livvywrites

[livvywrites]

Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

[livvywrites]

If you had to brutally narrow it down to just one, who’s your favourite of your original characters?

[livvywrites]

"#author is chronically ill" "#author is disabled" "#author is trans" "#trans character written by trans author"

[livvywrites]

Fantasy drugs 👀

-A stimulant that enhances every sensation. Every touch, no matter how gentle, feel like sandpaper on your skin. What would be mild pain becomes agony, pleasure becomes overwhelming to the point of pain

-Ever heard of locked in syndrome? Make it a drug. The body is paralyzed, unable to move. But every sensation remains, and the mind? The mind is fully aware. Whumpee hears, sees and feels everything. They're all too aware, and they will remember. Unwanted touches, excruciating pain, they're aware of it all, completely, totally helpless. They can't even scream.

-a drug that temporarily mutes all your senses. You're still very much aware, you're fully conscious, and it differs from locked-in drug in that you're not paralysed. You're just deafened, blinded, you can't smell or taste or feel anything. You won't even feel the pain until it wears off. It probably wears of gradually too - maybe you smell the blood before anything else. Maybe you see the horrific wounds before you feel them. Or hear cruel taunts as they tell you what they've done to you before you can see or feel it for yourself.

-Enthralling drug. With a mix of whumpers DNA, they render you an empty shell, existing only to serve them. You take orders only from Whumper, who has to order you to sleep, eat, do ANYTHING. You feel nothing. You're aware of nothing. You're barely even alive. It'll wear off... eventually. Better hope Whumper doesn't find a way to make it permanent.

Feel free to add on with more ideas

[livvywrites]

theme - seesaw: preview/code (ko-fi, free)

features: 250x200px sidebar image, 45x45px icon image, custom blog title, five custom links, multiple font families and font sizes, multiple post sizes ranging from 450px to 540px

notes: npf posts friendly! ask and submit button will automatically show if allowed (please check your settings). credits link to the resources, tutorials and scripts used to make this theme possible is found on the bottom right corner of the theme. join me on patreon.

[livvywrites]

he needs enrichment

[livvywrites]

and i am still learning!!!

[livvywrites]

Hi love your work sm!!!

I know you already have a werewolf, forest and vampire theme set of dividers, but would you be willing to do something like a little red riding hood aesthetic? Thank you for all of your hard work!!

@b3llair3

hi erin @b3llair3 - I could definitely do so Red Riding Hood-themed ones for you! 💖 Hope you like them!

[Free] Masterlist Headers & Dividers!

Please consider liking or reblogging if you use 💕

[livvywrites]

PATTERN BANNERS | galaxy 02.

( requested by → Anon )

hehehe, inspired by the bi flag colours ! ugh, i love pinks and purples so much my heart hurts. i hope these are what you were looking for, Anon !

colours : 001 / 002 / 003 / 004 / 005 / 006 / 007 / 008 / 009

feel free to use; please like, reblog, and credit 〜

support me through ko-fi | more dividers →

[livvywrites]

anon / anon / @mountainqoats / bygones, Keaton Henson / Invitation, Mary Oliver / better in the morning, birdtalker /

[livvywrites]

Finding beta readers for a novel is so scary. Like hi, here, please read this thing I’ve been working on for 10 years. It contains thousands of little pieces of me. I want you to tear it apart so I can put it back together even stronger. It has dragons.

[livvywrites]

Writer fact game: i started writing Exodus Down (a scifi story) after watching markiplier's play through of Subnautica. (Watching the game go from beta to full release and watching how things changed but everything was still loved is what finally broke me out of being too scared i wouldnt do something good)

That reminds me of Naomi Novik giving an interview that essentially said you become good at what you practice. I'm really good at conceptualizing and starting novels, but unless I let myself suck at endings none of them will ever be truly finished.

The end result, of course, is all of my writer friends saying it doesn't suck at all so take from that what you will.

[livvywrites]

TO WRITE CHAPTERS AND DRAFTS: “THE PAGES”

a highly customizable, simplistic but fancy googledoc for writing chapters and drafts, perfected for writers. a dark-mode version to please the eyes. to download / copy, go to file and click “make copy” to copy it to your gdrive.

features:

overview / introductory page with a section for ideas

dark-mode

table of contents for chapters

sub-headers to accompany main headers

bookmark system as navigation

aesthetically constructed layout to write your chapters in (2 columns)

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

if you’re interested in more, check out the all-in-one gdoc “the book” here.  dm me for requests.

[livvywrites]

ALL-IN-ONE NOTION: “TRANSCRIPTS”

a highly customizable, simplistic but fancy notion template for writers. perfect for organizing notes while keeping it aesthetically-pleasing to look at. guaranteed higher muse and motivation to finish works-in-progress.  to download / copy, click “duplicate” top-right to copy it to your notion.

features:

overview / introductory section (including a detailed synopsis section)

visual and simple overview of chapters

visual and simple overview of characters

note-taking section with a simple to-do list

tags system (e.g. completion status for chapters, character roles for characters)

locations section 

in-depth notes section including a side dedicated for excerpts

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

[livvywrites]

ALL-IN-ONE CHARACTER PAGE NOTION: “THE QUILL” *

a highly customizable, simplistic but detailed notion template for writing and creating characters based on the best curated writer advice and how-tos. perfect for exploring and creating a character while keeping their information aesthetically-pleasing to look at. use this both as a template and a guide to develop your characters while working on your wips! to download / copy, click “duplicate” top-right to copy it to your notion.

* perfect as an extension of the "transcripts" notion template.

features:

overview / introductory section (including the lie, the want, the ghost, etc.)

history section including a side for excerpts

interactive and simple overview of character arcs to choose from (including development questions based on the arc chosen)

magic section (if applicable)

personality and appearance section

interactive and simple overview of relationships

tags system for relationships (e.g. relationship dynamic, character role)

note-taking section with a simple to-do list

please like / reblog if you’re using or interested in using it!

[livvywrites]

I know a lot of people are doing Valentine's exchanges, so I thought I could do another one of these writing challenge templates to help you get through it!

This is a 27-day challenge that will amount to 8k words in the end!

It's Valentine's themed just because of the upcoming steddie exchanges, but you're free to use it for whatever you want!

It's honestly just a way to break down a big writing goal into smaller ones so it doesn't feel too overwhelming.

[livvywrites]

Hey! Hello! (Notion writing template update!!) <3

I've updated the plotting tools of this template. It consists of two parts now:

Chapter outline

and scene cards

These are interlinked! So you can start plotting from either one :)

If you prefer to look at the big picture first, start with the chapters. I’d suggest you write out one main thing that happens in each of your chapters, then start breaking the main idea into scenes. When you add a scene to the chapter outline, it will automatically appear in the scenes database as well.

If you have many vivid scene ideas, start with the scene cards. Write each scene you have in mind on a separate note card, then start sorting them under chapters — it's like moving sticky notes around!

You can check it out here!