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she stumbles defenseless through the door, her ᵈᶦʳᵗʸ ᵗʳᶦᶜᵏˢ hid up her sʟᴇᴇᴠᴇ, she's done this a thousand times before. the air w h i s p e r s like you tonight, and i can hear the key change, as if i could t o u c h the air, and feel your eyes gaze back into mine maybe i have drunk too much ᴡ ɪ ɴ ᴇ or wandered alone for too long but i almost can feel you.

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Hello! Would you mind doing an example of not using filter words in a first person point of view? While I know that you can just switch out the pronouns for I/me/my, I just want to see it in action and when you should (and shouldn't) use the filter words. Thank you!

Hi there! I would love to! I think I’ll start out with an example with filter words and then cut out the filter words to show you the difference.

For those of you who haven’t seen my post on Filter Words.

Now, for the example:

I felt a hand tap my shoulder as I realized I had made a huge mistake. I knew the consequences would be unsettling, but I had no other choice. I saw the light of my desk lamp bounce off of the officer’s badge before I had even turned around. It seemed like I always found my way into trouble.

It was the first thing off the top of my head, so it’s a bit rough sounding….

Now for without filter words (And a bit of revision):

A hand tapped my shoulder as it dawned on me: I had just made a huge mistake. The consequences would be unsettling if I didn’t get out of this mess, but I had no other choice. The light of my desk lamp bounced off of the officer’s badge. I always found my way into trouble.

By taking out filter words, you get right to the point.

I’d also like to add a few more notes that I didn’t have the chance to post previously.

Some Examples of Filtering:

I heard a noise in the hallway.

She felt embarrassed when she tripped.

I saw a light bouncing through the trees.

I tasted the sour tang of raspberries bursting on my tongue.

He smelled his teammate’s BO wafting through the locker room.

She remembered dancing at his wedding.

I think people should be kinder to one another.

How can you apply this?

Read your work to see how many of these filtering words you might be leaning on. Microsoft Word has a great Find and Highlight feature that I love to use when I’m editing. See how you can get rid of these filtering words and take your sentences to the next level by making stronger word choices. Take the above examples, and see how they can be reworked.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: I heard a noise in the hallway.

DESCRIBE THE SOUND: Heels tapped a staccato rhythm in the hallway.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: She felt embarrassed after she tripped.

DESCRIBE WHAT THE FEELING LOOKS LIKE: Her cheeks flushed and her shoulders hunched after she tripped.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: I saw a light bouncing through the trees.

DESCRIBE THE SIGHT: A light bounced through the trees.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: I tasted the sour tang of raspberries bursting on my tongue.

DESCRIBE THE TASTE: The sour tang of raspberries burst on my tongue.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: He smelled his teammate’s BO wafting through the locker room.

DESCRIBE THE SMELL: His teammate’s BO wafted through the locker room.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: She remembered dancing at his wedding.

DESCRIBE THE MEMORY: She had danced at his wedding.

FILTERING EXAMPLE: I think people should be kinder to one another.

DESCRIBE THE THOUGHT: People should be kinder to one another.

See what a difference it makes when you get rid of the filter? It’s simply not necessary to use them. By ditching them, you avoid “telling,” your voice is more active, and your pacing is helped along.

The above list is not comprehensive as there are many examples of filtering words. The idea is to be aware of the concept so that you can recognize instances of it happening in your work. Be aware of where you want to place the energy and power in your sentences. Let your observations flow through your characters with immediacy.

Ok, sorry for the lengthy answer, I know you just wanted an example…. sorry!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask at my ask box

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THIS IS SO GREAT. I dind’t even know there was a term for this (I should have figured, right, because writers have words for everything), but it’s one of those things that being aware when you’re doing it (and editing it right the fuck out) will improve your writing SO MUCH. Removing the filtering helps to draw your readers more intimately into the action of your story, and as the text above says, adds power and immediacy to every sentence. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIP I WANT TO SCREAM ABOUT IT.

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100 Words for Facial Expressions

Absent: preoccupied

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: see blissful

Bilious: ill-natured

Black: angry or sad, or see hostile

Bleak: see grim and hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: see anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

 Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive

Crestfallen: see despondent

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Dejected: see despondent

Derisive: see sardonic

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent

Downcast: see despondent

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Etched: see fixed

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Furtive: stealthy

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glaring: see hostile

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Gloomy: see despondent and sullen

Glowering: annoyed or angry

Glowing: see radiant

Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Impassive: see deadpan

Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive

Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Moody: see sullen

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Pallid: see wan

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Petulant: see cheeky and peeved

Pitying: sympathetic

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Pouting: see sullen

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Roguish: see mischievous

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Scornful: contemptuous or mocking

