☀︎ WELCOME TO LATINE CREATORS! ☀︎

are we still talking about boats?

"A ship can never truly love an anchor." dude shut up. a ship without an anchor gets dashed against the rocks. it's useless, completely at the whim of the currents. a ship loves an anchor so much it carries it everywhere it goes. the anchor gives the ship the world to love. dude.

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

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

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, check my blog if you want to!)

Joy Harjo, from An American Sunrise: Poems; “Becoming Seventy”

hello! just wondering if you guys have a template for basic muse info we could use on discord? thank you! :D

hello! this has actually been on our to-do list for quite some time, so thank you for asking and bringing this to our attention! we've finally put together two examples on how we do our muse stats, which you can view below! everything is already formatted for you, so all you have to do is copy and paste, add your muse's info, and then post! feel free to edit these layouts to your liking, whether that means combining the two or removing things that you feel are unnecessary! otherwise, please like and/or reblog if this has helped at all! and of course, pop into our inbox if you have any more questions ~

EXAMPLE ONE.

```  ────      𝑨𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑺 .``` > written aesthetics go here!

```  ────      𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑺 .``` > `𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄.`   > `𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒.`   > `𝐀𝐆𝐄.`   > `𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘.`   > `𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂.`   > `𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑.`   > `𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒.`   > `𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.`   > `𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍.`  

```  ────      𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 .``` > `𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌.`   > `𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑.`   > `𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑.`   > `𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄.`   > `𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓.` > `𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂(𝐒).`   > `𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄.`   > `𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.`   > `𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒.`  

```  ────      𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷𝑺 .``` > `𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒.`   > `𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.`   > `𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.`   > `𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏.` > `𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄.`

```  ────      𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 .``` > `𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆.`   > `𝐏𝐎𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒.`   > `𝐍𝐄𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒.`   > `𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄.`   > `𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.`   > `𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒.`   > `𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒.`  

```  ────      𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑲𝑺 .``` > `𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓.` > `𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓.` > `𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.`

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EXAMPLE TWO.

```❛❛     𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗦     ...``` > `𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 :`   > `𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘(𝗦) :`   > `𝗗.𝗢.𝗕 / 𝗔𝗚𝗘 :`   > `𝗭𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖 :`   > `𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 / 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗦 :`   > `𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 :`   > `𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡 :`   > `𝗢𝗖𝗖𝗨𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 :`   > `𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 :`   > `𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠 :`  

```❛❛     𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬     ...``` > `𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 :`   > `𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 :`   > `𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗦 :`   > `𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗦 :`   > `𝗛𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗘𝗦:` > `𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 :` > `𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗦 :`

```❛❛     𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦     ...``` > written aesthetics go here!

```❛❛     𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪     ...``` > ○ bio starts here

I legit gave up on trying to ban the bots, they’re just sitting there and inflating my followers 💀

what to write next; wip writers' block edition:

switch POVs (this would differ if you really want it to be limited, but if you do switch, make sure to keep it [somewhat] consistent)

introduce a new character

scrap the planning and go off the rails (literally and figuratively)

kill off a character

turn something the characters have been chasing into something that doesn't exist

destroy the thing they've been chasing just when they get it

introduce another subplot

turn one of the mc's trusted characters into a traitor

what would you do to make your mc's life as difficult as possible? oh, that's evil. do it.

send the mc on a wild goose chase

make the mc screw up really, really badly

enact the Fatal Flaw™—make this make them screw up

the mc does something that splits up their group and renders them not trustworthy

the mc betrays their group

the characters are forced to sacrifice something dear

the villain dies

the villain is killed by an underling who is even worse than the original villain

introduce the person who controls the villain

kill off the mc's motivation

what would give the villain absolute power? a gateway to achieve their goal? do it, or if you can't, nudge them in the right direction

andi/emilia + kisses 

The Stanford prison experiment tapes were so stupid when I watched them in AP psych and so stupid when I watch this film about them. Literally they could’ve all sat and played cards and got $15 a day to tell ghost stories all day and be best friends. But masculinity and whiteness and power created this violent irrationality that positioned young ass men to be met with brutality and trauma and disrespect even when it was obviously taken too far. and it makes no sense. If someone put me in a room with Black girls and said I would get paid $90 a day (that’s the equivalent apparently) to be a prison guard, do you know how fast I’d be sitting with them and learning about them and exchanging Instagrams and like.. sleeping.. like what the fuck was the point of any of that…

we wavered in what had somehow become an embrace until he lifted his head, found his face too close to mine. i stared at him, momentarily brain-dead except for the nonsensical question of whether he’d ever looked at me quite like that before...

007. first draft | (download now)

First Draft is a story outlining template meant to help with planning your next big writing project or your next NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I know, as of posting this, there's less than a week to spare before NaNoWriMo '22, but I hope this finds the right people in time, and that it can be helpful! I LOVED making this template and adore the imagery/colours, but I would love to see how people customize this to fit their own projects! This template is FREE, so PLEASE consider reblogging so that fellow NaNo'ers can find it!!

INCLUDED This is a semi-in-depth template with 6 unique Landscape-Format pages. • Synopsis/Intro. • NaNoWriMo Word Count Calendar. (The calendar is set for November 2022, but with some table know-how you could edit it for whatever month you need!) • Character/Worldbuilding Descriptions. • Notes. • Chapter Outlines. • A Timeline of Events. There are detailed instructions on how to edit the timeline yourself, but you can also delete the page if you want.

HOW TO USE/EDIT • When you gain access to the doc, use “File > Make a Copy” • Do NOT remove the credit/links on the pages. • To replace images, click on each image separately and select "Replace Image." • The colour palette can be entirely customized, as it's all just highlights. • There are instructions on how to duplicate pages and how to use the Timeline page.

ETC . . . • Feel free to contact me if you have questions or need help! • I sometimes stream the creation process of these templates on Twitch and would love if you dropped by! • Likes are lovely, but reblogs go far here, so please consider sharing! • Find more info in my pinned post or about page!