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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
sheepfilms
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
taylor price
titsay
shark vs the universe
cherry valley forever
art blog(derogatory)
trying on a metaphor
wallacepolsom
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Discoholic 🪩
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Jules of Nature
oozey mess
❣ Chile in a Photography ❣
RMH
Kaledo Art
seen from Germany
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@hell-much
🌹 Sansaery Masterpost 🐺
1. My Stories
Overview over all my stories including an angst scale.
2. My Art
Accompanying art I did for my stories.
3. Cutting Room Floor
Cut scenes from my stories.
4. Writing Misc
Asks and random writing topics / struggles.
Whenever people ask me "why don't you know xyz, it's so popular" well see it's because
I literally live in south east asia
Most countries cut the map like that because it's the easiest and most logical place to have a big vertical split! Everyone else agrees that the awkward and self centred way that Americans cut the map so that they sit in the middle is obnoxious as hell.
#Does US have a different map???? via @eldritch-bisexual
Why yes. Yes we do:
^Those are generally what hangs on the wall in US classrooms.
Ghost Light
Margaery is a successful actress whose picture-perfect life is not quite what it seems. When a certain redhead becomes inadvertently intertwined with the darkest parts of herself and her family, her carefully curated mask threatens to come undone.
Chapter 1
me after 5 minutes of socializing: i’ve earned 3 days of silence
So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I'm going to try it.
I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your "show not tell" advice explained!
Editor here.
First, let me preface this with something very important: you can treat all of this advice as SECOND-DRAFT ADVICE. It is so much easier to rewrite this kind of stuff once you have words on the page. Telling yourself the first draft is totally appropriate and acceptable.
What we’re talking about here are FILTER WORDS (and to some degree verbs of being). Yes, “thought” words are included. But so are “heard, saw, looked, tasted, smelled” etc.—most words having to do with the senses.
This isn’t black and white advice; sometimes you’ll use these words and that’s okay. They’re not WRONG. They’re just weaker. And they’re weaker because they create distance between the reader and the experience of the character.*
If you want your reader to feel like they’re experiencing the story right alongside the character, you want to cut down on filter words.
*This is particularly important with first person and close third POVs. The reader always knows whose eyes they’re seeing through and thoughts they’re privy to. So you don’t need to tell them “I saw X.” Or “I heard X.” Or “I thought Y.” You can just jump into the action/observation as it’s happening.
This is also where you want to pay attention to verbs of being.
“It was rainy.” Versus: “The rain pounded against the roof.” Or “The rain howled like an injured animal.” Or “The rain tapped against the window like an anxious lover.” All of these are inviting the reader deeper into the experience of the story by using stronger verbs and similes. And, at the same time, they stir feelings (instead of TELLING feelings). And feelings keep your reader engaged. Engaged readers keep turning pages; engaged readers become FANS.
This is also where
you want to pay attention
to verbs of being.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
The most valuable advice that Author Ex gave me through the years that we wrote together was this: the problem with all these filter words is that they create distance in the POV.
That means that when you read a line like
John saw that the curtains were open.
It immediately takes you OUT of the character's perspective and instead tells you what they experience as a secondhand observation.
You don't have to get fancy or purple with how you rephrase things like this. Not everything needs a ton of breathing room.
You wanna know what's perfectly impactful while keeping a tight POV?
The curtains were open.
Simple as that.
Tv Show "The Game Of Thrones "
S03 E08
please, like/reblog if you use it
don’t redistribute and claim as your own
Brief source of entertainment unlocked 4,5 hours into this train ride.
In the row before me, a young mom wouldn't let her 3yo climb up over her on her seat and tantrum follows. 3yo cries out her frustration on the floor between the seats. Not overly loud or excessive, but you know, just a kid not getting its way.
Enter guy in suit from a few rows behind me, coming up to the mom: "excuse me, can I be of assistance here in any way?"
I give that woman so much credit for not swatting him to death with a dirty diaper. Especially when he added: "you know it's just kind of loud"
Dude, she gets its loud, everyone gets its loud. What do you want her to do gag her 3yo? Hey, also you know what's also loud? You talking on the phone for an hour straight.
Kannst du das sehen, Deutsche Bahn?
3 hours into a 6 hour train ride:
Me: I'm bored.
Me: we could read something. you packed those two new books.
Me: sounds dull.
Me: audio book maybe?
Me: duller.
Me: AO3 then. there's so many new stories to catch up on.
Me: nah. not in the mood.
Me: *getting exasperated* writing? you have time now. you have that new idea. why don't you--
Me: I don't want to read, you think I want to come up with words myself?
Me: then listen to some music.
Me: my playlist sucks
Me: then take the time and make a new one
Me: ugh, you just don't get it
Me: apparently not.
Me: ...
Me: ...
Me: I'm still bored.
Theon: (about sansa and margaery) that looks very gay
Robb: are you looking in the mirror
You know what sucks most about not having time to write? No bedtime scene drafting.
I'm lying in bed at night with nothing to do but to reflect on my day. I honestly don't know how anyone does it.
writing fic for the first time: omg okay this is the pinnacle of my ao3 career i must research extensively & make sure the characterisation is ON POINT & write abt deep profound themes
writing fic for the 7162th time: (at 1am) (incoherently) hehe what if they all became broccoli
