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free resources to write a novel in 2024
hello hello! it's me, rach!
as the new year approaches, many of us set goals and resolutions - myself included. one of my goals for 2024 is to write a novel (I've been procrastinating on this for quite a long time now). i assume that some of you might have the same goal, that's why I'm writing this post today.
over 2023 i've been releasing some freebies for authors just like me, so I thought I could compile my favorites in this post. hope you find this useful :)
1) the writer's workbook
this workbook has over 60 exercises to help you develop characters, scenarios, etc. if you're ever stuck, I'm pretty sure this workbook will be your best friend.
2) author's corner (notion template)
this is the most downloaded freebie in my shop! it is a notion dashboard with everything you need to organize your writing and has some templates included (like scrivener)!!
3) another notion template
this one has two themes you can choose from: cottage-core and dark academia. they're very similar to the previous template, but this one is more recent and I added some new features. feel free to explore both and pick the one you like the most.
4) the author's journal
this is a cute printable with 20 pages that will help you stay on track and manage your social media accounts as a writer who shares their work online. you can also register what you're currently writing and your personal research and resources.
5) plan your book printable
this is a 6-page printable for you to fill out and plan your book easily and effectively.
6) excel sheet to organize tasks & word-count
this is a simple excel sheet, but it is very effective for keeping track of your tasks & word-count of your novels. also, it is 100% customizable to your liking!
that's all for now! feel free to explore my gumroad shop where I have plenty of freebies to grab! also, don't forget to subscribe so that you never miss any opportunity to get a goodie for free :)
hope this post was useful!
have a nice day,
rach
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Character Voice Tag
Tagged by @betweenthetimeandsound ty!
My line is: "How could you do this to me?"
Terran: Going to be honest, and as I write more I may be wrong, but I can't think of any iteration where he would say this in any way. He's silently hurt, reevaluating you and his trust and judgement in everything. He's think he should have known and was a fool for trusting you. But he wouldn't say it. His way of dealing with you would change, but this question isn't his style.
Raymond: (disappointed) "I can't believe you would do this. I'd hoped you would be better than this."
Mika: (snapping) "No. Fuck you. How dare you. You screwed me over, you don't get to do that." (there'd be more but it's context dependant, some rant)
Chrys: Fuck off. Get out of my life. Die. How dare you. You're a horrible person, you know that? How dare you! (going to be honest, Chrys will probably be saying this plenty)
Russell: "I trusted you! I did everything for you! How could you do this?"
Tagging @enbydragon02 @thegreatobsesso @blind-the-winds @alannaofroses and anyone else who wants to with the line:
"They (/she/he) had it coming"
And because I appreciate rules on tag games I haven't done before, I interpret this game to be: Take the line that you were given and rewrotte it in the voices of your characters. Then give a new line to the next player.
#harder with chrys and russell bc I havent written them as much#but theyre both going to be big betrayed#Syndicate characters however are somewhat less betrayed by people they wouldn't have expected it from?#like russell's going to screw Chrys over and Russell is being screwed over by people#but Mika Raymond and Terran have very high standards for trust and would expect betrrayal from anyone butt each other (and theyre not betra#ing each other. other than like. one thing.)#Syndicate#second chance#tag games#character voice tag#This was so fun tag me in in every character voice tag please. very helpful too!
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Character Voice (tag game)
Thank you @lexiklecksi for tagging me here!
My line is: “I am so disappointed in you.”
Caroline: "I am just upset with you. Talk to you later."
Jessica: "I can't believe you would do that! You had my trust and then you broke it. Why--just why?"
Tera: "You bring shame to me."
Aleria: "I do not know which fate you deserve, but based on what you have wielded, it won't mimic my shame on you."
Seraterina: "My sadness is with you, because you have lost your way with me."
Amber: "Don't look at my face! I do not want you explaining to me at all!"
For your line, I'm going with, "How could you do this to me?"
@andromedaexists, @dontjudgemeimawriter, @memento-morri-writes, and anybody else who wants to join in!
#ooooh yes so excited!#wow you can really feel the differences in these characters here#every line is a very different emotion#Aleria and Amber inttrigue me the most in these#tag i'm it#character voice tag#tag games
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What is the most illegal thing your OC has done?
#murder. murder. murder.#for every Syndicate character murder#in second chance?#probably theft for both of the mains
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PACING IS ABOUT LOAD BEARING WALLS.
*staples violently to my own forehead*
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The symbolism of flowers
Flowers have a long history of symbolism that you can incorporate into your writing to give subtext.
Symbolism varies between cultures and customs, and these particular examples come from Victorian Era Britain. You'll find examples of this symbolism in many well-known novels of the era!
