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20 Deadpan Witty “Fuck You” Dialogue Prompts (without saying Fuck You)

“You really do have a talent for being a complete waste of oxygen.”

“If I cared less, you’d be legally dead to me.”

“Oh, look, a walking cautionary tale.”

“Your personality is the human equivalent of spam mail.”

“I’d call you clever, but then I’d be lying, and I save my lies for people I like.”

“That’s adorable. You really thought anyone asked.”

“The silence after you leave? That’s what joy sounds like.”

“Congratulations, you’ve lowered the bar yet again.”

“No, please, keep talking. I need the reminder of why I drink.”

“You remind me of Wi-Fi in a cheap motel—weak, unreliable, and not worth connecting to.”

“Do us all a favor and go haunt someone else’s patience.”

“Ah, yes. Another sentence from you that no one needed.”

“If ignorance was a currency, you’d be a billionaire.”

“You should bottle that confidence. People would buy it as comedy.”

“Every time you speak, God flips a coin on whether to smite us.”

“There’s a reason even your shadow looks tired of you.”

“You make me nostalgic for the sweet sound of nothing.”

“Some people brighten a room when they enter. You’re the other kind.”

“Your legacy? Being the cautionary example at someone else’s dinner party.”

“I’m torn between telling you to shut up or thanking you for reminding me hell is real.”

[skylerchasesbooks]

In the melee of the crowd

Went astray a hand, unknown yet loud

Still as a statue, she turned to ice

The fingers crept lower

The chatter grew louder,

Pounding in her ears

While discomfort crawled higher

Push back she would,

But against whom?

No air, dry mouth

Blank head and a blurry south

The crowd thinned

And the hand vanished

But the Phantom touch

Haunted her ceaselessly

Until scratches and cuts marred the skin

Unblemished before it was stolen—

Her dignity, her peace,

her comfort and her teens

The story that never made it past

Lips that now remain shut fast

(Just a little smtg I wrote)

[creativepromptsforwriting]

What I hate about writing is when I have to write so much before I finally get to the part I actually wanted to write.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

And then I finally get there and the part I wanted to write now doesn't fit in anymore with the story I wrote so far.

[skylerchasesbooks]

Not me abandoning this app for months and then returning like nothings wrong.

Sorry y'all, life was giving me a Rollercoaster ride. Exclusively.

[decencybedamned]

HELLO FANFIC AUTHORS IT’S TIME FOR A VOCAB LESSON

wanton: sexually immodest or promiscuous

wonton: a type of dumpling commonly found in Chinese cuisines

YOUR CHARACTERS SHOULD NOT BE MOANING LIKE A CHINESE DUMPLING OKAY THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT

[cleferi-moved-deactivated201403]

either way, things are sure gonna get

steamy

[sekahyyh]

GET OUT

[aropride]

like does anyone else still feel the exact same age they were in march 2020 like 90% of the time

[skylerchasesbooks]

knowing you're gonna remain a single cat lady, drinking coffee and reading books for the rest of your life because irl men don't stand a candle to fictional ones just hits different.

Knowledge is power after all.

[adriftwords-deactivated20240103]

A Gives Their Jacket to B Dialogue

requested on @promptful (also just in case anybody ever wondered, or maybe I want to complain LOL, I do manually number all these because tumblr/docs' numbering system sucks.)

DIALOGUE:

1) “You look cold.” 

2) “I’m sweating; you can take my jacket.” 

3) “Didn’t I tell you to grab a coat?” 

4) “This is why I buy the fuzzy ones.” 

5) “You’re shivering.” 

6) “Don’t fight me. I’m trying to keep you warm. 

7) “Here, you need this more than I do.” 

8) “…Is it too cliche if I give you my jacket?” 

9) “Use my jacket as a pillow.” 

10) “Your lips are turning blue. Why didn’t you say anything?” 

11) “I—I’m not cold.” 

12) “I don’t need your jacket.” 

13) “Stay warm! I have my own.” “Well, obviously it isn’t enough.” 

14) “Thank you.” 

15) “This may be weird, but what [soap] do you use? It… smells good.” 

16) “You’re so self-sacrificing.” “You’re welcome.” 

17) “ Is that better?” 

18) “You’ll be warm in no time.” 

19) “Why didn’t you put on more layers?” 

20) “I’ll pay you back for this.”

[idkhowtopickausername]

I hate when you love a character who’s like a kid or a teenager and they so perfectly capture the flaws and struggles of being that age and not understanding everything fully yet or necessarily making the best choices especially when they’re in a very painful or complex situation and they feel so real and human because of it and then you go online and there’s someone who’s like “they’re DUMB and EVIL and SELFISH because of [important moment in their character arc when they messed up and learned from it or broke under pressure or didn’t have the courage to do an incredibly difficult thing or responded realistically to their truly horrifying circumstances]”

[cam1lla]

“Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Schools shouldn’t teach this book in class because–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Nobody actually likes or wants to read classics because they’re–” you are an anti-intellectual and an idiot

“I only read YA fantasy books because every classic novel or work of literary fiction is problematic and features–” you are an anti-intellectual and you are robbing yourself of the full richness of the human experience.

[moonshinemagpie]

"you are functionally a conservative" is such a good and clarifying insult

Literally right after I saw this post, I saw another post in a discord chat for BOOK EDITORS in which an outspokenly liberal editor talked about how Nabokov should have never been published because he wrote about p*dophiles and described women's bodies in ways that made her uncomfortable. She described his writing as "objectively terrible" and said she wanted to burn his books. And other editors were bringing up classics they didn't like and talking about how they wanted to throw them in the trash. This wasn't like a light "unpopular opinion!" conversation. This was actual book editors talking about how books should be destroyed and censored.

