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Words to describe someone's voice

adenoidal: if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose

appealing: an appealing look, voice etc shows that you want help, approval, or agreement

breathy: with loud breathing noises

brittle: if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry

croaky: if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat

dead: if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion

disembodied: a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see

flat: spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region.

fruity: a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way

grating: a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying

gravelly: a gravelly voice sounds low and rough

gruff: a gruff voice has a rough low sound

guttural: a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat

high-pitched: a high-pitched voice or sound is very high

hoarse: someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore

honeyed: honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice but you cannot trust the person who is speaking

husky: a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (=as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way

low adjective: a low voice or sound is quiet and difficult to hear

low adverb: in a deep voice, or with a deep sound

matter-of-fact: used about someone’s behaviour or voice

modulated: a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to

monotonous: a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower

nasal: someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose

orotund: an orotund voice is loud and clear

penetrating: a penetrating voice or sound is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable

plummy: a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class. This word shows that you dislike people who speak like this.

quietly: in a quiet voice

raucous: a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough

ringing: a ringing sound or voice is very loud and clear

rough: a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to

shrill: a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant

silvery: a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant

singsong: if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way

small: a small voice or sound is quiet

smoky: a smoky voice or smoky eyes are sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way

softly spoken: someone who is softly spoken has a quiet gentle voice

sotto voce adjective, adverb: in a very quiet voice

stentorian: a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe

strangled: a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it

strangulated: strangled

strident: a strident voice or sound is loud and unpleasant

taut: used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry

thick: if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion

thickly: with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat

thin: a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to

throaty: a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat

tight: a tight voice or expression shows that you are nervous or annoyed

toneless: a toneless voice does not express any emotion

tremulous: if something such as your voice or smile is tremulous, it is not steady, for example because you are afraid or excited

wheezy: a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing

wobbly: if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry

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Formatting your Manuscript

If you’re planning on one day turning your manuscript in to literary agents and publishing houses, you need to make sure it’s formatted correctly. In many cases, your manuscript will be skipped over if it isn’t done to industry standard, so here’s the basics that you’ll need if you don’t want to be ignored. Before I get started, please know that this is aimed specifically at fiction manuscripts. If you’re writing non-fiction or a memoir, the expectations will be different, so it would be wise to Google what you need.

The Basics

Make sure your font is 12 point Times New Roman, Courier New, or Arial. These are the only three fonts you are allowed to pick from.

Your spacing should be 1 inch on all sides of the text. This is the default on most word processors, but double check your settings just to be sure.

Your text should be double spaced.

All of your indentations must be a half inch. Do not press indent. Instead, drag over the top arrow on the ruler to have every new paragraph automatically indent.

The Title Page

The top left-hand corner of your title page will have all your personal information. They want to see your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, the novel’s genre, and word count.

Your novel’s title is allowed to be between 20-24 point font if you want. Bold is also an option, but not necessary.

The title will appear halfway down the title page.

“A novel by [your name]” will be about three quarters of the way down the page.

The Next Pages

If you have a dedication, it will be on its own page.

If you have some sort of verse or quote, those will also need their own pages.

Do not include a page for acknowledgements.

The Chapters

Chapter titles will be 12 point font. No bolding or italics.

Chapters will start from one quarter to halfway down the page.

An easy way to format chapter headings is to press enter five or six times

Make sure you always start your chapters the same way every time.

When you start a new chapter, make sure you use a page break to bump the new chapter onto a new page. This will keep it in place so that it will never budge, no matter how much you cut out or add to the previous chapter.

Page Numbers

Page numbers will start with 1 on Chapter 1 of your manuscript. Page numbers will not appear on the title page or dedication page.

Page 1 will be labeled in the footer of Chapter 1. It should be centered.

Page 2 will be in the header of the next page.

From page 2 onward, your headers will be labeled like this:

If you insert a section break after the title and dedication pages, it will make it easier to insert the page numbers.

For the most part, this is the most important of what you’ll need to know for formatting your manuscript. I used this video as reference, so I’m trusting everything it says is true because it was made by an author who has several novels published, and because it was uploaded this year, it should be up to date.

But just remember, whenever you go to turn in a manuscript, make sure you check the website of the agent or publisher you’re trying to contact. They might have specifications that differ with the ones stated in this video, and you should always do whatever you can to abide by what they want.

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Reblogging aggressively. Some publishers will throw your manuscript into the slush pile or, worse, the trash if you don’t follow their desired format. Spec fic publishers are especially strict about manuscript formatting.

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Also reblogging aggressively.

