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  1. Comprehensive Character Profile Sheet
    Includes a personality-specific variant and the detailed original version. - by Dean Stride
    Updated: May 21, 2014
  2. Describing POC Skin Color
    Easy Writing Tutorial To Improve Your Writing People of Color - by Stormburn
    Updated: Apr 19, 2021
  3. Writing with Color: Words for Skin Tone
    A blog dedicated to writing and resources centered on racial & ethnic diversity. - by Spacer
    Updated: Nov 8, 2017
  4. Fake Identity
    Generate an identity by country and country of residence - by Lifeline
    Updated: Nov 21, 2016
  5. Tips if you want to write a blind character
    What's it like to be blind? - by Link the Writer
    Updated: May 16, 2016
  6. Character Name Generator
    A web site for creating real and fantasy names. - by Allan Adams
    Updated: Feb 4, 2021
  7. How Steinbeck used his diary
    steinbecks journal while writing grapes of wrath - by minstrel
    Updated: Jul 30, 2019
  8. A Woman in Berlin DVD (and book)
    Good resource material for anyone writing about the aftermath of WW2 - by Lifeline
    Updated: Sep 14, 2017
  9. Tips from a publisher
    Originally posted by Kaeso - translated from a norwegian writing blog - by kaeso
    Updated: Aug 12, 2017
  10. From Dictatorship to Democracy
    How to topple a regime. - by Scot
    Updated: Aug 21, 2016

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  1. Comprehensive Character Profile Sheet

    Includes a personality-specific variant and the detailed original version.
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    the Story grid writers room.

    w. bogart, Nov 24, 2022
    editors break down the story behind movies
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    the story grid writing podcast

    w. bogart, Nov 24, 2022
    new author and veteran editor writing discussion
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    Plain English Campaign, Free guides 2022-03-16

    Rad Scribbler, Mar 16, 2022
    Free guide to simple English usage
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  4. Stormburn

    Describing POC Skin Color

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    Easy Writing Tutorial To Improve Your Writing People of Color
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    Character Name Generator

    Allan Adams, Feb 4, 2021
    A web site for creating real and fantasy names.
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  6. Stormburn

    Describing Body Language and Facial Expression

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    A Resource for Describing Body Language and Facial Expression
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    Essay Writing Skills Handbook

    EFMingo, Nov 7, 2020
    University constructed handbook on essay writing.
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    Nov 7, 2020
  8. Stormburn

    Fear and Writing with Emma Newman

    Stormburn, Jul 30, 2019
    Writing excuses podcast
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    Jul 30, 2019
  9. BayView

    Digging deeper in writing

    BayView, Jul 30, 2019
    An example of how mundane events can have deeer meanings
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    Cory Doctorow Cold Equations and Moral Hazard

    Iain Aschendale, Jul 30, 2019
    This is an interesting article by Cory Doctorow on the limiting situations that characters face
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    Jul 30, 2019
  11. Steerpike

    Shirley Jackson talks about writing

    Steerpike, Jul 30, 2019
    Newyorker article
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    To busy to focus?

    big soft moose, Jul 30, 2019
    Few people need convincing that intense focus is a good thing, the challenge is acheiving it
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  13. Dunning Kruger

    Zadie Smith on writing

    Dunning Kruger, Jul 30, 2019
    Zadie Smith on the Psychology of the Two Types of Writers
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    Sci Fi's Difficult genius : Gene Wolf

    Steerpike, Jul 30, 2019
    New Yorker article on SF/F author Gene Wolfe
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    How Steinbeck used his diary

    minstrel, Jul 30, 2019
    steinbecks journal while writing grapes of wrath
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    Jul 30, 2019
  16. Megalith

    Mastering Style

    Megalith, Jul 30, 2019
    Lessons from Harvard : video
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  17. Mckk

    Story telling tips from pixar

    Mckk, Jul 30, 2019
    a few of the company’s key ingredients to storytelling, useful for all aspiring writers
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    Inspirations for creating suspense

    jannert, Jul 30, 2019
    Elizabeth sims in the writers digest
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    Interview with Emily Rawn

    Ben414, Jul 30, 2019
    13 year-old girl already has 2 published books
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    Jul 30, 2019
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    Respected Authors divulge 'rules for writing'

    jannert, Jul 30, 2019
    a periodically updated reading list of all the famous advice on writing
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