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This blog is to cluttered I’m making a new on just screw it. It’ll probably be a multi-muse. instead of a million side blogs and all this shit.
Fight To Survive|||Closed Verse
“That’s what you signed up for. Did you really expect there’s mall and all modern entertainment here? It can be fun, tough. Think of this as a survival party, no food, no decent music, at least there’s beer. Come on, you’re not about to give up, don’t you?”
“No, I was expected the twenty four seven mini mart would be open. And I wasn’t going to be listening to a man who was sixty five years old when the record drop ten years ago singing a about his ‘’ old lady’’,” Monty grimaced taking a sip of the hot bitter beer. “And it’s not light beer were all gonna get a beer gut.”
imnobodysson:
“That’s bullshit! No one’s allergic to pepper.” Sure maybe it made people sneeze, but sneezing was better than puking. He was adamant and almost annoyed. Maybe Monty wanted to start their lessons early. “I will fight you over it.”
“Of course people are! Peppers are vegetables, a person can be allergic to any vegetable at all. But we were’t talking about vegetables, even though i swear they’d keep everyone from getting so sick around here,” Monty pondered for a moment before looking up and quirking a brow. he wanted to laugh but he didn’t. “You want to fight me, over vegetables, while I’m holding a lit object?” he asked slowly.
techboyxmonty:
Monty looked up from the pot and rolled his eyes playfully as he stirred the pot. “You know I have done this a couple times before, right? And if you know how to make rotten fish scraps taste good, let me know. Please let me know.”
“You need spices.” He wrinkled his nose and reached for the cigarette to take a drag before handing it back. He didn’t want to think about what thinks like cayenne and paprika might do to the stench. He was almost glad they hadn’t pillaged anything of the sort lately.
Monty made a face and shook his head. Spices were a curse despite the taste. Everyone bellow decks sneezing, coughing and getting headaches from the harsh smell.
“Not worth it. Not the slightest, sneezing and headaches. Someone’s allergic to it, not at all worth it. There are few herbs worth the trouble of stealing.”
imnobodysson:
\Murphy’s eyebrows raised in interest at the offer. It was a decent deal and he’d basically get to use his shipmate as a punching bag for the next week. He gave a nod of agreement. “Deal. Just don’t ash in the soup. That’s disgusting, Monty. I hope you’re a better fighter than cook.”
Monty looked up from the pot and rolled his eyes playfully as he stirred the pot. “You know I have done this a couple times before, right? And if you know how to make rotten fish scraps taste good, let me know. Please let me know.”
Fight To Survive|||Closed Verse
There’s a raise to his eyebrow as he flicks his gaze from the fire before them to the boy speaking next to him. A small chuckle escaping his lips at the words that sound more like a complaint than an actual statement. “Why not just be happy we have beer and a roof over our heads. Not to mention we have at least some noise beside our own breathing. We can get food in the morning. Suck it up.”
“-- Okay point two and four are true but however, I’d rather hear us breathing than the sound of a guy who was seventy at the time of the song hitting the charts sing about his sex life with a woman who could very possibly be his cousin. Just saying. And back to point one, we brought wine and there’s two freezers. Why the hell are we drinking warm beer to begin with Bellamy?” Monty said picking up his book again. The he saw something dart across the room and he jumped.
“Bellamy do not move, there is a squirrel behind you.”
techboyxmonty:
Monty laughed at Murphy crinkling his nose. He hated the stench himself but he’d been bellow the deck all day cooking it so he’d long since gotten used to it. He stood up and opened up a crate and pulled out a bottle and a cigarette from his own stash. “I wanna learn how to fight,” he said lighting up.
The smoke from the cigarette mixed with the steam from the cooking and created a new brand of foul odor that Murphy couldn’t have dreamt in his worst nightmare. He didn’t know how Monty could stand it down there. “Fight, huh? Why do you want to fight? You cook, you don’t fight.”
"It's just I didn't have the same opportunities I have here with my old crew. And I always wanted to learn," he said stirring the stew wrinkling his nose and the mingling odors. He took a long drag from the cigarette. "For booze and first bowl for the next two weeks? Deal?"
“Yeah but it’s not like they can actually do things like a human, right? I mean, should I have blown up that bitch’s mainframe? What if someone else just plugs her back in?”
“Abby burnt he mainframe and memory card. Not gonna happen, bitch is vaporized. Jaha however will probably fuck up another two or three million times until Abby or Bellamy one ‘take back’ saving his ass. Wanna go get a beer?”
5 Tips for Setting Description
When it comes to describing a new setting, many great writers have hearkened it to “painting a picture,” and this is great advice. You want to inspire imagination and give the reader the cues to visualize the world you’re creating accurately. What you don’t want to do is take this advice too literally and over describe your setting in a reader-ready draft.
Bear in mind as you read these tips that these encourage succinct, economical writing. Obviously, everyone’s style is different, and some writers will include more description than others. These are simply suggestions for those who feel they’re overdoing it.
