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Actions and Tones are Important!

"I hate you." She said trying to frown as a smile kept appearing no matter how much she tried to stop it. I laughed in glee and amusement as I placed down my last card. I had just won for the third time in a row.

"I know, there's a long list of people so you're going to have to get in line," I said trying to keep the amusement out of my voice but like her smile it was present.

"Yeah well, I'm cutting to the front of the line! I don't understand how you keep beating me, it's not fair!" She pouted as I stuck out my tongue. My favorite part of the game was the banter during and after, we just couldn't help the smiles on our face and joy in our voices.

"Life isn't fair." I teased as I shuffled the cards for our next game, maybe this time I'll let her win.

Now, the same dialogue but with a different tone.

"I hate you." She said coldly, no emotion on her face. Her smile she used to have when she said that was gone along with the laughter the used to follow. I deserved it, but it didn't hurt any less than if I didn't.

"I know, there's a long list of people so you're going to have to get in line," I said softly, I tried my best to keep my sorrow out of my voice but it was more present than her pain.

"Yeah well, I'm cutting to the front of the line! I don't understand how you keep beating me, it's not fair!" She said getting emotional, no matter how much she tried to win, she never did. The pain in her voice made me wince, this was my least favorite part, the confrontation after the fight.

"Life isn't fair," I said sadly, and full of regret. It started with me trying to protect her but now I'm not sure what I am doing. Before I left I looked at her one more time before deciding next time I'm going to let her win.

See the difference? Don't forget about the tone and definitely don't forget about actions.

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Random Writing Tip

Always have some book surronding you at nearly all times. It helps a lot when you’re stuck and can’t think of the next sentence. Right now, for me, I have Wheel of time: The Eye of the World, Hamlet, Way of Kings, The Masked Empire, and All the Light We Cannot See around me so I can write.

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Most Important Writing Tip

Rules do not exist. Take every tip with a grain of salt because writing is not science or math; writing is art. Art is whatever you make it.

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Would you mind giving us another strange writing tip for motivation?

If you have spare change, plaster the edge of your screen with sticky notes telling you what to accomplish. Removing them without actually doing it can make you feel scummy. Put the important ones in key areas. For example, I place how much I should try to write in a day on the upper right edge of my screen where I close windows. It forces you to look at it, and gets in the way until you do it. More urgent ones, like ones pertaining to my work, I put over the power button for my tower and screen.

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Complete A Story

Literally write the story. It doesn't have to be good. It can be terrible. It's only the first draft, keep this in mind.

When we write with perfection in mind, the words won't come cause we don't always know what perfect would be. It's alright. Perfection CAN come later.

It's a lot easier to make something okay into something amazing than it is to create something amazing from scratch.

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Friendships

Friendships are as important as romantic relationships in writing. Here are some random and incomplete list of tips to writing a good friendship in your story. Friends tend to compliment each other's personality which works very well for a story. Write people who click together like a lock and key. Similar to how you should write a romantic relationship, they should be like puzzle pieces fitting together perfectly. Their traits should be similar, but not identical. They should be different in a lot of ways but when they are together, it should be a healthy balance. Friends can get away with saying what somebody else could not. We listen to our friends. When they give us advice, we tend to listen. Think about it this way. If your character was giving advice from a stranger on the street, they might not listen to it. They could possibly even react harshly if they're an aggressive character. But if a friend said the same thing, they'd probably listen or be a bit more calm. Incorporate this into the writing. Friends tend to joke around a lot. Even serious characters may find themselves with a bit of laughter around a character they deem as a true friend. Similar to romantic relationship, they should love each other. They would do anything for each other, even risk their own life or perhaps even give it up for them.

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Random writing tip:

Remember to entice panic in your victims prior to drowning them. The faster their heart is pumping the faster they run out of oxygen. Also, hot water is better because cold water slows down body processes and constricts peripheral blood vessels, leaving more blood for the brain (that's bad).

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YES THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A WRITING TIP AND NOT A MURDER TIP SHUT UP LARRY

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Random writing tip:

It is totally ok to base your characters off real people. Just remember to keep them in a sterile and secluded observation/containment cell for proper reference material because you donFUCKINGDAMMIT HE GOT OUT OF HIS ROOM HOW THE FUCK

[edit]: that sucker sure can run fast but it's ok i caught him it's all good now

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