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YouTube Channels for Writers

The Closer Look: While this channel is primarily dedicated to the story telling in movies that doesn’t mean you can’t translate a lot of these story telling mechanics into writing. The video in the link covers how to make a compelling villain with one of my favorite villains of the DC Universe, so give them a look.

Extra Credits: Just like the last entry, this one doesn’t have much to do with writing novels or fiction. Rather, Extra Credits covers game design a lot of the time. But they also cover how to write the stories for those games and offer some interesting insight. Couple this with their other segments Extra Sci Fi and Extra History, and you have the makings of an amazing tool kit for writers of any medium.

Overly Sarcastic Productions: There is not enough praise I can throw at this channel. Anything from Trope Talk to Miscellaneous Myths and even Classics Summarized is able offer something to even the most seasoned writer. Just like Extra Credits too, they also cover a bunch of historical stuff too. Which, as a history buff myself, is always a plus.

Tale Foundry: By now, i’m sure you’ve gotten the theme. All of these channels are amazing, but this one is more writing focused then the rest thus far. The channel dedicates itself to taking a closer look at genera and sub-genera and the big players therein. It gives the audience a chance to take a look at these things under the microscope for an easier means of dissection for their own work.

Hello Future Me: I found this channel when I was scrolling through YouTube randomly and found their video on Writing a Hard Magic System and it gave me plenty of food for thought on the fantasy novel I was working on. They go on to cover a Soft Magic System which was able to really draw the line in black and white as to the difference between the two. From there, the channel has been able to offer a few good videos on matters of writing fiction and one that comes with a recommendation for me.

PlagueOfGripes: This one, you’ll need to take with a grain of salt as the host is a little rough around the edges. While he primarily covers art streams and other shenanigans like that, he did a three part video essay on writing that had quite a bit to teach. I personally found his cynical nature to be charming and funny, but if that isn’t your thing, maybe pass him by just this once.

All the links to the channels are located in their respective titles.

@daeva-agas I found this from a certain blog.

I think it is pretty much true.

Playing Cinderella Phenomenon be like...

Newbie me: Wow! The stories are good and the CGs are awesome! I wish I could romance that white-haired knight Fritz cuz he looks cool....What!? I can unlock him after playing two routes?? Yaay!!

After playing Fritz route:

...This cant't be happening 😭😭😭😭

Filling In The Gaps

When we write, sometimes a story comes with all the pieces stuck together for you. Most of the time, it comes piece by piece. Here’s to finding the pieces to go with the ones you already have.

Need a Genre:

I think this will help

List of Genres (play darts with it or something)

Need a Plot:

Adventure Generator (Fantasy)

Plot Idea Generator (can get a little wacky)

Plot Twist Generator (General)

Genre-based Plot Generators 

SO MANY PLOTS

Really random plot generator 

“Put your character in a bad situation” Generator

Need (a) Character(s):

Name Generator (Fantasy)

Name Generator (All Genres, including Surnames)

All the Character Generators (I’m not kidding.)

EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER GENERATOR (You still think I’m kidding)

Another character description generator (General)

Character Backstory/Details/Appearance Generators

Or just look through Pinterest “Character Inspiration” boards. So many good faces on there. I like this board and this one.

Need a Setting:

World Generator (Fantasy)

Fictional Location Generator (General)

City Generator

Fill out your Setting Generators

Need a Scene:

Ask These Guys for a prompt!

Prompty prompt prompts

I Just Need Something!:

First Line Generator (you will spend most of your time laughing)

Prophecy Generator (to make you feel all foreboding and such)

This link has plot and genre and character building helps. 

All the generators!

Title Generator

Just search for writing prompts! Tumblr has SO MANY, and Pinterest has just as many.

Go forth and conquer, friends.

I saw the memes for the second Wayhaven book and decided to join in on the fun

facts

“Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: ‘Things must change—no matter how, Anything is better than what we have.’”

— Hannah Arendt, “Interview with Roger Errera”, The New York Review of Books (26 October 1978)

Test

Yep, I see your ask. DOES that mean I PASSED the test? 😂😂

Ask me anytime, I am open to questions.

This is what it’s like to have dyslexia. Web developer Victor Widell is hoping to shine a light on the learning disorder with this creative coding simulation.

How did Tadakatsu, Kageie, Yasumasa, and Tadatsugu die?

There is a legend that Tadakatsu died after injuring his hand from carving. If this story is true, he might have fallen ill from the infected wound. If not true, then presumably he died of age. 

It was said that Kageie was executed by Kenshin. The story has it that he had sold a horse to Nobunaga, and Kenshin suspected treason. ETA: This was apparently considered a legend, and the official account of his death is due to disease. 

Yasumasa seems to have contracted a disease and died of it. Tadatsugu died normally from age.