Amaryllis: Pride
Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Bluebell: Humility
Calla Lily: Beauty
Pink Camellia: Longing
Carnations: Female love
Yellow Carnation: Rejection
Clematis: Mental beauty
Columbine: Foolishness
Cyclamen: Resignation
Daffodil: Unrivalled love
Daisy: Innocence, loyalty
Forget-me-not: True love
Gardenia: Secret love
Geranium: Folly, stupidity
Gladiolus: Integrity, strength
Hibiscus: Delicate beauty
Honeysuckle: Bonds of love
Blue Hyacinth: Constancy
Hydrangea: Frigid, heartless
Iris: Faith, trust, wisdom
White Jasmine: Amiability
Lavender: Distrust
Lilac: Joy of youth
White Lily: Purity
Orange Lily: Hatred
Tiger Lily: Wealth, pride
Lily-of-the-valley: Sweetness, humility
Lotus: Enlightenment, rebirth
Magnolia: Nobility
Marigold: Grief, jealousy
Morning Glory: Affection
Nasturtium: Patriotism, conquest
Pansy: Thoughtfulness
Peony: Bashfulness, shame
Poppy: Consolation
Red Rose: Love
Yellow Rose: Jealously, infidelity
Snapdragon: Deception, grace
Sunflower: Adoration
Sweet Willian: Gallantry
Red Tulip: Passion
Violet: Watchfulness, modesty
Yarrow: Everlasting love
Zinnia: Absent, affection
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i wish more asexual characters & characters commonly headcanonned as asexual were more… mean lol, for lack of a better word. there’s a lot of characters who get hc’ed as asexual bc "they’re so innocent and sweet!" or "they’re awkward and shy" and even canon asexual characters are often kinda in the same vein.
i want more ace characters who are confident & serious & assertive & loud, who are proudly asexual. characters who are aroace and just sigh when someone tries to hit on them. characters who are asexual and sex repulsed, who clearly & definitively let their romantic interests know "we’re never gonna have sex, you have to decide if that’s a commitment you’re willing to make". asexual characters who are glad that they don’t feel sexual attraction, because it seems to make their friends do wild, ridiculous things. asexual characters who like going out and having fun and dressing for the occasion, and just aren’t interested in a hookup afterwards.
asexuality isn’t a personality trait. asexuality is not related to ideas of innocence or purity and honestly, it’s super fucking weird to act like it is. consider moving away from that very uncomfortable stereotype, thanks in advance.
#my aroace character is kinda the antagonist? so...#(I have some others but they don't exactly fit with what you're talking about)
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I never post excepts nowadays because I've hardly been writing but today i sat down and got the boys to kiss. Sooooo since otherwise no one will be excited with me, I'll give you guys a present. Of course, it's not as delicious without all the buildup... but some of you have been following along and know about half of that buildup. Soooo... here is the little bit of them kissing. Unedited, I literally just wrote this today and was excited.
I stroked his back. “I am glad you didn’t listen to me all those times. You are so committed to being a better person. You show me how it might be possible. I watch you try so hard to do things better and it makes me want to do things better. I am a better person because I lo— care about you.”
[Raymond is very upset and Terran is trying to comfort him. Terran has actually realized he likes Raymond here but hasn't done anything about it]
Raymond lifted his head to look at me. I felt my stomach turn, he’d heard what I’d almost said, I should have been thinking about what I was saying more, it has just— almost— slipped out—
“What?” he asked, and I heard something lighter in it, something that hadn’t been there yet this morning.
“I—“ I didn’t know what to say from here. I didn’t know how to correct, how to cover.
And then suddenly I didn’t have to, because he’d leaned in close to me, and he was closer to me than he ever had before, and then his lips pressed against mine— soft and salty, his face pressing into me— and my heart was racing and I got so excited I forgot to respond for a second, and did I even know how to do this? I didn’t have practice. I didn’t even fully know I wanted it until it was happening— Raymond, against me, kissing me— my body stirred in ways I wasn’t used to dealing with, pulled me in closer to him , pressing my lips harder on his—
And then suddenly I remembered why I hadn’t done this, what had held me back yesterday, and I hesitated, pulling back just enough that he noticed and pulled back very suddenly and completely, his eyes wide and scared again.
“I’m sorry— you said— you didn’t mean it like— I’ll go,” he scrambled to stand up, then looked around for a moment, realizing it was his room.
I sat up quickly, half-standing to reach for him, to catch his arm. “No,” I said, not even sure what I was going to say, just that I wanted him to stay, but also I didn’t know how to get him to stay without telling him the truth, which I couldn’t say, which we couldn’t do any of this without, because I was still going against him and who he wanted me to be.
