Sauce's Collection of ☆Literature☆

@saucemanboyardee's side hustle

[sauce-writes-on-occaision]

Rdr2 Comfort Letters

So I recently joined a group of comfort character writers, and since they temporarily had to close up shop to work on entries, I figured I'd do a little side hustle for my red dead homies who haven't had a chance to jump on the bandwagon. So here you go, these are the requirements to get one of these stylish items:

Enter the following into my submissions panel:

1. The Tumblr you wish to be sent the finished product to

2. Your name and gender/pronouns

3. What character you wish to have write to you

4. What the theme of the letter is (can choose multiple): Romantic/Romantic confession, Platonic, Motivational, Mental health check-in, anecdote

5. Specific details (Pet names, specific settings/time during story, aus (barring modern aus), anything else that doesn't fit in the other category.

Then just submit that shit and I shall do what I can. You may choose whether or not your work should be posted here, anonymous or not, and I am perfectly fine just leaving the letter with you and you alone, confidentiality guaranteed.

I will only deny your request if it involves any of the usual no-nos, so no active racism, bigotry, or p***philia of any kind.

Besides that, feel free to ask any questions I didn't cover here before submitting!

[saucemanboyardee]

Hello Punch Out community, I'm cooking something evil and none of you can stop me

[slayingfiction]

Words to use instead of ‘said’

**Using the word ‘said’ is absolutely not a bad choice, and in fact, you will want to use it for at least 40% of all your dialogue tags. Using other words can be great, especially for description and showing emotion, but used in excess can take away or distract from the story.

Neutral: acknowledged, added, affirmed, agreed, announced, answered, appealed, articulated, attested, began, bemused, boasted, called, chimed in, claimed, clarified, commented, conceded, confided, confirmed, contended, continued, corrected, decided, declared, deflected, demurred, disclosed, disputed, emphasized, explained, expressed, finished, gloated, greeted, hinted, imitated, imparted, implied, informed, interjected, insinuated, insisted, instructed, lectured, maintained, mouthed, mused, noted, observed, offered, put forth, reassured, recited, remarked, repeated, requested, replied, revealed, shared, spoke up, stated, suggested, uttered, voiced, volunteered, vowed, went on

Persuasive: advised, appealed, asserted, assured, begged, cajoled, claimed, convinced, directed, encouraged, implored, insisted, pleaded, pressed, probed, prodded, prompted, stressed, suggested, urged

Continuously: babbled, chattered, jabbered, rambled, rattled on

Quietly: admitted, breathed, confessed, croaked, crooned, grumbled, hissed, mumbled, murmured, muttered, purred, sighed, whispered

Loudly: bellowed, blurted, boomed, cried, hollered, howled, piped, roared, screamed, screeched, shouted, shrieked, squawked, thundered, wailed, yelled, yelped

Happily/Lovingly: admired, beamed, cackled, cheered, chirped, comforted, consoled, cooed, empathized, flirted, gushed, hummed, invited, praised, proclaimed, professed, reassured, soothed, squealed, whooped

Humour: bantered, chuckled, giggled, guffawed, jested, joked, joshed

Sad: bawled, begged, bemoaned, blubbered, grieved, lamented, mewled, mourned, pleaded, sniffled, sniveled, sobbed, wailed, wept, whimpered

Frustrated: argued, bickered, chastised, complained, exasperated, groaned, huffed, protested, whinged

Anger: accused, bristled, criticized, condemned, cursed, demanded, denounced, erupted, fumed, growled, lied, nagged, ordered, provoked, raged, ranted remonstrated, retorted, scoffed, scolded, scowled, seethed, shot, snapped, snarled, sneered, spat, stormed, swore, taunted, threatened, warned

Disgust: cringed, gagged, groused, griped, grunted, mocked, rasped, sniffed, snorted

Fear: cautioned, faltered, fretted, gasped, quaked, quavered, shuddered, stammered, stuttered, trembled, warned, whimpered, whined

Excited: beamed, cheered, cried out, crowed, exclaimed, gushed, rejoiced, sang, trumpeted

