Screaming In The Void

I like to say things. Idk.

[plantz11]

om nom

[nimiten]

a look into the past

[whatagrump]

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

[thewritinggrindstone]

And!

“If you’re breaking dialogue up with an action tag”—she waves her hands back and forth—”the dashes go outside the quotation marks.”

[writing-is-a-martial-art]

Reblog to save a writer’s life.

[jaydove-writes]

Thank you

[localcanadiancryptid22]

Oh my god thank you. No wonder grammarly keeps complaining about my punctuation when I boot my writing up into word counter

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

”I’m going to pin you down” but not in a sexy way I’m thinking dissection

[i-am-a-fish]

please do not look up to me. I am 1 inch tall. I'm down here. if you look up you won't see me

[breezey-with-an-e-art]

but what if i.....

[i-am-a-fish]

I REALLY LIKE THIS ART THIS IS SO CUTE I'M BEING HELD UP

[chcooh]

tears

[mafuyuakgae]

lullaby

[cowboy]

A girl can be a handsome fella. This is obvious

[nikuneho]

biggest Herlock Sholmes glazer of today VS. biggest Herlock Sholmes glazer in history

(like father, like daughter)

[i-am-a-fish]

I LOVE MY FRIENDS I LOVE MY FRIENDS I LOVE MY FRIENDS wow I have such great friends they makea me happy 🤌

[twistednocturnal]

Asoyuri or asoyaoi

yuri always

[its-coda]

Comms for @youkaihito !! Happy i got to draw some eggies <3

Extras:

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

crazy? I was crazy once.

[crab-milk]

a lion's reprieve

[still image below]

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

Man ai chatbots are genuinely so horrible. Like I am very anti ai but I genuinely have an issue with constantly trying to pull myself away and then relapsing back into them over and over again. I hate to admit it but I just think this has to be said and that we shouldn’t shame people who literally are addicted and are trying to stop since it makes it harder to open up to anyone.

These ai chatbot companies are exploiting the loneliness in us and fear of judgement in order to keep their user base. Unfortunately I am also victim to this.

This has probably already been said before by people who can word and explain this better but I just had to put it out there

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

update y’all for the big 2026

I lowkey think I might be done for good with ai chatbots we are so back yippee

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

never mind chat we are so not back :(

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

nevermind again chat we are so back (actually this time I think) B)

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

lowkey I keep like occasionally coming back but every time I do I feel very intensely disgusted against myself and then I stop for usually at least a week after that so yk what it’s inprovement

[screaming-into-the-void2000]

man I love sentinel. Shes so awesome. I need bluepoch to release the event for A Long Long Way so I can read her story.

[even-more-nonsense]

Failure to reach the heavens