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Do you have any idea why was "I wish you could be kissed, Jane" scene excluded from the graphic novel? It's a pretty important scene.
I have no explanations for any of the creative choices made about including or excluding scenes from the TDT graphic novel. I just happen to have an arc copy and take pictures of it to post on tumblr.
the "What is it my dog needs?" Panel? 👀👀
The substance party is condensed with the night Ronan races K in the Pig and Gansey is not present*, but dog references remain plentiful throughout.
*Please be logical, reasonable, sane, and normal. This is a 437 page novel being adapted into 271 page graphic novel. It was never going to be 1:1.
great hair and a sword, the dream (lol) combo
Hennessy for pride ⚔️🌈
Happy Pride from the magical disaster boys!
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Flying Fox (1886) by Vincent van Gogh
more adam and gansey panels…? 👀
Sure, why not? 🤷♀️
Happy Pride + Happy There's Only With Me or Against Me Wednesday 🌈
Would you consider the hate for AI at the moment “excessive”?
Would you consider the hate for AI at the moment “excessive”?
Yes
No
i know you said we ride at dawn but i’m not a morning person actually. can we ride after lunch
top tier character when "what is wrong with them" requires an answer that begins with "How much time do you have"
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.
Anna Faris photographed by Tyler Patrick Kenny for Numéro Netherlands (May 2026)
wishing you a happy pride month with my favorite gay ppl <3
quick sketch because my finals are coming
happy pride for the farmer, catholic, punk, car crash, dreamer, irish, GAY 💅🌈 ronan lynch and his magician, academic weapon, mechanic, poor boy, demon possed, BISEXUAL 💖💜💙 boyfriend, adam parrish
Oh just the layers of Declan Lynch unravelling so as to kill the dullness used as a mask.
finally took some class doodles i did a while back of ronan and cleaned them up for fun:)
