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“When we grab you by the ankles Where our mark is to be made you’ll soon be doing noble work Although you won’t be paid When we drive away in secret You’ll be a volunteer So don’t scream where we take you; The world is quiet here.”

Oh yes, that period piece about a gay couple with an age-gap living near the water

Remember this girl? This is her now, feel old yet?

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

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;

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!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

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;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

ooh you mentioned buying a folk horror anthology in the tags of that horror post, can i ask which one? i’d love to read more folk horror but i don’t really know where to start (also if you have other folk horror recs i would not be upset)

Yeah of course, happy to help! I bought The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror edited by David T. Neal which features stories by current writers (and there's a second anthology with more).

If you're looking to start with some classic folk horror then there's a few major authors and stories that are worth checking out (many of these should be available to read online for free):

'The White People' by Arthur Machen

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

'The Black Reaper' by Bernard Capes

'The Ash Tree' by M. R. James

'Pallinghurst Barrow' by Grant Allen

'The Willows' by Algernon Blackwood

Ritual by David Pinner (basis for The Wicker Man)

'The Music on the Hill' by Saki

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

'The Sin Eater' by Fiona MacLeod

Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

'The Children of the Corn' by Stephen King

And if you want some recent folk horror then these are worth a go:

The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland

The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

The Plague Stones by James Brogden

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (graphic story collection)

The Ritual by Adam Nevill (honestly the film is much better and well worth watching, but the first half of the book is fantastic)

Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver (gothic horror meets folk horror)

The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (not a traditional folk horror novel but it explores the role of Native American folklore & culture in the modern day in a really interesting way)

The Reddening by Adam Nevill

Pine by Francine Toon