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Welcome to springhole.net, a place for writers, roleplayers, artists, and other creative people to find help, inspiration, or just some fun! Don't know where to start? You might check out the Beginner Writer's Kit, visit a completely random page, or check out the latest content below!
May 23, 2021: Rewrote A Beginner's Guide To Spotting Cranky Websites and retitled it to A Beginner's Guide To Spotting Cranky Websites & Culty Groups.
May 5, 2021: Oops! Yesterday, the file for Basic Tips To Write Healthy Relationships wasn't properly updated. Sorry for that; it's fixed now!
May 4, 2021: Rewrote Basic Tips To Write Healthy Relationships.
April 28, 2021: Added Sketchy Spiritualities & Shady Pseudohistories: What People Need To Know
April 26, 2021: Added European Dragons: What You Might Not Know About Them.
April 8, 2021: Added Common Heroic Narrative Tropes We Should Question.
March 5, 2021: Added How To Get In Touch With Nature (It's Easier Than You Probably Think!).
February 5, 2021: Updated and revised the article on writing abused characters and abuse situations to On Writing Abusers, Abuse Victims, & Abuse Situations.
December 30, 2020: Updated and revised Basic Tips To Create Better Characters With Tragic & Traumatic Backstories.
November 29, 2020: The old article on mixing science and magic has been completely rewritten and retitled to On Mixing Science & Magic.
November 25, 2020: Added A Brief Primer On The Four Elements.
November 20, 2020: Revised and retitled the old article about writing good powerful characters - it's now How To Write Powerful & Extraordinary Characters Without Being Obnoxious Or Boring.
November 17, 2020: Revised Basic Tips To Write Better Chosen Ones.
November 15, 2020: Revised an old article: Things Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Should Know About Science.
November 10, 2020: Revised the old article Basic Tips To Write Better & More Despicable Villains.
November 5, 2020: Added Writing Historically Accurate European Magic & Witchcraft: A Starting Guide. Also removed a few old articles with outdated, oversimplistic, and sometimes honestly pretty badly-done advice regarding writing minorities. (The useful stuff has made it into other articles, don't worry.) And I do apologize for that lousy content, and I will do my best to write better going forward.
September 16, 2020: Added What Writers Need To Know About Liars & Manipulators.
July 17, 2020: Updated and upgraded the old symbolism article to Using Symbolism, Metaphor, Subtext, & Coding In Your Story - Where And How.
June 20, 2020: Added An Anti-Racism Primer For White Folks.
April 3, 2020: Added Textual ASMR: A Servant Prepares You For The Ball.
April 1, 2020: Added Textual ASMR: A Gentle Prince Nurses You To Health.
March 31, 2020: Added Textual ASMR: Heart-Mending Magic.
March 29, 2020: Added Textual ASMR: Magical Cleanse & Charge.
March 22, 2020: Added the SoulMettle story Searching For Magic.
January 15, 2020: Added Writing Fantastic People & Creatures Without Unfortunate Implications. Also, added Foxes In Love's sprite to the patron gallery!
December 10, 2019: The old article on writing masquerades has been completely rewritten! Check out the new How To Write Better & More Believable Masquerades here!
November 11, 2019: Added How Myths & Lore Don't Originate - And How They Do.
November 1, 2019: Added How To Challenge Toxic Masculinity As A Writer.
October 15, 2019: Added Common Beginner Writer Mistakes.
July 28, 2019: Added How To Become A Creative Writer & Figure Out What You Should Write.
June 24, 2019: Added the SoulMettle story That Time With The Vampires.
June 4, 2019: Added How To Evoke Audience Reaction & Keep Things Interesting Without Being Cheap Or Manipulative.