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[Chae]

My recs that support writing of any kind, that I wish I had looked for when I started. Maybe you can use some of them. Feel free to add everyone!



Passive Voice Detector

Thesaurus

Antonyms

Eliminating Adverbs

Word Counter (with reading and speaking timer)

How To Vary Sentence Structure

Character Development

First Chapter Advice

Guide To Give Good Critique

About Female Tropes

Beta Readers

100 Most Beautiful English Words

550 Alternatives for "said"

My Favorite Online Dictionary

Name Generator

Town Name Generator



100 Words For Describing Facial Expressions

1. Absent: not attentive, preoccupied, absent-minded
2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring: powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive
4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific: bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness
6. Bilious: spiteful; bad-tempered
7. Black: gloomy, pessimistic, dismal
8. Bleak: without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding: showing unhappiness of thought or appears darkly menacing
13. Bug-eyed: frightened or surprised, having the eyes bulging
14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky: impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way
16. Cheerless: joyless, depressing
17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy: shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring
19. Crestfallen: dejected, dispirited, discouraged
20. Darkly: vaguely threatening or menacing manner
21. Deadpan: deliberately impassive or expressionless
22. Dejected: downcast, depressed, dispirited
23. Derisive: expressing contempt or ridicule
24. Despondent: showing profound hopelessness, discouragement, or gloom
25. Doleful: expressing sorrow, mournful
26. Dour: relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
27. Downcast: low in spirit
28. Dreamy: pleasant, peaceful, and relaxing
29. Ecstatic: in a state of ecstasy, full of joy, rapturous:
30. Etched: a feeling clearly visible on someone’s face
31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed: set or intent upon something; steadily directed
33. Furtive: suggestive of guilty nervousness
34. Gazing: look intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought
35. Glancing: to look quickly or briefly
36. Glaring: having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
37. Glazed: a fixed, dazed, or lifeless expression
38. Gloomy: filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
39. Glowering: sullen dislike, discontent, or anger
40. Glowing: showing the radiance of health, excitement
41. Grim: very serious or gloomy
42. Grave: something that is serious or doing something in a solemn manner
43. Haunted: showing signs of mental anguish or torment
44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, unfriendly
46. Hunted: appearing worn or harassed as if one is being pursued.
47. Impassive: without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
49. Jeering: insulting or mocking
50. Languid: lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent
51. Leering: look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious, or lascivious way
52. Meaningful: full of meaning, significance, purpose
53. Mild: easygoing, showing gentleness
54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful; teasing
55. Moody: gloomy, depressed, or sullen; ill-humored
56. Pained: expressing distress, anguish, or resentment
57. Pallid: lacking in vitality or interest
58. Peering: look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something
59. Peeved: annoyed; irritated; vexed
60. Petulant: impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance
61. Pitying: sympathetic, expressing pity
62. Pleading: seeking apology or to appeal earnestly or humbly
63. Pouting: to show displeasure or wearing a sullen expression
64. Quizzical: indicating mild or amused puzzlement
65. Radiant: bright with joy, hope
66. Roguish: playfully mischievous, especially in a way that is sexually attractive
67. Sanguine: cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
68. Sardonic: grimly mocking or cynical
69. Scornful: contemptuous or derisive
70. Scowling: to have a gloomy or threatening look
71. Searching: acutely observant or penetrating
72. Set: to direct with fixed attention
73. Shamefaced: feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment
74. Slack-jawed: an indication of astonishment, bewilderment
75. Sly: showing a cunning and deceitful nature
76. Snarling: surly or threatening manner
77. Sneering: contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt
78. Somber: oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave
79. Sour: harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish
80. Stolid: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
81. Straight-faced: with a blank or serious facial expression
82. Sulky: morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cheerful.
83. Sullen: showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
84. Taunting: to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock
85. Taut: strained or tense
86. Tense: in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung
87. Tight: firmly or closely fixed in place; secure
88. Unblinking: looking at something in a honest and accurate way
89. Vacant: having or showing no intelligence or interest ; blank
90. Veiled: not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden
91. Wan: of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color
92. Wary: watchful, cautious, or alert
93. Wide-eyed: having one’s eyes wide open in amazement
94. Wild-eyed: an expression of panic or desperation in their eyes
95. Wistful: showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
96. Withering: weak, thin
97. Woeful: full of grief; wretched; unhappy
98. Wolfish: resembling a wolf, in being rapacious, voracious, or lascivious
99. Wrathful: full of or characterized by intense anger
100. Wry: an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.

[Subteigh]

This is awesome, thanks!

[Chae]

This is awesome, thanks!

Good luck & have fun!

Mind the OP update, I added my word counter site.

[Chae]

Greek Prefix and Suffix List

Very enlightening and useful for naming something or someone in a story that attaches (ancient) meaning.

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