Monday Resources XVI

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so halloween is really close now- i hope you all are having a nice time and lots of fun with rectober, and preparing for nanowrimo so here i have some hopefully useful and nice things for you again!
best wishes and good luck!

• first as i see nanowrimo on the horizon: this little pdf about novel in a month might be useful: this is a worksheet compilation where you can keep up with your progress, tbh i just print what i need and i print 2 pages on one (a5, but then i do all my writing in a5)



• next lets talk about stereotypes and why the might not always destroy your story: 3 Ways to Make Character Stereotypes Work in Your Story weiland explains that yes stereotypes might be already familiar but that they still might be useful and sometimes exactly what we want to read. and when you think about all the cliches we put in fanfiction (glasses!draco, powerful auror!harry etc) you totally can understand where she comes from. but i believe it is always useful to read it and think about it a fresh- this blog entry, while rather short may help you with that



• and last but not least i have this info- sheet about Traumatic Brain Injury for you. its interesting just to think about it- but i want to especially point out the Resources on this sheet- if you ever have to work with anything brain- damage related go there! (i researched that for a friend who is writing in german, and it was useful to her, so i thought it might be useful to you as well)

and today i have a little bonus for you: Brainstorm Spark- Deepest Fears

may the muses be with you!
and remember all words are good words (even the words that are gone due to edition!


do you want more tips on one certain topic that i so far completely ignored? (i am posting here what catches my fancy in hope to motivate you to get words down- so if you have something you need to know or read or be motivated on, let me know and i shall dig around the net trying to find something for you)
do you have a tip you want to share, but are thinking: "meh"- just pm me or write me a mail smirkingcat[at] yandex. com and i shall check it out and include it in a future post [with your name or without it]