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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}
1. E.A. Deverell – FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.)
and paid courses;
2. Hiveword – Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources,
too);
3. BetaBooks – Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one),
and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;
4. Charlotte Dillon – Research links;
5. Writing realistic injuries – The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing
about an injury, take a look at this useful website;
6. One Stop for Writers – You guys… this website has literally everything we
need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps,
d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f)
Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6
months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;
7. One Stop for Writers Roadmap – It has many tips for you, divided into three
different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to
revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!
8. Story Structure Database – The Story Structure Database is an archive of
books and movies, recording all their major plot points;
9. National Centre for Writing – FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has
also paid courses;
10. Penguin Random House – Has some writing contests and great
opportunities;
11. Crime Reads – Get inspired before writing a crime scene;
12. The Creative Academy for Writers – "Writers helping writers along every
step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;
13. Reedsy – "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It
has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;
14. QueryTracker – Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this
before, but I thought I should feature it here);
15. Pacemaker – Track your goals (example: Write 50K words – then, everytime
you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for
you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;
16. Save the Cat! – The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find
posts, sheets, a software (student discount – 70%), and other things;

log

Prior days:
It’s been a long while since I met a person like you.

Day 6:
I am finding troubles at believing you are real and everything is happening is real.

Day 13:
It’s becoming louder and louder a voice within me acknowledging how amazing all of your things are.

Day 20:
I’m surprised I was not aware of how many reasons and things were pointing this out.

Day 28:
I ask myself where were you this whole time.

Day 34:
I’ve noticed everything being so natural with you is the reason why I haven’t noticed until now.

Day 44:
I keep wondering to whom, or what, do I have to ask permission to allow myself to experience all of it anew.

Day 61:
The more time passes the more that urge for answers fades away.

Day 63:
I’m starting to realize how cherised were the memories I held for your past self from back then.

Day 79:
I’m starting to notice your essence in all the strings that hold the world together.

Day 80:
I am beginning to see tomorrow in a different colour.

Day 99:
I can hear the heartbeat. It is starting again.

Cognitive dissonance

In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort (psychological stress) experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. The occurrence of cognitive dissonance is a consequence of a person performing an action that contradicts personal beliefs, ideals, and values; and also occurs when confronted with new information that contradicts said beliefs, ideals, and values.

 

— Cognitive dissonance: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance, Aug 4, 2018.

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“[…] posteriormente trepé a uno de los picachos del territorio loba, más adentro, para no perderme esa visión del poderoso Brahmaputra. También desde un poco más arriba del pueblo pude contemplar a mi gusto el Tíbet al Nordeste y al Oeste, mientras al Sur tenía todo el Mustang a mis pies. Su territorio parecía un océano de olas retorcidas y atormentadas, un mar fosilizado derramándose entre dos cordilleras, y terminando junto a las islas, blancas de nieve, del Annapurna y el Dhaulagiri, que se alzaba al Sur. Casi cien kilómetros me separaban de aquellas cimas, que parecían estar allá abajo mismo; tuve la sensación, que nunca había sentido antes, de hallarme en pie sobre el mundo entero, la mitad del cual bajaba a mis espaldas hacia el Tíbet y Mongolia, mientras que la otra mitad se extendía ante mí, descendiendo en dirección a la India y a un universo tropical. Si de verdad el mundo tenía techo, sin duda era éste. Ciertamente, había encontrado el “horizonte perdido”, un pequeño mundo recluido y oculto en una de las zonas más inaccesibles de nuestro planeta.

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