There is something so scary and toxic in global culture right now. The revival of fascism is influencing everyone's mindset and approach to art, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.

I see far more books being censored today than when I was a kid. Librarians handed me The Catcher in the Rye, The Sexual Politics of Meat, and Animal Farm when I was literally 8-11. My mom would never have taken a book away from me. I read everything from the Tao Te Ching to the Qur'an to atheist texts under my desk at school. Teachers thought nothing of it or encouraged it. Books seemed universally acknowledged as sacrosanct to me.

Now I can't find any adults who don't hesitate or want to make exceptions when it comes to censorship. Even the most liberal social activist librarians I know go, "well except for book X..."

Functionally conservative. It's so important to have the language to express that.

[cam1lla]

Thank you for this addition!

[cricketcat9]

And, following up on the previous post …

“This makes me uncomfortable” is NOT a valid reason for censorship

These fucking book editors should remove themselves from the profession ASAP 😡

[prismatic-bell]

The only reason a book should be removed, the ONLY reason, is “we are keeping it in the restricted section for research because its only intended function is to cause harm.”

And to be clear, when I say this, I’m talking about shit like To Train Up A Child and The Protocols of Zion. One is a text responsible for the deaths of multiple children because it’s an abuse how-to, and the other is entirely fabricated “protocols” from a group that never actually existed but is claimed to represent all Jews, and it’s basically one long antisemitic screed.

And even these should be available. Just. Not where they’re gonna be used to start a white supremacist cult.

[lyralit]

ways to start writing more efficiently

stop writing with the word count on!

use a font like comic sans -- trick your brain into thinking that it's not important, that the writing can be stupid, if it's in a stupid font (if you can't tell i despise comic sans)

time yourself to get to a goal

or give yourself a certain amount of time

quantity >> quality in the first draft(s)!

jot down what you want to happen in that chapter

try organizing your writing (nanowrimo, for example)

do *not* reread! it doesn't need to make sense, it just needs to be there

try not to stick yourself to something you saw on tumblr. what works for someone else doesn't necessarily work for you!

take breaks. time those breaks.

practice writing short stories / oneshots of your characters.

try getting all your writing done within a certain goal (as much as I can for 30 minutes) rather than writing 5 minutes on or off

write down every little wormy idea that comes into your brain! sure, it's probably for a different plot, but maybe you can work it in somehow?

on that note, mash elements of your plots together rather than starting a whole new story

see maybe what little writing competitions you can submit your work to

proclaim your goal to the wide web for some peer pressure

rewards yourself. cheer on every thousand-word milestone. brag to your friends that you've written something, anything.

don't think of the big goal—don't think of publishing, or posting, etc. think of the end of your chapter, the development of your character, where it goes.

switch your writing environment! where are you most productive?

make a playlist only for when you write. never for anything else.

getting off tumblr, probably.

have people remind you of your goals.

remember that it all comes with discipline, but also your mental health is the most important!! don't sacrifice half your sleep to meet your nanowrimo goals. try to recognize when it's taking you too long and close the document. do something else. come back later.

take care of yourself. <3 use this post as a breather (or reminder to start!)

[yousaveeveryonebutwhosavesyou]

Your impact on other people is bigger than you think. Someone still giggles when they think of that funny thing you said. Someone still smiles when they think of the compliment you gave them. Someone silently admires you. The advice you give has made a difference for people. The support and love you’ve offered others has made someone’s day. Your input and opinions have made someone think twice. You’re not insignificant and forgotten. Your existence makes a positive difference, whether you see it or not.

[dduane]

Guaranteed.

[homunculus-argument]

Also hey btw

The term “masterpiece” originally and traditionally meant a piece of work that an apprentice or other aspiring craftsman created to show off to his master or the town’s guild. So naturally, it was intended to be the best fucking thing that you could make, demonstrating just how fucking good you are at what you’re making - 100% to flex your skills. And if it was approved, the applicant was accepted as a member of the guild and could now call himself a master, and work in this craft in this city.

So the next time you’re looking at The One Great Thing you made and think “this is it, my masterpiece, I have peaked, it’s all downhill from here”, consider looking it the other way: Making your masterpiece means you’re only getting started.

[catchymemes]

[mobydyke]

part of the universe's inherent cruelty that all the parts of being a grownup that you idolized as a kid are both the best and worst parts of adulthood

[mobydyke]

[mobydyke]

[mobydyke]

balance in all things etc etc but this is mostly to say that whenever ur feeling rly down about how hard growing up and having responsibilities is, it's worth trying to remember that your 6 year old self would be so excited about this. you gotta let that optimistic little motherfucker have a voice in your head, even if that voice mostly tells you to buy gushers when you're in the middle of grocery shopping

[mypoorfaves]

If you're a creator and you needed to hear this today:

You have no idea how many people lurk on your work. No idea how many times people go back to revisit your work. How big they smile when they simply think about your work. How fast their heart beats, how excited they get when they see that you posted something.

People are shy with their feedback. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply shy. Other times it’s because they assume you already know how great and talented you are. Could be both.

My point is, even if you barely have any likes or reblogs, don’t get discouraged. You have a lot of silent fans, but they are still your fans. Keep on creating. Because there is always someone out there who will love what you have made.

[toastbutteregg]