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@thetickingofthetypewriter
Please if you’re writing any piece of media, don’t have characters be like “he grew up without a father figure, i need him to have a guy to look up to” Masculinity(TM) isn’t something that every boy needs to achieve and can only achieve by growing up with a father and boys without father figures didn’t necessarily have an imperfect childhood in this essay i will
introducing characters
you do not need to describe your character’s every physical feature or piece of clothing. rather go for:
do they stand with confidence? alertness? what’s their posture?
the way they look out of their eyes
their most interesting physical feature
show what the narrator thinks of them
how done are they with everyone else in the room right now?
dark circles under their eyes? mouth turned downward slightly? “wtf” wrinkles on their forehead?
if they have a companion, how comfortable are they with the companion? are they watching eachother at all times? how close do they stand to eachother?
what’s their laugh sound like? I’m not asking about chimes of bells or whatever cliche nonsense. Is it a short, mocking “hah”, a suppressed snort, a loud, genuine sound ringing through the space? Do they just smile and blow air from their nose really hard?
It’s not that said is dead. Dialogue tags are dead. Consider:
“Where is Lucie?” Matt asked, turning to Betul.
“Oh, she’s feeding the pink goose. You know, Alex’ pink goose?” Betul responded.
“Yeah. What’s she feeding the goose?” Matt wondered.
“Alex’ crushed skull,” Betul said.
“Huh,” Matt responded.
“Well, that’s Lucie for you,” Betul said.
And:
“Where is Lucie?” Matt asked, turning to Betul.
“Oh, she’s feeding the pink goose. You know, Alex’ pink goose?” Betul responded.
“Yeah. What’s she feeding the goose?”
“Alex’ crushed skull.”
“Huh.”
“Well, that’s Lucie for you.”
It’s a relatively short exchange between two people. There is no need for clarification regarding the speaker after every sentence, because your readers can pick that up from context.
ways to have your character smell like, people don’t actually smell like fire and brimstone all the time
nail polish remover
really really old books. You know what I mean.
petrichol- the scent of after a rainy day
the smell equivalent of a cat’s eyes: piercing, inhuman, a little unsettling
paint
cool fantasy names with cool meanings
Aubade- a song greeting the dawn
Clinque- derived from clinquant, meaning tinsel-like or glittering
Reda- derived from redamancy, the act of requiting love
Nepenthe- what makes you forget grief and pain