nightfury574

[swellio]

tips for writing angsty scenes (without making it too cliche or cringy)

1) stay away from using the “i-i l-love y …” dying words cliche. unless you know 100% it makes sense and works well, it can come off as quite cringy and might seem rushed. try making your character gasp in pain, struggling to form the words they’re trying to say. (i hope this doesn’t offend anyone, this is just my opinion :) again, use it if you feel it fits)

2) don’t. drag. it. out. i’ve said it in a previous post and i’ll say it again — dragging out these types of scenes just takes away the effect you’re looking for, especially if there’s an injury involved. keep it short; make it panicky, make it teary, make it so your readers will need to put down your story to think what the heck is going on. in a good way, of course.

3) at the same time, don’t rush it. i know, a little confusing. while your sad scene shouldn’t just go on and on, ending it abruptly without any explanation as to what happened will only confuse your readers and/or anger them, so just keep working on it until you really feel it’s finished.

4) try to think about how you would feel if you were reading the scene for the first time. chances are, if your heart hurts a bit after writing it, your readers are gonna feel it, too, especially the more emotional people. this is what makes your story even more memorable and special.

5) shock your readers. make them confused and surprised; get a reaction out of them. do something that never crossed their minds, something that will make their hearts throb even after they’re done reading. again, this will make your story even more memorable to them.

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[forhyyh]

“I saw your lovely wife earlier,” Kurtis said. “She didn’t see me, of course. Given how we last left things between us, I feel like Cleo might still be cross with me.” “Don’t you dare speak her name,” Magnus growled. Kurtis stopped in front of Magnus and cocked his head, still smiling that damned smile of his. “Cleo. Cleo, Cleo, Cleo. Do you know what I’m going to do to her? I would love it, truly love it, if you could be there to watch.” He leaned closer and whispered in Magnus’s ear a list of horrors that would cause anyone—man or woman—to beg for death long before such a relief finally came. “I swear to the goddess,” Magnus said, “I will kill you long before you lay a single finger upon her.”

[nandini574]

Magnus and Cleo are my babies and Kurtis and go die in the damn grave he built for Magnus

[lonelykamui]

[nandini574]

Why do I relate to this with my whole life lmao

[madelinescatharsis]

you’re what nostalgia tastes like. you’re what the angels sing of, your footsteps are what the trees sway to. you’re da vinci’s muse and you’re the smell of the earth after the first rains. you’re my first thought when i read a love poem and you haunt my dreams long after i’m awake. you’re the grace of a dancer and the freedom in a nightingale’s song. you lay in every stroke of an artist’s brush and the wistfulness of a rainy day. baby, you’re what my prayers are made of and every shooting star whispers your name across the midnight sky. darling, i’m so intoxicated by you.

// letters i never sent to you //

[nandini574]

[nandini574]