He didn’t look at me. “That— I’m sorry—“
I ignored his apology. “I need to ask you something.” I said.
He paused, looking at me, raising an eyebrow.
I still wanted to pull him back. I swallowed. “Just, pause on what just happened for a second. And I’m sorry to bring this up, now, when you’re upset, but Is need to ask.” I’d actually been intending on not asking permission. But now… I needed to.
I took a deep breath, forcing myself to say it, to ask. I stared at the sheets below me. “I need to ask you… If I found a way, if it didn’t just put us in more danger… You don’t want me to kill anyone, I know that, and thanks to you I don’t want to either— but…would you not want me to kill Alexander?”
Because if he said no, I wouldn’t do it. I’d find another way.
In the pause, he relented, sitting back down on the bed, much farther away than we’d been before.
It had come out so fumbled that I was almost afraid it had come out wrong. Raymond swallowed, looking away for a moment. “Do you… have a way?” he asked.
I shook my head. “Not a good one. But I might be close to finding one.”
He slowly shook his head. “No. I mean, I really hate him right now. I think maybe I would be up to killing him right now, but I know I can’t, and that I’d feel horrible about it. But… if you were doing it to, like, take over his job, or even just out of revenge… that wouldn’t be great. But… there are some reasons, I think, that justify it. And I wish there was a way out of it where you didn’t have to. But it might be the only way… and if anyone deserves to die, it’s him.”
Still without looking at me, Raymond thought for a moment, then spoke. “I wish, for you, that you wouldn’t to kill anyone. But… if anyone deserves to die, it’s him. And I… I’m fine with it. If you did.”
It hadn’t been the answer I’d expected. “Are you just… mad at him right now? Because of [spoilers]?” Had I purposefully chosen this moment, the moment he was most likely to give me permission?
I nodded. I really hadn’t expected him to give me permission. But, underneath his hesitations, his convincing himself— I heard what he was scared to admit. He wasn’t just giving me permission. He wanted me to do it.
I would have to figure out what that meant. But now that I was no longer keeping that from him, all I wanted was to pull him back. I took a deep breath. “Okay. So since we’ve taken care of that… we can unpause.”
“Right.” Raymond glanced at me, trying to figure out what I was going to say.
All I wanted was him closer to me, so I reached to him, pulled myself close. His eyes flew wide open in surprise. “I’m sorry I stopped it. I’ve been—" my instinct to hid my feelings almost made me stop talking, but I pushed it out. “— wanting to do that for the past three days. Please continue.”
Raymond laughed at that. “To be honest? I’ve been wanting to do that for the past three years.”
I laughed, too. I didn’t take the time to process that, to think about what it meant. I didn’t let myself think, or I’d stop. I leaned into him and kissed him as hard as I could.
@sleepy-night-child
@enbydragon02
@drippingmoon
@thegreatobsesso
@athenswrites
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Very important announcement!
The boys have kissed!
#hope you guys enjoy my gay children#need some cheerleadering over this. I decided to do this on a whim today#may change it completely#but you know it can only happen in a hella angsty way
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Very important announcement!
The boys have kissed!
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i made this comparison of my YA books for twitter / instagram / my Professional accounts but i figured i could share it here too :)
i am Not good at marketing myself / talking about my books, but i Know that i need to be getting my name out there so... this is one such attempt. read my YA novels perhaps??
request the ghost of you on netgalley
pre-order the ghost of you
buy if i can give you that
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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.
#this isn't exactly that but i hate in tv shows where someone makes a joke to an audience and no one laughs. i kaugh if i percieve something#as a joke. someone is going to chuckle#no matter how lame it is
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Are you a writer who likes tag games?
I'm trying to be more active here and build a group of people that I can tag and get tagged in return.
Please interact with this post to get on my tag list and reblog to boost.
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ATTENTION ALL GIRLS: Being a ride or die means staying by a man’s side whether he has $500 or $5. Not when he cheats 10 times and you stay.
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my dash is super dead these days so im looking for some new writeblrs to follow. reblog this and tell me about your current project when you do!
all writeblrs and projects should be shared but bonus points if
monsters (creature feature, vampires, zombies, ghosts, all apply)
werewolves
spy thrillers
horror elements of any sort
animal protags ala warrior cats/watership down
#it isn't a spy thriller but if you like that my wip has similar vibes i think#it's about someone raised to be an assassin for a criminal empire who is trying to escape but in order to do that he has to outsmart#the people above him and protect people he loves and also convince himself that this is what he really wants
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