Surprised: blurted, exclaimed, gasped, marveled, sputtered, yelped

Provoked: bragged, dared, gibed, goaded, insulted, jeered, lied, mimicked, nagged, pestered, provoked, quipped, ribbed, ridiculed, sassed, teased

Uncertainty/Questionned: asked, challenged, coaxed, concluded, countered, debated, doubted, entreated, guessed, hesitated, hinted, implored, inquired, objected, persuaded, petitioned, pleaded, pondered, pressed, probed, proposed, queried, questioned, quizzed, reasoned, reiterated, reported, requested, speculated, supposed, surmised, testified, theorized, verified, wondered

This is by no means a full list, but should be more than enough to get you started!

Any more words you favor? Add them in the comments!

Happy Writing :)

[sauce-writes-on-occaision]

God bless

[sauce-writes-on-occaision]

I am telling you now, I got big mf plans, but I can not reveal them, because the haters will sabotage me.

[cosmicbeastie]

[mercurialkitty]

[sauce-writes-on-occaision]

Mac Callander was a liability,

But not because of any distaste for who he was. In fact, he was incredibly charismatic; no matter how many time you kicked him like a misbehaving puppy, he'd still come back as if nothing happened and worm his way into your heart again. He could drink, he could rob, he could do whatever you wanted him to, but yet he was still considered one of the Van Der Linde Gang's most volatile wild card. Why?

Because unlike everyone else, Mac Callander was an absolute attention whore.

To say he was bratty for his age would be an understatement, he was a total menace whenever he didn't get what he wanted. If you ever told him so much as a vague no he'd already have three excuses, a sob story and an emergency temper tantrum ready for you. Of course, if that failed, he'd just call for his big brother to come and begrudgingly argue for him.

Davey seemingly had no issue enabling him, coming every time his name was called and rarely took anyone else's side. He said he felt like it was "Family obligations," being one of if not his last living relative.

[sauce-writes-on-occaision]

Red Dead Online Protgonist Respawn Headcanons: Shaky

Aka: What would happen if red dead online strangers actually addressed the fact that you can not die.

I asked some people discord for requests and one person answered so here it is.

- Shaky was dubious of you, even after taking the job he had offered you. Even when you came back for more work, it almost seemed too good to be true. Someone to split profits with and had a near perfect track record.

- You were friendly enough, for someone who didn't talk. Never interrupted, never laughed at his stutter, you two had a sort of mutual respect for the other.

- Even when you failed a job, you were at least in enough of one piece to try again, and by god would you try again.

- That is, of course, till he saw you die.

- There was a rogue shooter that had stormed thieves landing, another of your kind, mowing down anyone they could aim at. The two of you were sitting on the dock at the time, so in hopes of escape you both jumped in the water and hid beneath the boardwalk.

- When the shooter left he thought you were safe and hauled himself up after a few unsuccessful tries, attempting to offer a hand to pull you out of the water as well.

- The body was limp, face down, watery blood leaking from beneath it in thick red strings into the water. A terrible sight, really.

- Shaky jumped at the realization and started frantically reaching for your jacket to pull your corpse out, having been rendered completely non-verbal from the shock of the encounter.

- He dragged the body out, and it hit the dock with a wet splat, the dry land making the porthole in the back of your skull more evident as it slowly stopped pooling blood in your bullet filled brain.

- At this point words came back to him "Aw sh-sh-shit... that's just a sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-shame. I'm so s-s-sorry f-friend, J-Jesus..." He took his water-logged hat, wrung it out, and placed it over his heart for a moment of respect.

- A moment which was soon interrupted by a sharp whistle from behind him

- He whipped around, afraid of your killer having returned, but instead found a more horrifying sight.

- There you were, right as rain, standing on the other side of the dock, waving with a smoking revolver in hand.

- He thought he had finally gone mad, swore off the morphine right then and there no matter how bad he shook, he looked down to see your body but it had seemingly vanished, only a bloodstain proving it was there.

- You held out your hand, silent as always, with your assailant's hat resting atop it.

- There were... a lot of questions after that incident.