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this is your sign to go write. i'm not talking about making a cute pinterest board or playlist, thats for the procrastinators. OPEN YOUR DOCUMENT AND WRITE THAT THANG

ariesrin

Writing tips: He said, she said...

Readers don't tend to notice 'said', while it's there in the sentence, it doesn't give the sentence any life. It gets the job done, mostly...

Here are some options to try!

whispered / muttered / mumbled → soft or secretive

shouted / yelled / barked → anger, urgency

growled / hissed → danger, teasing, frustration

murmured / breathed → intimacy, vulnerability

snapped / barked / snapped back → irritation, defensiveness

laughed / chuckled / giggled → laughing, fun, playful or flirty

asked / questioned / queried / inquired → curiosity, questioning

demanded / insisted → authority or control

sighed / groaned → fatigue, exasperation, longing

When you're looking to replace said, think about why. You'll generally want to do this when you need the following:

when the tone of the line needs more context.

when you want to show emotion instead of telling it.

when your character’s body language, action, or expression can do the talking instead.

Take a look at the scene you're writing, is the character saying their line? Or are they yelling it? Screaming it? Are they enraged, or perhaps is their voice a broken whisper from grief?

That being said, you shouldn't always avoid using 'said.' It's easy to read in long sentences, and it keeps the focus on the dialogue rather than the rest of the scenes. That may be beneficial and a key component to parts of your story.

promptcalender

Uncommon Words / Phrases to be Inspired by

Absquatulate: to leave without saying goodbye

Cassandra Complex: a psychological penomenon in which someone's accurate prediction of a crisis is ignored or dismissed

Cicatrize: to find healing by the process of forming scars

Even a Worm will turn: the belief that even the most docile creature will retaliate if pushed too far

Fernweh: the ache for distant places; the urge to leave everything familiar behind

Hamartia: a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

Hiraeth: homesickness for a home you can never return to

Ichor: a fluid that flows like blood in the veins of gods

Jester's Privilege: the ability and right of a jester to mock his king without fear of punishment, for nothing he says seems to matter

Lachesism: longing for the clarity that comes with living through a disaster

Lotus-Eater: a person who lives their life in a constant state of dream and fantasy

Novalunosis: the state of relaxation and wonder experienced while gazing up at the stars

Pyrrhic Victory: a victory with such devastating consequence and collateral that is becomes a 'hollow victory'

Swan Song: a final act or effort given just before death

Wanderlust: a strong desire to wander and explore the world free from any obligation

Weltschmerz: the pain that comes with the realisation that the material world will never satisfy the demands of the soul

Whistle in the Dark: to make a show of bravery despite one's fear

Yhprum's Law: 'everything that can go right will go right'

[Prompt Calender: January 9th, National Word Nerd Day]

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"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."

"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."

regencia

theroyalgardens

Garden of a Regency house in Hampshire, England

lierdumoa

I just saw a post that deeply annoyed me because it went, "Here's a story that's like a Regency romance, but I FIXED it by making the characters sexually liberated and shame-free and polyamorous!"

This is like saying, "Here's a story that's like a thriller, but I FIXED it by having the serial killer go to therapy instead of trapping victims in his evil maze and dismembering them."

The thing a lot of people don't seem to get is that the entire appeal of a Regency romance is watching a deeply repressed, perfectly controlled, buttoned up, straight-laced person who has never expressed an emotion before fall so hard for someone that something in them just breaks and they come completely unhinged.

It's a very specific kink that this genre is tapping into.

People who think the characters in a Regency novel are boring are missing the whole point. The characters are supposed to be boring, right up until they fall so madly in love that it drives them insane, at which point they become very interesting. Regency romance novelists are doing the writing equivalent of putting plain white featureless uncooked whole eggs in a microwave and waiting for them to explode.

regencia

talesfromthenewsroom

Name that have... this vibe (part 1)💐

Aesthetic: Regency Era, romantic, period piece

Vibe: delicate, romantic, vintage, classic, literary, soft

Masculine: Austice, Percy, Arthur, Ambrose, Laurence, Ewan, Oliver, Silas, Theophile, William, Bellamy, Bronson, Elias, Arden, Hugo, Edwin, Hugh, James

Feminine: Jane, Caroline, Emmeline, Isabeau, Rosamund, Theodosia, Genevieve, Odette, Sabine, Penelope, Effie, Ottoline, Thomasin, Beatrice, Elizabeth, Josephine

Gender-neutral: Augustine, Hyacinth, Darcy, Valentine, Loveday, Marlowe, Frances, Raphaelle, Llewellyn, Quinn, Emory, Briar, Starling, Narcisse

First & middle name combos: Daphne Grace, Isabella Avalon, Antigone Marie, Lavinia Rose, Asa Maxwell, Julius Anders, Ellis Oliver, Albert Darcy, Aubrey Randolph, Ophelia Jane

Surnames: Lark, Melrose, Remington, Ellsworth, Brighton, Evergreen, Penrose, Carroway, Fairbourne, Beaufort, Devereaux, Partridge, Berry, Bloom, Rosewood

Thought I'd try something new once again. This idea struck me when I was half asleep last night!

Yes, I know some of these names were not used or popular during the actual Regency Era. I'm going more for aesthetics here than anything else!

Sources: my Pinterest board of names, Bryn Donovan, Reddit, Victoria Hazelnut (Tumblr)

heartpeacenquiet

Little by little, day by day, what is meant for you will find its way.

mbr2

There’s something so beautiful and hilarious about Colin, Penelope, Portia and Eloise in absolute shambles over what to do about the Cressida situation only for them to repeatedly cut to Benedict having a threesome