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AUs to consider

“we live in different countries and got paired up as pen pals for a project for school” au

“i crashed your family member’s wedding for the free food but hi there” au

“i’m a techie, you’re the lead actor in a show” au

“the person running the rollercoaster is really hot” au

“sorry that text was meant for someone else but hi there who are you” au

“we’re in a breakfast club style all day detention” au

“i don’t want to go alone to my ex’s wedding and our mutual friend said you’re free that night” au

“i signed up for a dating website to get my mom off my back” au

“we’re in the same rocky horror troupe” au

“hey asshole quit kicking the back of my seat it’s a 10 hour flight” au

“your dad is my least favorite teacher” au

“my significant other cheated on me with you, wanna team up to destroy them?” au

“i’ve been coming to this club for years but you’re the best performer i’ve ever seen” au

“i’m rich and i’m not supposed to talk to servants but the person that scrubs my floor is really cute” au

“i was hitchhiking and you picked me up and WHOOPS YOU’RE A FAMOUS ROCKSTAR” au

“we met on a reality show” au

“my family owns the hotel your family is staying in” au

“someone tripped me in the hallway and you’re the only one that helped me up” au

“my parents kicked me out and you’re the only person that bothered to ask the crying, obviously lost kid with a suitcase if something was the matter” au

“you accidentally left your ID in a library book” au

“i had a one night stand the night before i started a college class and WHOOPS I ACCIDENTALLY BANGED THE PROFESSOR” au

“i’m on a school trip to another country and one of the locals is seriously hot” au

“i’ve never met you before but i went to a huge party at your house with my significant other - who then proceeded to dump me” au

“you’re the cutest waiter at my favorite restaurant” au

“we didn’t come to this anime convention together but we dressed up as characters that are a couple in the show and people keep assuming we’re together and asking us to pose for pictures so hi there what’s your name” au

“you rescued me from the creepy person that was hitting on me in the bar” au

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disgustingly cute domestic scenes to imagine your otp in:

getting slightly too drunk in the middle of the afternoon and slow dancing to dumb cheesy old music and kissing in a way that’s more laughter than actual kissing, mouths clumsy and hands gripping tight and sunlight slanting over them as they move lazily together

curling up on the sofa together, feet tucked under thighs and arms around shoulders, watch the kind of crap tv that only airs at 3am because they don’t want to go to untangle themselves to go to bed

hectic mornings when they each need to be somewhere and they’re rushing around each other, ducking into bathrooms and bedrooms and kitchen cupboards, pausing to straighten tops and press kisses to cheeks

going through old photos together and collapsing into laughter every three pictures, and zooming in on ones where they’re pulling awful faces or ones that were taken at just the wrong moment

getting ready for nights out together, standing shoulder to shoulder as they brush their teeth or get their faces ready or style their hair, knocking elbows and hips as they try and hog more space

standing quietly together in the kitchen after long, exhausting days, leaning into each other for support, breathing in the smell of home, fingers carding through hair and stroking down spines, until they feel like they can relax and smile properly again

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~The Signs & Obscure Words~

Aries~ onism (n.) ~ the frustration of being stuck in just one body that inhabits only one place at a time; possessing the ability to live many unique lives, but limited to this one.

Taurus~ pauciloquent (adj.) ~ one who utters few words but offers great depths; divulging the essence of one’s thoughts without superfluous speech.

Gemini~ cosmogyral (adj.) ~ whirling around the universe; spiraling through the galaxies in a playful freefall.

Cancer~ quaintrelle (n.) ~ one who emphasizes a life of passion, expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.

Leo~ coruscate (v.) ~ to reflect brilliantly; to sparkle, glimmer, or gleam; to have a flashy or showy technique or style.

Virgo~ autocthon (n.) ~ a person indigenous to a particular region, traditionally supposed to have been born out of the earth. Hence more generally: an indigenous person; an earliest known inhabitant.

Libra~ aesthete (n.) ~ a person with a special appreciation for art, beauty, & aesthetics; who takes time to set and enjoy a particular mood.

Scorpio~ opia (n.) ~ the intensity of looking someone in the eye who is staring straight back into you, their eyes glittering and bottomless, which can leave you feeling vulnerable.

Sagittarius~ degrassé (adj.) ~ simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the universe, causing a desire for both reverence and wanderlust.

Capricorn~ sprezzatura (n.) ~ the ability to make one’s actions seem effortless, to carefully and cleverly hide suffering, to disguise one’s true desire, feeling, or meaning, either to help others or protect oneself.

Aquarius~ ambeddo (n.) ~ a melancholic trance in which you become absorbed in sensory details— clouds of cream swirling in your coffee, drops of dew on the window— reawakening awareness of the haunting, ephemeral beauty of life.

Pisces~ nefelibata (n.) ~ “cloudwalker”; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams, or one who does not obey the conventions of art, literature, or society.

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There are words that you should never - or almost never - use in writing. Disengaging sense verbs, vague modifiers, passive voice — they need to go. Don’t worry about these words as you’re writing the first draft, but when it’s time for revision, break out the red pen. It’s time to destroy your manuscript.

Adverbs: lightly, pleasantly, quietly, dumbly. There’s a better verb.