Scowling: displeased or threatening

Searching: curious or suspicious

Set: seefixed

Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful

Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised

Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous

Snarling: surly

Sneering: see scornful

Somber: see grave

Sour: unpleasant

Stolid: inexpressive

Straight-faced: see deadpan

Sulky: see sullen

Sullen: resentful

Taunting: see jeering

Taut: high-strung

Tense: see taut

Tight: see pained and taut

Unblinking: see fixed

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Veiled: see inscrutable

Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful

Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful

 Withering: devastating; see also wrathful

Woeful: full of grief or lamentation

Wolfish: see leeringand mischievous

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

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HEY, NEWSFLASH, TUMBLR RP COMMUNITY: YOUR CLIQUE OF RPERS IS HURTING EVERYONE ELSE WHO AREN’T AS LUCKY AS YOU.

OPEN YOUR FUCKING EARS AND LISTEN TO THIS SHIT.

NEWCOMERS SUFFER BECAUSE OF YOU, JUST BECAUSE YOU IGNORE EVERYONE NEW WHO TRIES TO INTERACT.

THAT’S RIGHT, A REALITY CHECK FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKMUN! 

SO OPEN YOUR CLOSED MINDS AND HEARTS TO NEW PEOPLE, IT WON’T FUCKING KILL YOU. 

Everyone deserves a chance to roleplay, so why not be kind and actually a decent human being? Why, is it too hard to make new friends? So you shun and ignore everyone else who isn’t in your inner circles? Is that it? This happens in every rp community I’m in, and frankly I’m sick of it. Good friends of mine and I are turned away and ignored by people like you guys.

For those who are the victims, listen up: IT’S OKAY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT BEING NEGLECTED. People deserve so much better here. Not just the higher ups.

 I’d so do a purge on the “upper level” tumblr rpers if I could. Bring them down off the high horse and down a couple notches. 

EARTH TO TUMBLR: There are other people here!

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No, I actually think someone needs to bring you off your high horse. 

Because you seem to think you’re entitled to something NO ONE in ANY roleplay community is entitled to–and that is the ability to force people to be your writing partners. Here is an actual “reality check:” Life isn’t fair. 

You don’t always get what you want, certainly not if you’re going to act like anyone (let alone COMPLETE STRANGERS) owe you anything. 

What you’re doing here is guilt tripping, and I REFUSE to EVER write or interact with someone who makes me feel like I’m obligated to bend to their will, and that I’m a horrible person if I don’t. 

If I don’t want to “give someone a chance,” then sorry. I have my own reasons.

I come here for one reason and one reason only: MY enjoyment. 

I can’t enjoy something if I’m not comfortable with it. I can’t enjoy something if someone is telling me how horrible I am for not writing with them, despite my own feelings–I might have had a bad day. I might be suffering a depressive episode. I might just be too preoccupied. 

Despite what you think you know, you will never fully understand who a person feels until you see it from their perspective.

There are actual people behind these accounts, with actual feelings–y’know, just like me & you. 

Some of us have social anxiety, and only feel comfortable with talking to certain people. 

Some of us have severe mood disorders, that leave us drained and unmotivated to expand our “little circle,” because it just means another writing partner we don’t have the energy for.

Some of us have stressful schedules like high school, college, or jobs.

Yet all of us choose to devote our time and energy into these accounts, because it brings us some sort of comfort–and each person’s comfort level is personal; 

Some of us are selective.

Some of us are not.

Some of us only write in one-liners.

Some of us do not.

All of us have the freedom to pick and choose who we want to interact with, because this is a hobby, not a job. No one is required to do anything. 

I’m sorry that one “quality” roleplayer you’ve be eyeing turned you down.

I’m sorry that one person you might have admired wasn’t interested in either the character you’re playing or your writing style/format.

I’m sorry that you came in contact with a snobby, overly-vain roleplayer and then decided to generalize any roleplayer who is even moderately selective as villainous people who take joy in making people feel “left out.”

I’m sorry, but that’s not our problem. 

Our problem is maintaining our own comfort & mental health doing something we love with people with love despite people feeling entitled to our own time and energy, that is just as valuable as yours.

You wouldn’t want someone to force you to do something, so don’t force others. 

Everyone deserves respect, kindness and understanding–so respect and understand a person’s decision to not want to associate with you and move on. 

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hey you, yes you, we should rp.

this is a message to all of my mutuals,  especially the ones that i have not yet interacted with  !!  we should  get  together  and  do  a  thing. i can look through your wishlist, or you can look at mine. or  we  can  pants  it.  even  just a small thing. or even  a  verse.  i  am  open  to  many things.  but really,  let’s  just  do a thing.  okay ?  like this, or message me, or IM me– i like the IM thingy. c:

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