Archetype: The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Psychology

As you all know, I love sharing links to handy dandy resources.  Given my previous jaunts in romantic suspense, I’ve accrued quite a few related to cops/crime/FBI sorts of things.  Today I stumbled across another site that I just had to share.  Archetype touts itself as The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Psychology.  From their site:

In Real Psychology, you’ll find information on disorders, assessments, research, and shrink lingo.

Search lets you quickly search the site for exactly what you’re looking for.

In Media Portrayals, you can learn what Anakin Skywalker’s diagnosis is and check out mistakes from movies, television, and novels.

Our Muses help you write by sharing idea generators, visual prompts, and information on ways to beat writer’s block

Can’t find the psychological information you need on the site? Q & A lets you ask the psychologist your own writing/psychology questions and read responses to others’ questions.

Articles & Resources includes articles on strong writing, characterization, genre writing, editing and feedback, agents and publishing, and using psychology in your fiction .

As someone who’s trained in the field, I have to say that they’ve got some good information.  I particularly like that they list a lot of the ways that fiction screws up in psychology (since that is one of my pet peeves).  So hop on over and check it out!