[curseofagirl]

A bookish side blog where I’ll be reading, writing, and probably complaining. Enjoy! <3

[ariesrin]

Alternatives to 'said'

When character is angry:

Snapped

Spat

Snarled

Hissed

Barked

...or sad:

Choked

Mumbled

Managed

Croaked

Murmured

...or if they're feeling nervous:

Stammered

Babbled

Rambled

Muttered

Squeaked

...and even when flirting:

Coaxed

Purred

Teased

Hummed

Crooned

[treasuredplanet]

in hindsight sending the number one digit at a time created the funniest half second of either of our lives

[perfectday1972]

via schulzmuseum

[knightsickness]

there’s absolutely something to be said about ‘booktok’ books being largely wattpad quality written erotica i’m certainly not reading them however having seen a guy on tiktok make a video like ‘all the women in your life are READING PORN’ about a book he picked up and read in his FEMALE FRIEND’S HOUSE in a tone of scandalised horror and disgust i actually don’t think men should be making those criticisms. he said he picked it up expecting a romance and was horrified it was GOONER SHIT he said specifically like ‘who are you getting your pussy wet FOR??’ in a tone of revulsion. idk man im not sure shes the weird one. i kind of wish you were dead

[darlingofdots]

"a lot of books that are successful on booktok are not very good" and "people can read what they want and we need to stop being so fucking weird about women enjoying erotica" are both correct statements

[exaltedrevenge]

[skulandcrossbones]

some people really do need to start reminding themselves that the answer to "why didn't the character just do [something entirely different]" is often simply "because then there wouldn't be a story"

[bevsi]

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with relating to characters, “they’re literally me” etc but if that’s the only way you engage with stories you’re kinda missing the whole point of Characters being vehicles through which we can see perspectives outside of our own. and also you’re going to get upset when the Character acts in a way that is not Personally Relatable to You

[writingdose]

being a writer means there are times where you don’t write anything for a week or so, and then there are times where you write 10,000 words in one day

[feignedremote]

Goodreads users will really make lists about anything. Who's ready for uncle literature ‼️

[curseofagirl]

@nathaira-stern hiii (posting this on my writing / reading blog so other people can see it if they want to!) so I know you’ve said love triangles could be solved so easily! And it turns out there’s like a type of romance trope (? Idk if it would be called that) currently basically just called Why Choose romance. And the protagonist just chooses both (or more) love interests! I haven’t read any yet so idk how it plays out but I thought I’d let you know! I was looking for some ghost books and one of them said it had that in it!

[nathaira-stern]

I love Love LOVE when a "love triangle" just becomes a polycule. Give it to me lmao

[curseofagirl]

I saw a couple of books today described this way so it seems to be gaining some traction!

[curseofagirl]

@nathaira-stern hiii (posting this on my writing / reading blog so other people can see it if they want to!) so I know you’ve said love triangles could be solved so easily! And it turns out there’s like a type of romance trope (? Idk if it would be called that) currently basically just called Why Choose romance. And the protagonist just chooses both (or more) love interests! I haven’t read any yet so idk how it plays out but I thought I’d let you know! I was looking for some ghost books and one of them said it had that in it!

[moonfedmouth]

wherever would i begin?

[lypsys]

"Write character relationships that are normal" WRONG ☝ CODEPENDENCY BEAM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[fellator]

this fetish stuff is getting out of hand what the fuck is word play

[ambiguouspuzuma]

Writing prompt? No. Writing much delayed.

[malwarechips]

"i think", i say, about my own ocs, who i made,

[rosexknight]

“my headcanon is…” i say about the canon that i made about my own characters

[tokkibean]

when youre stressed about your current wip, start a new one! now you can be stressed about two wips instead!