“She walked slowly towards him.” Change to: “She sauntered towards him.”

Redundancies: needless to say, screamed loudly, end result

Suddenly

Vague words: very, really, great, thing

Sense verbs: saw, felt, smelled, heard, tasted. Unless someone is telling a story to another character, avoid these words. It’s much more effective and engaging to describe it in more objective terms.

“She smelled blood, the stench thick in the air.” Change to: “The stench of blood hung thick in the air.”

You get the idea? Vague is lazy. Many words are weak. Cut it, tighten your writing, and make it better.

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if you’re not following my sister’s au account on twitter than i feel sorry for you

this is just some of what you’re missing out on

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AU prompts: masterlist of lists

Okay so if you’re anything like me you see those lists of au ideas floating around and you like them but when it comes time to write something and you need an idea you have no idea what you tagged them as or if they’re buried somewhere in your likes so….have a list of some of the ones I’ve come across! (updated with more lists on august 4th, 2015)

themed:

super long list of college aus

more college aus

super super long list divided into different themes

even more college aus

autumn aus

it’s really cold outside aus

meet-ugly

art school aus

femslash aus

they know each other but don’t know that they know each other aus

awkward first meeting aus

MORE college aus

airport related aus

fake married/dating trope

really long, sectioned au list (some random some themed)

pub aus

royal aus

assassin aus

opposites attract

roommate aus

party meet-funny aus

rivalry to romance aus

really competitive otp aus

“we’re bad at dating” aus

hot mess aus

hot mess aus pt 2

hot mess aus pt 3

hot mess aus pt 4

art major aus

business aus

some more college aus

reincarnation aus

height difference aus

neighbor aus

theater aus

commuter aus

science aus

ridiculous sentence prompts

high school aus

single parent aus

established relationship aus

fantasy aus

apartment aus

mythological creatures au

reverse fairy tales

angsty otp aus

ot3 prompts

pretend to be NOT dating/married aus

hogwarts aus

“oh god i’m so sorry” aus

bookstore aus

random:

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

twenty-one

twenty-two

twenty-three

twenty-four

twenty-five

twenty-six

twenty-seven

twenty-eight

twenty-nine

thirty

thirty-one

thirty-two

thirty-three

thirty-four

thirty-five

thirty-six

thirty-seven

thirty-eight

thirty-nine

forty

forty-one

forty-two

forty-three

forty-four

forty-five

forty-six

forty-seven

forty-eight

forty-nine

fifty

fifty-one

fifty-two

fifty-three

fifty-four

fifty-five

fifty-six

lists of one:

fire alarm

i answered your ad now we’re roommates

accidental swapped phones

au where everything is black and white until you meet your soulmate (and when they die you lose color again)

i work at a movie theater and i’m trying to clean up but you’re still here ugly crying

live in the same apt building and met via random video chat/IM

met hitchhiking in two separate cities

coffee shop universe

our flats are opposite each other and your kitchen window faces my kitchen so we always see each other making coffee at 3am

we met when I helped you move into your apartment, only you don’t remember that so now I’ve got to find the courage to introduce myself again

we got married for the college tuition because my mom secretly arranged it over the internet

two extras have to sit across from each other and converse but the fake convo turns into a real one and the director has to call cut because they’re not supposed to be the ones looking like they’re falling in love

you’re sitting in front of the only plug in this entire coffee shop and not using it. i don’t care how attractive you are, i’m sitting at your table because i need that plug

bonus: au prompt generator (well rp generator but works for aus)

okay that’s all i’ve got for now. feel free to add on any that you know of or forward them to me for the next list update! :)

(also i update this fairly regularly with more lists and fixed links so check back on the original post occasionally if you want more)

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meet-weird aus

“we catch the same bus home and i always fall asleep, but you always wake me up at my stop”

“you come into my 24hr diner at the oddest times bc of your weird job but you keep forgetting that we talk because youre always sleep deprived”

“my neighbour keeps ordering weird shit but they dont want to face the mailperson’s judgement so they keep using my address instead”

“i run the night slot on campus radio and some jackass keeps calling in to insult my music taste and request high school musical songs instead”

“escaped to the laundry room to avoid hearing my room-mates having extremely loud sex only to find you’re here doing the same thing”

“sorry i knocked you out in that bar fight last night, but i brought you to the hospital and stuck around ‘til you woke up to apologize”

“you were trash talking my favourite character in the cinemas and obviously i need to show you the light, even if i have to buy you a burger to get you to listen”

“our mutual friend dropped out of this trip at the last minute, so hi i guess we’re spending the next two weeks together”

“you forgot to remove your snarky sticky note comments in this textbook and since i got kicked out of the library for laughing too loudly, im going to reply to each and every one”

“i lost my asshole friends in this club and im kinda drunk and youre kinda gorgeous, please help me”

“since there’s only one can of energy drink left in the store, which we both need to survive the disgustingly boring lecture we just discovered we both have, how about we share it”