Tip #1: Avoid Overdoing It by Overdoing It
To control how much you describe your setting, you have to know it really well. So in your first draft or in a separate document/notebook, give into your instincts to over describe your setting. Write as much as you can about it. Make a map, or a floor plan, or use design simulators to visualize the space.
One reason we tend to over describe our characters’ surroundings is because we want to be clear of it ourselves. By doing this ahead of time, outside of your draft, you can go into your actual story with a clean slate, and it’s easier to only include setting details that are absolutely necessary.
Tip #2: Put On Your Character’s Shoes
Define the characters that will be present in the scene that introduces your setting for the first time. Regardless of point of view, think about what aspects of the setting these characters actually see. Imagine your are standing where your character is standing. Do they see what’s on the other side of the mountain? Do they see how messy the kitchen is when they’re in the garage? Do they see their office when they’re sitting in traffic? More than likely, no. So resist the urge to describe a setting the character can’t currently see.
There are exceptions, particularly if you’re using setting to foreshadow or present dramatic irony, but as a general rule, try to limit the settings you’re describing to the space your character is currently occupying. This doesn’t allow for exposition, so let’s move on to…
Tip #3: Start Small and Build
When it comes to complex settings like fictional countries, planets, or even complicated political structures, well-placed exposition is key. Help your reader out by feeding them details small enough for them to swallow. Before explaining Panem as a whole, Suzanne Collins worked on establishing District 12.
What you’re doing is giving your reader some time to make themselves at home. When you move to a new city, it’s common to start by navigating the areas surrounding your new home, especially areas that you will frequent often, and then branching out to the rest of the city. We remember things easiest when we build on existing knowledge. A reader will understand the governmental structure of your country easiest if they already have a city they’re familiar with to factor into that structure.
The scale of this will vary depending on your story. Sometimes you can cover small to large within a few pages and other times, you need a few chapters. Allow yourself some flexibility, but do your best to start small with your setting and add to it as a reader begins to get comfortable.
Tip #4: Be Economical
When a sentence will work, don’t use a paragraph. Use comparisons and character judgements to help with the description. “Her apartment looked just as he imagined an artist’s studio would look: small, dimly lit, and overflowing with unfinished paintings.” That sentence creates an image in your mind without describing the color of the walls, the number of windows, the state of the furniture, or where the kitchen is (and how the kitchen is maintained - save that description for when they eat or make food).
Even if you disagree with that description of an artist’s apartment, you can add your own adjectives to paint a different picture. “Her apartment looked just as he imagined an artist’s studio would look: open, industrial, and lit by waves of sunlight through every large window.” Same comparison, different picture. Using an artist’s studio in your description takes advantage of a reader’s existing knowledge and it helps you paint the picture with less words.
Tip #5: Don’t Waste a Reader’s Time
A setting is only as great as the action that occurs within it. Don’t spend time describing a setting that doesn’t house a scene where something important will eventually happen. This could be a huge, epic fight scene or a turning point for a character relationship. If you’re taking time to describe it, and a reader is taking time to read it, it better be significant.
For example, if you’ve got a character who is about to leave town on some great adventure, don’t spend an exorbitant amount of time describing her living space at the beginning of the novel. A character’s home can reveal a lot about their personality, but setting is not the only way to show character. Give the reader any details they need to understand the scene and then move on.
Murphy’s nose wrinkled only slightly at the sight of the fish guts. It wasn’t pleasant but he’d gutted enough in his day that the smell was only a minor disturbance now. He was a bit sick of the foot but it wasn’t like that was Monty’s fault.
“Yeah? What do you want for it?” he questioned. “Coin’s been a bit light but I’m sure we could find some way to barter.”
Monty laughed at Murphy crinkling his nose. He hated the stench himself but he’d been bellow the deck all day cooking it so he’d long since gotten used to it. He stood up and opened up a crate and pulled out a bottle and a cigarette from his own stash. “I wanna learn how to fight,” he said lighting up.
“Riiight,” Murphy drawled. Thinking of Jaha alone talking to his holograms still kind of freaked him out. “That probably explains why he trusted the thing so easily. I’m telling you that it’s no good though.”
“Murphy, they aren’t just videos. You got that right? Glad you unplugged that fucking thing. She, it whatever looked creepy as hell.” Monty shuddered.
Fight To Survive|||Closed Verse
“We’re drinking hot beer in a house that already reeked of cigarette smoke, we’ve got no groceries because the store was closed and the radio is only picking hottest hillbilly hits from the seventies. Real fun.”
notsoheavynly:
“By being a good kid, Xephyr.”
“Different kid, Vanie And Xeph decided to go to the street fair on main for candy or somethin’. I decided to take the ASVAB here. And it was either come here or go to Maine, bus ride was cheaper to here and I don’t have to pay for a hotel here. Told Dad, he was screaming at Aunt Dwen and probably didn’t catch it though.” Casten muttered as he finished putting up the dishes.
My Boy Builds Coffins
And I Think It’s A Shame
That When Each One’s Been Made,
He Can’t See It Again.
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My Boy Builds Coffins
And I Think It’s A Shame
That When Each One’s Been Made,
He Can’t See It Again.
Independent the 100 roleplay blog for Myles