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donutsweeper) wrote2022-01-26 03:14 pm
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Entry tags:
Research and Resource Collected Links Masterpost
Words- links for finding the right one and whatnot - including lists for alternates for said, walk, good, very, look and more; geographic descriptions; words for describing appearances, smells, sounds, touch, expressions, tone; body language and emotion terms; action and sex scene descriptive words; phrase finders, online dictionaries/thesauruses/etc; words + their timeframes; slang (including sexual slang terms); translation websites; etc. (link)
Titles- links for helping to come up with one including title generators, sites with searchable poetry and quote indexes; etc. (link)
Fighting/Military/Police/Forensic Related Things - info on various weapons and fighting techniques with and without them; writing advice for different kind of fight scenes; escaping handcuffs and ties; military and spy info; police, law, and forensic links and more (link)
Injuries, Treating Injuries, and Medical stuff- a huge post with info on how to hurt and then treat your characters 'realistically', or at least somewhat. Includes basic first aid info, descriptions of various situations/injuries/maladies/etc, advice on writing various injuries and treatments, manuals and PDFs on various medical topics, and lots, lots more. This post contains mostly "modern" (WWII and later) medical info, older info is in the history post. (link)
Useful writing/editing programs online or downloadable programs for the writing process itself, including ones that are for checking grammar, editing, encouragement, word count, and more. Also ones for planning out stories, diagramming, drawing, creating graphs, doing photoshop, etc. (link)
Generators and Prompt List Type Things and Various Name Lists - for when you need help coming up with plots, names, spells, whathaveyou including whump, kink and story generators and more. (link)
Folklore, Mythology, Paranormal, Map Making, World Building, Home Building, Name and Language Creation Links - both information and resources on existing things (lore, plants, mythology, superstitions, monsters, etc) as well as links to help you create your own AU/world including planning everything from a house, to language, city, map, world, universe, and more. (link)
Helpful AO3 and general writing, vidding, and podficcing links- Tips and tricks for posting, using and searching AO3 as well as some general writing advice links and grammar and style guides. Podficcing tutorials and links to sits offering public domain sounds and music. A vidding primer. Tips for participating in fanwork exchanges. (link)
Clothing (Modern and Historical), History, Hollywood, Hygiene Links and Time-frame Specific Research Links - Hollywood/movie/tv links (including costuming, scripts, transcripts, and other IMDB-type databases for things like cars, planes, guns, cartoons, and more); historical research links (hundreds of links to manuscripts and books and other primary sources as well as links for all eras of history from 'ancient' history on through modern days on subjects varying from culture to clothes to medicine etc); food history links; clothing and armor of various eras; hygiene links; lgbtq history; vintage music and radio theater; newspaper archive sites; historical catalogues and magazines; dime novels and penny dreadfuls; historical and modern clothing and more. (link)
Randomness - 300+ links on survival/criminal skills; travel (modern and through history) information and various historical maps; random knowledge sites; accent and dialogue sites; alternate search engines and sites; recipe sites; things to consider when regarding sex and sex scenes; links to numerous 'writer's guide to writing X' posts; artist resources; and much, much more (link)
Historical Chinese Clothing (and much, much more) Resources - Links, broken down by dynasty or eras, for information on hats and headware; general clothing; undergarments; makeup; shoes; belts, jewerly, waist ornaments, and other accoutrements; armor; weapons. Also links for history, crafts and music, tea, lgbtq history, police and law, royal/status info and terminology, naming resources, relationship terms/slang, language resources, etc. (link)
*Each post was mirrored on LJ originally but I've linked to the DW post here since between LJ no longer allowing crossposting and the length of a few of the posts becoming too long for LJ they are no longer updated.
*Links occasionally die or need updating, please comment on the appropriate post if any updating or correcting is needed.
*Feel free to comment with links to any useful site I've missed, I'm constantly finding new links to add to these posts and would happily add more.
Titles- links for helping to come up with one including title generators, sites with searchable poetry and quote indexes; etc. (link)
Fighting/Military/Police/Forensic Related Things - info on various weapons and fighting techniques with and without them; writing advice for different kind of fight scenes; escaping handcuffs and ties; military and spy info; police, law, and forensic links and more (link)
Injuries, Treating Injuries, and Medical stuff- a huge post with info on how to hurt and then treat your characters 'realistically', or at least somewhat. Includes basic first aid info, descriptions of various situations/injuries/maladies/etc, advice on writing various injuries and treatments, manuals and PDFs on various medical topics, and lots, lots more. This post contains mostly "modern" (WWII and later) medical info, older info is in the history post. (link)
Useful writing/editing programs online or downloadable programs for the writing process itself, including ones that are for checking grammar, editing, encouragement, word count, and more. Also ones for planning out stories, diagramming, drawing, creating graphs, doing photoshop, etc. (link)
Generators and Prompt List Type Things and Various Name Lists - for when you need help coming up with plots, names, spells, whathaveyou including whump, kink and story generators and more. (link)
Folklore, Mythology, Paranormal, Map Making, World Building, Home Building, Name and Language Creation Links - both information and resources on existing things (lore, plants, mythology, superstitions, monsters, etc) as well as links to help you create your own AU/world including planning everything from a house, to language, city, map, world, universe, and more. (link)
Helpful AO3 and general writing, vidding, and podficcing links- Tips and tricks for posting, using and searching AO3 as well as some general writing advice links and grammar and style guides. Podficcing tutorials and links to sits offering public domain sounds and music. A vidding primer. Tips for participating in fanwork exchanges. (link)
Clothing (Modern and Historical), History, Hollywood, Hygiene Links and Time-frame Specific Research Links - Hollywood/movie/tv links (including costuming, scripts, transcripts, and other IMDB-type databases for things like cars, planes, guns, cartoons, and more); historical research links (hundreds of links to manuscripts and books and other primary sources as well as links for all eras of history from 'ancient' history on through modern days on subjects varying from culture to clothes to medicine etc); food history links; clothing and armor of various eras; hygiene links; lgbtq history; vintage music and radio theater; newspaper archive sites; historical catalogues and magazines; dime novels and penny dreadfuls; historical and modern clothing and more. (link)
Randomness - 300+ links on survival/criminal skills; travel (modern and through history) information and various historical maps; random knowledge sites; accent and dialogue sites; alternate search engines and sites; recipe sites; things to consider when regarding sex and sex scenes; links to numerous 'writer's guide to writing X' posts; artist resources; and much, much more (link)
Historical Chinese Clothing (and much, much more) Resources - Links, broken down by dynasty or eras, for information on hats and headware; general clothing; undergarments; makeup; shoes; belts, jewerly, waist ornaments, and other accoutrements; armor; weapons. Also links for history, crafts and music, tea, lgbtq history, police and law, royal/status info and terminology, naming resources, relationship terms/slang, language resources, etc. (link)
*Each post was mirrored on LJ originally but I've linked to the DW post here since between LJ no longer allowing crossposting and the length of a few of the posts becoming too long for LJ they are no longer updated.
*Links occasionally die or need updating, please comment on the appropriate post if any updating or correcting is needed.
*Feel free to comment with links to any useful site I've missed, I'm constantly finding new links to add to these posts and would happily add more.