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@whizzywrites
every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!
me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me
May I add something, because I will never shut up about this book (Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark):
Finally, some good fucking advice
So much better than the “no adverbs” advice.
Zach Roberts and Christopher Dayfield
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moRE ASSORTED THINGS
Zach really wanta a dog when they move in together. He begs, and begs, until finally, Chris gives in (although he wants an exotic, art hoe animal).
Zach has a St. Bernard in mind, and Chris flips out because 1. They’re teachers, they don’t have a huge salary, 2. Theu have a small apartment, and 3. Chris already has enough to deal with takinf care of Zach.
They settle for a smaller dog in the end, even though Zach was pouty about it. (There weren’t even any St. Bernards available to adopt at the time).
Zach just wears the most expensive clothes, and Chris always questions it because of their teacher salary. How does he even get that money?
Zach loves dresses and makeup, and all the sorts. He’s done drag a few times.
All the seniors in the school who were there since the beginning, all beg Zach and Chris to adopt them.
Chris did drugs when he was younger, but has recovered really well after having a hard time with them. Zach does them from time to time, and Chris just panics. He doesn’t want Zach to turn out as bad as he was. Chris and Zach had a big argument over it as well. Chris is just scared that Zach will be as bad as he had been. Zach doesn’t care, and is wreckless sometomes.
Even more
Zach likes to join Chris in his class whenever he’s on his planning period, instead of planning.
One trimester, Zach had homophobic kids in his class, and most of the time, he could shoot them down, but once, they actually made him have a panic attack. A kid rushed to get Chris, since he’s down the hall. Chris trusts his class alone for a small while (he has one student in ever period who is there to be the ‘back-up teacher’), and so he goes to Zach’s room. Chris yells at the boys, and takes Zach out of the room to comfort him. He kisses his forehead and strokes his hair. Zach takes a long while to recover.
Chris can shoot down asshole kids so easily, and Zach can usually do the same, but sometimes it’s hard for him.
Zach and Chris shit talk about students. Chris is mostly the one doing the ranting. He’ll ramble for long periods of times, and Zach will just listen and add on sometimes, but for the most part, he kust listens.
One day, though, Zach just comes home and cuddles up to Chris, like they do when they’re ready to shit talk, and sobs into Chris. He starts crying about the shitty freshmen who have been making rude comments toward him.
Like said before, Zach will sometimes do hardcore drugs (like fucking LSD) and Chris freaks the fuck out.
They like to spend their free nights cuddling in bed. Sometimes, though, Zach whines and clasps to Chris because he’s too tired to move from the couch.
Most of the time, they order Chinese or similar and watch a cheesy movie, but Zach loves to cook
Listen, I have so many headcanons and I’ll keep adding them randomly.
Send me Falsettos writing prompts! I want to write about falsettos again!!!
Throwback to when I wrote on here. I honestly miss it. I especially miss the Falsettos fans
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT PRO WRITING AID BEFORE?! THIS THING IS FUCKING GLORIOUS. HOLY SHIT. LOOK AT THIS.
IT GIVES YOU A WHOLE DAMN REPORT ON YOUR WRITING AND WALKS YOU THROUGH HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHY IT IS SUGGESTING CHANGES. THIS IS JUST A TINY CHUNK OF THE HUGE REPORT IT GAVE ME ON THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ONE OF MY PROJECTS. I AM IN LOVE.
AND IT WORKS WITH SCRIVENER. AND IT IS AFFORDABLE.
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!
Seriously, a couple hours with this and my first chapter is so much better. It helped me see problems I KNEW I had (passive voice, showing vs. telling, adverbs) but was having a hard time sussing out. It has made editing so much more fun and easy because now I know what the hell I’m doing and what to look for instead of stumbling around blind shouting “adverbs? adverbs?” like a town crier. I can already tell I’m getting better at seeing things without the program having to show me too.
I officially worship this thing.
it’s ProWritingAid in case anyone missed it
Does it do essays?
It does have an academic mode, yes!
Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion
Anger:
Grinding teeth
Narrowing eyes
Yelling
A burning feeling in the chest
Heavy breathing
Unjustified or justified accusations towards other characters
Jerky movements
Glaring
Violence
Stomping
Face reddening
Snapping at people
Sadness:
Lack of motivation
Messy appearance
Quiet
Slow movements
Crying
Inability to sleep
Frowning
Red eyes
Isolating oneself
Fatigue
Not concentrating
Sentence Starters
“I’ve never seen one of these completely to my taste so i decided to make my own!
ANGST
“I can’t do anything right.”
“Please don’t cry.”
“Why are you awake right now?”
“Why are you lying to me?”
“Wake up! Please wake up.”
“Forget it, you’re a fucking asshole.”
“Don’t you ever do that again!”
“Is that blood?” “…..No?”
“Please don’t lie to me again, I can’t take it.”
“Do you even still love me?”
“Nobody’s seen you in days.”
“Why are you awake?”
“I’m worried about you.”
“Can you shut up for once in your life?”
“Holding everything in doesn’t help, you know.”
“Are you hurt?” “No.” “Then why are there bruises all over your face?”
“If you don’t hug me right now I think I might fall apart.”
“Leave! Me! Alone!”
FLUFF
“Go with me?” “As long as you hold my hand.”
“Is there a reason you’re blushing like that?”
“Have you seen my hoodie?” “Nooo.” “You’re wearing it, aren’t you?”
“Have you always been this beautiful?”
“OH you’re jealous!”
“Can we stay like this forever?”
“Please just kiss me already.”
“I think you might be my soulmate.”
“Sleep over? Please?”
“Are we on a date right now?”
“I think I’m in love with you.”
“He’s so pretty I think I’m gonna faint.”
