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Interesting tutorials for the lit community.

Literature Templates Tutorial by sd-stock

Uploading Literature Tutorial by boyslikegirls124

Sta.sh Writer Tutorial: Literature Deviations by HugQueen

Writing Tutorial Part 1 by MetalicX

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Literature Templates Tutorial by sd-stock

Interesting tutorials for the lit community.

Uploading Literature Tutorial by boyslikegirls124

Sta.sh Writer Tutorial: Literature Deviations by HugQueen

Character Creation TutorialCharacter Creation Tutorial
How to effectively develop a realistic and likable character for novels and fanfiction.
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Table of Contents:
I. A Name
II. Physical Attributes
III. Style & Personality
IV. History
V. Other
VI. Questionnaire
It can be assumed that developing a plot and storyline is self explanatory. If not, you can find another tutorial for that. This tutorial will focus primarily on the thought-process of creating new characters with depth.
I. A name is the first step. Try to match the character to their name, or somehow integrate the character's name into the storyline or progression of the character's maturity and personality. For example, a character who is dark and moody would probably not be named Star unless this contradiction holds some meaning in the story. (In a comedy it would have a nice effect, but in a drama or serious story, not so much).
If you can't think of a name you can go to places like babynames.com or google for assistance

Writing Tutorial Part 1 by MetalicX

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Scene Writing Basics-Tutorial by awrighton

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HELP FOR WRITERS by CandyAMac

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Storm Rao's guide to writingStep one: Who are your characters?
No seriously, who are the people you are writing about. Start small. Do they have a name? A nickname? What gender are they? Does it matter?
Things like this are the basis you need to ‘shape’ a character in your mind. It doesn’t have to be an intensive processes, heck, you can stop after question one if you like, but what you need to do, is know who your character is.
Tips for helping you identify your character may include doing a sketch, but I prefer a basic process sometimes known as ‘hot-seating’. Hot-seating is sometimes used by actors to get themselves comfortable in a role. It is, quite simply, asking questions such as the ones above.
Some of the questions I like to answer are:
1) How do they interact with people
2) What do they fear/love
3) What kind of history do they have, and do they ever tell others about it
4) What kind of personality do they have (i.e., quick tempered, easy going, silly, adorable, dependant

A Successful Guide to Descriptive WritingA Guide to Successful Description Writing
As a member of deviantArt, how many times have we read or heard that we should draw from real life? That we should take inspiration for our pictures from real life?
Well, what about writing? We're told that we should write every day, but are we allowed to keep strictly to our imagination, and what we think we know about people? NO!
I'm not claiming to be a master of description writing, but I found this helps me quite a lot.
Step One

Get a notebook. Carry it everywhere. You never know when you'll need it.

Get a GOOD pen that won't die easily on you. In fact, get two. Like the notebook, carry them everywhere.
Step Two

Observe your surroundings. Is there a beautiful view? And ugly or objective one?

What about the people? How are they acting? Interacting? Avoiding? Talking? Fighting? Snapping? Walking? Running? Skipping?
Step Three

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I can't remove the repeated deviations in the beginning due to sta.sh being a pain.