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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:13 pm


These are links to sites and stuff that have helped me.


Links to Cliché Lists:

Game console RP list:

I thought this would be good to have since a lot of game clichés can transfer into text role-plays.

The RPG Cliché List

Longer then the other one, and is in alphabetical order.

The Grand List of Over Used Sci-Fi Clichés!

I’m not so into Sci-fi stories and such, but it’s useful anyways.

Dictionary of RPG Clichés

Another RPG one, but hey, why not? Has some other things.

Grand List of Fantasy Clichés

Doesn’t have as many, but gets the point across.

List of All Clichés

The title is misleading, since it doesn’t have every cliché, but has quite a number that others don’t. Mostly has common sayings.

List of fighting game character stereotypes

I found this amusing since I started role-playing in a sword-fighter rp.

The Grand List of Horribly over used Medieval/ Renaissance Clichés

A simple list to keep in mind for more medieval stuff.

Risus Fantasy Clichés

Has clichés from races, straight down to the fantasy hooks.

Forbidden Cliché List 2003

Like the rest, has a rant of the person, then they rant about each cliché. This is more for super hero stories and plots.

The not so grand Cliché list (Fantasy)

Has some different clichés then the others.

Here are tests and Essays on Mary-Sues:

Tests:
http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/otto/grayswandir/mary-sue-test.html

http://www.katfeete.net/writing/marysue.html

What’s a Mary-Sue?

http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1440163

http://www.fosff.net/viewstory.php?sid=1103

Guides on Gaia:

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The beginners guide to role-playing [Ver. 3.0]

This guide is fairly simple. It has a few short descriptions in each section, but then has a few links that you can look at that fit in that section.

Role Play Structure - A Gaian Help Thread ~Reviews!~

Isn’t super descriptive as some are, but has the right idea anyways. Mostly has things on etiquette that you should keep in mind.

Just Another Guide To Role-Playing

This one is my favourite ones. I read all the way through and made plenty of sense. Mostly helped in the inspiring of my role-play guide. It’s long, but descriptive on things you should know and be able to do.


Online: Stuff I found on the net
These are just to help your writing ability in general. Can help for English, self story projects, and even role-plays.

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Advice on Writing

If you look around they have quite a number of good stuff.

Fantasy World Building

This is more for building a fantasy world. Can come in handy if your doing an epic adventure.

Writing Tutorial

It mostly just gives tips on different spellings and meanings of the same word.

Writing Tutorial by Magen O’Shea

Has quite a bit on character, plot, world est. It’s a fairly good one.

[ELFWOOD]

I love this site. It’s one of my favourite ones since it has simple, yet good tutorials and it’s all linked out.


This is all I have so far, so enjoy!
PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:17 pm


Just to add on some stuff to the list that I've found through either Gaia or Google (I'll add on as I find more of my links that I have scattered about on various Word documents):

Evil Overlord List Made by Peter Anspach. Something that every writer should read if they want to create a realistic villain.

Limyaael's Rant List I'm not sure who hasn't heard of Limyaael's rant list, but it's a good way of getting advice on what to not do in writing.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:16 pm


I adore the Evil Overlord list. I want to see a smart Overlord, damnit!
PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:47 am


In place of using google, use goodsearch. They have more info on the site, but basically you enter in a charity and can get them money just for running searches. So, if you're using google anyway to look stuff up, why not help someone else in the process?

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