“Are you flirting with me?” “You finally noticed?”
“Am I your lockscreen?” “You weren’t supposed to see that.”
“I missed you so much.”
“Do you think the moon is jealous of how pretty you are?”
“I’m here for you.”
“I wish we could live together already.”
MISC
“All I do is drink coffee and say bad words.”
“Quit touching me, your feet are cold!”
“I think I just ripped my pants.”
“Sharing is caring, now give me the hoodie!”
“Can I pet your dog?” “Do I know you?”
“Did you seriously just get your foot stuck in a toilet?” “Maybe.”
“If I die, I’m haunting you first.”
“But I’ve never told you that before.”
“Stop being grumpy, it’s lame.”
“So, uh, I locked the keys in the car.”
“Is the cat in a onesie?” “Uh, no?
“Can we please stop running? I think I’m dying.”
“You come here often?” “Well, I work here. So I think I’d have to say ‘yes’.”
“Aren’t we supposed to be working?”
“Give me attention.”
“YOU SAID TO BE HONEST STOP HITTING ME!”
“Okay, so maybe I didn’t see that coming.”
“I’m too sober for this.” “You don’t even drink.” “Maybe I should start.”
me: okay time to jump into the action scene
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: don’t say it
me: … “SUDDENLY”
My go-to fixes for this:
but before [Character] could [verb], ACTION!
[Character] was about to [verb] when ACTION!
but no sooner had [something] than ACTION!
but just as [something boring], ACTION!
BANG!/CRASH!/BOOM! ACTION!
“Character dialogue starting some sentence about–” ACTION!
Character’s internal monologue starting some sent– ACTION!
Narrator starting some– ACTION!
… ACTION!
Why extend your readers the courtesy of a ‘suddenly’ except to vary sentence structure?
One of my go-to fixes is
“Well, what could go wrong now?” [Character] said.
As if on cue, ACTION!
things people do in real world dialogue:
• laugh at their own jokes
• don’t finish/say complete sentences
• interrupt a line of thought with a sudden new one
• say ‘uh’ between words when unsure
• accidentally blend multiple words together, and may start the sentence over again
• repeat filler words such as ‘like’ ‘literally’ ‘really’ ‘anyways’ and ‘i think’
• begin and/or end sentences with phrases such as ‘eh’ and ‘you know’, and may make those phrases into question form to get another’s input
• repeat words/phrases when in an excited state
• words fizzle out upon realizing no one is listening
• repeat themselves when others don’t understand what they’re saying, as well as to get their point across
• reply nonverbally such as hand gestures, facial expressions, random noises, movement, and even silence
Excellent sticky note for dialogue writing in fiction.
All of this. I get a lot of compliments on my dialogue and this list pretty much covers what I do (but some of it, I didn’t even realize I did, lol). I highly recommend reading your dialogue aloud (or imagining it in realtime like a movie scene) to see if it feels natural, which is what I do when editing.
TO THOSE MAKING NATIVE OCS
I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.
Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.
However, I’ve got your solution.
Native-Languages is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!
Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.
Thank you!
© (c ) copyright 1990-2011 Rebecca Sinclair
See the original HERE
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT PRO WRITING AID BEFORE?! THIS THING IS FUCKING GLORIOUS. HOLY SHIT. LOOK AT THIS.
IT GIVES YOU A WHOLE DAMN REPORT ON YOUR WRITING AND WALKS YOU THROUGH HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHY IT IS SUGGESTING CHANGES. THIS IS JUST A TINY CHUNK OF THE HUGE REPORT IT GAVE ME ON THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ONE OF MY PROJECTS. I AM IN LOVE.
AND IT WORKS WITH SCRIVENER. AND IT IS AFFORDABLE.
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!
Seriously, a couple hours with this and my first chapter is so much better. It helped me see problems I KNEW I had (passive voice, showing vs. telling, adverbs) but was having a hard time sussing out. It has made editing so much more fun and easy because now I know what the hell I’m doing and what to look for instead of stumbling around blind shouting “adverbs? adverbs?” like a town crier. I can already tell I’m getting better at seeing things without the program having to show me too.
I officially worship this thing.
it’s ProWritingAid in case anyone missed it
Does it do essays?
It does have an academic mode, yes!
So You Want To Make a Character..
I’ve got a few generators you can use.
Need some clothes?
Try Here Here or Here Definitely here Steam punk clothing Char Style preference Dress
Need an Appearance idea?
Humanoid generator? check Non-Humanoid? Got that too and this and maybe this Need Monsterpeople? I’ve got you. Maybe you need Cats?
Need some details and shit like that?
Bam Backgrounds and stuff? yep Personality. you need that shit Need something fandom related? World-building? location? got ya City generator hell yeah make your own god damn laws Oh shit someone died Landscape. CHAR DEVELOP QUESTION GEN Profile Thingy Have some dates Quirks
You thought I was done? Nope. Motha. Fuckin. Names.
So many fuckin names MOTHERLOAD OF NAMES
Plant Names Magic Book title
Just search ur ass up some names man
Items. Yeah. You heard me.
Medicine? got it Items out the ass more items wow
Other shit.
Wow Yep Plots More writing stuff This site has everything so fucking go for it Need AUs? How the shit did these two meet? Fanfic plots. you bet your ass. (tag me in the shit u write i wanna see what you get) What does it do thing (you come up with a better name for this one. fuckin fight me.
You bet your ass I will continue to update this. If you’ve got something I should add to this hmu. Now, go forth! Make characters and live yo life. UPDATE: Added more shit everywhere.
About my half-orc fighter, kinda short but I love him
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About my Dwarf cleric!
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my d&d boys backstories owo after the read more
This is just for my wizard
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My bard tiefling’s (not as in depth) backstory
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