens to be saved from dimension-ripping monsters with tentacles bursting from their eyes and venom dripping from several sets of extra ears. That, or Kate's endless charity functions, in both official and unofficial capacity. But not this morning. This morning there's just them; them, a bed cozy and warm with body heat, and time.
The Problem with Planning | 2,238 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: Billy really doesn't want to hate his friends, he loves his friends, but he wishes that for once, just once when he and Teddy shut Teddy's door it wasn't banging open again before they'd even crossed to Teddy's narrow bed. He'd love them a whole lot more easily if they could understand the concept of 'personal time'.
Birthday Boy is King | 3,203 | tekowrites
Summary: Teddy/Billy, for Teddy’s birthday Billy decides on a little body modification present, the problem though is not letting anyone find out about it.
Fire in the Blood | 3,385 | youngavengersbigbang
Summary: Teddy was so close he was practically whispering in the shell of the man’s ear. Billy watched, transfixed, as one big hand slid into the neat fold of his pewter gray suit and pulled out a straight razor. The handle was mother of pearl. The little blade shown like a mirror, giving a whispered shhht as Teddy opened it into a wide, gleaming smile.
Maybe Everything Returns | 7,321 | riko
Summary: There are 3058 miles between them, and Teddy can feel every one.
whatever's living will yourself become | 7,816 | atti (attilatehbun) / @recursivities
Summary: The trouble with shape-shifting is that so often the shape seems to shift more than you do. It changes day to day, moment to moment, and every time you shift to fit it you're one step behind.
Alms in Autumn | 13,861 | aud_k
Summary: In which a fairy reluctantly dons the mantle of “prey,” a golden-haired prince leads a ritual hunt, and a November dawn chases away more than just the night’s shadows. There are many ways to die, and some of them, William discovers, are smaller—and luckier—than others.
Work In Progress | 20,912 | Ardatli / @ardatli
Summary: Wherein Billy is a Steve/Tony fanfic writer, Teddy is a fanartist, online relationships are confusing, and NYCC is coming.
*True Colors | 34,093 | Khirsah / @khirsahle
Summary: Growing up queer can be tough, even in New York. Lucky for them, there's a place upstate they can go every summer to meet new friends, let loose, and know they are not alone. Welcome to Camp True Colors.
*this fic also heavily includes the Steve/Bucky ship
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So, over the course of four-ish hours, I just handwrote 38 pages of a short story... My hand is going to fall off 😭😭😭
But I'm going to type it up soon, and I might link it to my profile... I'm not sure though.
It's a prequel to my long-term novel I'm currently writing. The short story is nameless so far, but the novel is called The Ones who Hurt, and it just recently hit 100 pages! It's a high fantasy novel about a cowardly superhero, an empathetic ex-villain, a bisexual human, a very sapphic queen, three undead-ish assassins, Fae royalty, a historic mystery, a suspicious cult, and a whole lot of family drama.
If anyone would be interested in reading the short story and potentially excerpts from the novel as it gets written, please comment or DM me. Please reblog this and interact with it, I really would love more author and reading friends! :]
@unmellowyellowfellow @queen-of-hobgobblers @deadandgaysetanta
glad to know people will still be experiencing this video for the first time this daylight savings
Bruh why'd you call me out like this 😭 but foreal, I love that
can u tell siblings being insecure when the balance of power is skewed heavily towards their other sibling is my absolute favorite type of emotional angst. can u tell that the hc of tommy shepherd sometimes feeling like he only exists bc billy wanted a twin haunts me to this day. or do u guys think im normal.
Of course 🩷 I read it as a beautiful and emotional commentary on life 😃
imagine i put some sad poetry here about not being able to meaningfully help the people important to me in their times of need. i’d write it myself but i have to get back to work
I headcanon that Tommy is still together with David
for lady hestia
@deadandgaysetanta @queen-of-hobgobblers
just your friendly neighborhood gremlin probably won't post too much, just because I don't really know what I have to offer to the platform. my goal is to be as chaotic and funny as possible, while still spreading knowledge about my special interests. Said interests include, but are not limited to: The Scarlet Witch, Young Avengers, Keeper of the Lost Cities, words, etymology, random knowledge that I don't know what to do with, wonder woman, Hellenistic Polytheism, writing, art, and other things that relate to the above topics please message me if you have any questions about the above topics, or wish to be friends! 😃❤️ thanks, Seraphina ❤️
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