Wanna tussle? More on fight scenes.
Anonymous asked: How does one write a good fight scene?
Step one: Most of the time, it’ll be best to avoid starting it with the phrase “wanna tussle?”
From there, you might find these links useful:
- How to Write a Fight Scene
- A Summary of How People Die (And Don’t) In Swordfights
- Getting a Handle on Guns
For when things get ugly, check out On Killing Characters.
Thanks for your question! If you have any other writing concerns, please send us a message.
- O
I Stumbled into Something Wonderful
And I just needed to share it with all of you.
It’s the Speech Accent Archive, and any accent you can possibly imagine, you’re like to find it there. It’s an amazing resource for myself as point of reference and I’m sure a great load of you would appreciate it as well.
Along with recordings, it provides the phonetics right alongside the paragraph recording. Each one is the same so you can really pick at the small slips and rolls of the speech. There are people from every region you could think of, both men and women, as well as mixed age groups.
-Cas
FANTROLL REFERENCE LIST
Here is a cumulative list of every helpful fantroll guide, base, resource, or tutorial I could source. Fantrolls are the pestilence that will ruin your life. Have fun.
Various Hair and Outfits by fan-troll
Fantroll Information Chart by 120-cell
Huge Sheet of Canon and Fanon Bases by Antil1029
How to Make an Official Looking Talksprite by actualcannibalcalliope
Arm and Weapon Bases (Unsourced,on homestuckresources)
Helpful Talksprite Bases by L0UDST (She has requested you link her the final product if you use them, to help create better bases)
How to Create a Good Fantroll for Dummies by fuckyeahawfulfantrolls
The Hemospectrum: A Comprehensive Guide to Blood Caste by bloodcaste
Check Your Privilege - Some Notes on Trollian Blood Colors by fir3h34rt
List of Troll Phrases and their English Equivalents by fyeah-fantrollreviews
General Guidelines for Quirk Formation by fyeah-fantrollreviews
More Talksprite Bases by raccoonmama
Troll Skin and Horns Hex Codes by homestuckresources
Troll Blood Colors by heackyeahfantrollcreation
Heck Yeah Fantroll Creation is basically a goldmine of helpful resources
The Ultimate Troll-Sue Litmus Test by lordbluemiere
3 Things to Avoid When it Comes to Appearance by fuckyeahawfulfantrolls
How /NOT/ to Make a Fantroll submitted by an Anonymous to fuckyeahawfulfantrolls
Huge Gallery of Canon Sprites/Edits/Rips on Majhost by various users
Revised Hemospectrum Charts by scienceyounerd
Old Hemospectrum Chart by scienceyounerd
Alternian Sweeps to Years Converter made by Miff
FYCD Resource Masterpost (continually updated)
Tumblrs
- WriteWorld
- Agonyofanuntoldstory
- aquestionofcharacter
- imagineyourotp
- keyboardsmashwriters
- writingweasels
- thewritershelpers
- shannahmcgill
- prompts-and-pointers
- litreactor
- ilivetowriteandinspire
- referenceforwriters
- awritingpromptaday
- thewrittenroad
- writingbox
- fuckyourwritinghabits
- keepcalmandwritefiction
- sunscraps
- wordpainting
- yeahwrite
- idareyoutowrite
- get-scribbling
Writing/Research/Productivity
- TvTropes
- StayFocused
- Archetype Writing
- 750Words.com
- 2000 Names
- storyfix
- The Art of Character Development
Music
- Spotify
- RainyMood
- the-music-mixer
- repeatyoutube (type this before a youtube video to watch it on repeat)
- Songs for Creating Stuff
- Using Music to Focus Your Writing
Books
- Elements of Fiction Writing - Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Nancy Kress)
- Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant (John Warner)
- On Writing (Stephen King)
- Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
- Writing Tools (Roy Peter Clark)
- How Not to Write a Novel (Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman)
Quizzes
Generators
Programs/Apps
Misc. Websites
11 Smart Tips for Brilliant Writing
copyblogger.comThis article, I find, is especially useful if you’re a bit wordy.
-Allegra










































