All The Stories Are True

sam | 28 | demi/ace | she/her | fantasy | rpgs | dnd | reading | hoping to start writing again

[urie]

americans are sooo desensitized to guns and sometimes it manifests in ways that affect your media literacy. like remember in the first episode of sherlock when john watson opens up his drawer and you see a gun in there and youre supposed to understand that this is narratively significant and conveys his suicidality as well as his willingness to skirt rules and laws but the first time i watched it i was like oh well theres his desk gun. lots of people have those

[m0nomercy]

HR hates to see it coming

[introspectres]

remember you'll die // remember to live || [prints]

[snakebites-and-ink]

I've already said that my number one piece of writing advice is to read.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.

[pigeon-princess]

Happy season 2 finale day Lumon employees!

[medievaljournalist]

ok so a wild rat just spit poison at me

[evilwizard]

slay ten of those for my ancient tarnished coin

[death-threat-collector]

Dude, Poison Rat venom glands sell for half a gold each. You need two, maybe three if you harvest them particularly poorly, to get that worth.

Which is besides the fact that ancient tarnished coin is a defunct currency. Valuable only as a collector's item.

This guy's a scammer.

[evilwizard]

slay this guy for my ancient tarnished coin

[redstonedust]

having depression makes your friends seem like the coolest most put together people on earth like wow... you got out of bed, had breakfast, went to work, AND spent some time on a hobby when you got home....? that's so impressive you're like superman or something. can i borrow your power.

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

sorry for blorbo tagging your post on the blorbo posting and tagging website. it will happen again

[tributary]

just because i’m not posting about it does not mean i am not thinking about it. absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

[peanut-jelly]

lately ive been bedridden with a terrible case of i dont wanna

[greelin]

sorry if this is controversial but if you’re rude to cashiers i think you should. idk. Explode

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

they don't make staying up until 3am fun and exciting like they used to

[kosmogrl]

I'll be honest guys, life without a few little obsessions just isn't worth it

[blueberrycasanova]

rereading tmi rn and it’s so funny how alec and jace are constantly like “no mundies allowed we hate yall” but then keep dragging simon along everywhere like babygirl, don’t even try pretending. we know yall love him.

@h0e-zi3r

[dragon-in-a-fez]

love when a mutual has a new blorbo and they keep putting posts on my dash that are completely incomprehensible. it's like watching a friend win a game show in a language I don't speak. I don't have a fucking clue what's happening to you but it's nice to see you happy

[just-a-maniac-atp-lol]

Has this been done yet?

[raakhti]

i hate hating fictional characters. i got beef with someone who don't exist