Monday Resources XVII

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hello my fellow writers, creators and story-tellers!

• for today first entry i go with what i can only imagine must worry us all sometimes How filler words make writing boring. we all _know_ that we should keep the reader close to the action but sometimes it's still hard to archive, or we simply forget, so here a reminder, with good examples, and good links at the bottom for further reading



• next i have Master the Outline - 12 Methods for Plotters and Pantsers Part I and Part 2. now before you lynch me: there are really only 11 methods and one huge advertisement, but as i myself struggle with plot and plotting i do read and reread a fair amount on that topic, and as far as the 11 methods are concerned, i found the way the blogger presents them easy to understand and useful. and i shall take this moment to go on a small rant: i'm still not plotting really, i'm more of the attaching comments and notes in either my ywriter or my bibisco which are both free software- and no i dont receive any money for telling you about them, but as i used them both now for nearly a year, and still cant decide which i like better, i take the liberty to tell you about both of them, and how i use them for different things:
  
  
  
  1. i use ywriter for when the story is clearly in my head and i fight to contain it all- its simply to use, allows you to shift everything around and to note everything down for when you really need it, for me its the: stay on track programm
  
  
  
  2. bibisco is the opposite: i have 3 stories where i have the idea and the general "what should happen" down but the rest is just not there. bibisco has this awesome feature where you have to answer questions about character, development, places, general story- with this questions my ideas get more form so that helps me focus on the story and i quite like that!
     
  
  to go for full disclosure here i make extensive use of pen and paper and digital i also use word, one note (on my mobile mostly), and focuswriter too. currently focuswriter is where i put down my owl, i can set timers there, and its rather difficult to switch the window, and i find the spacey background inspiring- especially with good music, and when you are not in the music focuswriter has a setting that mimics typewriter noises- it's so much fun hammering away on them, those are the times i manage like 600 words in 30 min because the noises are fun!. i say that because i dont have the one solution for how i write, i have different needs based on my mood and on the story, and so i have different programs- and most of the time its easy to switch from one to the other.
  so yeah plotting, pantsing and everything in between.



• and lastly i have this nice but on the spot blog entry for you on how to balance a big cast. i found it inspiring and also quite interesting and comforting, while i know that hd story can thrive with harry and draco alone, but some stories just get that much better for their amazing side cast and all the characters that too got to have their say.

this concludes this weeks and this months monday resources! i hope there was something here for you!
lastly but not least before i shall shut up- let me invite you to:



smirkingcat dares you to challenge yourself and get rid of the long avoided tasks on your to do list in one month!
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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]