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a severe thunderstorm warning that doesnt follow through is worse than orgasm denial

imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.

for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.

jauntylittlefrillyboy

turtlestampede

adding to this. the probabilistic framing is great but there’s another layer: fiction is working under serious time and space constraints. grief in real life might look like eating cereal at 11pm and forgetting to answer texts for a week. you don’t always have a week. so characters end up doing things that are statistically rare but emotionally efficient, and that’s not bad writing, that’s compression. the name-dropping dialogue thing is still a crutch though, because it’s not compressing anything, it’s just substituting for actual voice work. heightened behavior = often necessary. heightened language = usually lazy.

#writing

entnoot

Been thinking a lot about The Hunger Games again recently so here’s a Katniss 🏹

#thg #fanart

blankfaerie

LISA GARLAND Silent Hill (1999)

#silent hill #vg #gifs

freakoutgirl

This is how June is going to feel

freakoutgirl

ngl June has ended up feeling more like this

maxxie-or-smth

goddddd and i just UGH but also UGHHHHH and aughhhh.... oughhhhhhhhh...... ACK !!! and.... aghhhhhhhh. ughhhhh ! UGH !!!!! and i can't even because AGHHHHHHH. UGHHH

energyprison

Having a job is an awesome way to stay hydrated because you get so bored you start drinking water just for a little excitement

what-even-is-thiss

The upside to the adhd forgetting that you made yourself a drink thing is thinking to yourself “man I could go for a drink right now” and looking to your right and seeing a drink has appeared there. Thank you, past me. I lost you somewhere but you have still provided.

misscrazyfangirl321

Being an adult will have you unironically craving a vegetable

romancenjoyer

i’m doing really well for someone who goes through the five stages of grief every day

lobstabear

To my 25 - 35 year olds, you've reached the age where people around you are starting to give up on themselves because they think it's too late. Don't let that energy rub off on you. It's not too late.