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About Me!

Nickname: Mazey

Birthday: March 7th // Pisces

Favorite Color: Purple and silver

Favorite food: Um, lately Hi-Chew even though it's not a food

Favorite Song: This one. It's always in my head.

Fandoms: Kpop, Anime, Vocaloid, Supernatural, and all sorts of random stuff (ask me specifics if you're curious! 🥰)

I'll probably be adding more but this is a good start! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

#i talk too much #blog still not done yet #i need more ideas help #about me

avi-why

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

quarter0master

May I add something, because I will never shut up about this book (Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark):

jackironsides

Finally, some good fucking advice

x-write-z

THIS. CHANGES. EVERYTHING.

nanbookinsp

[ID: Text highlighted in yellow reading, “To understand the difference between a good adverb and a bad adverb, consider these two sentences: ‘She smiled happily’ and ‘She smiled sadly.’ Which one works best? The first seems weak because ‘smiled’ contains the meaning of ‘happily.’ On the other hand, ‘sadly’ changes the meaning.

Remember the song ‘Killing Me Softly’? Good adverb. How about ‘Killing Me Fiercely’? Bad adverb.

Look also for weak verb-adverb combinations that you can revise with stronger verbs: ‘She went quickly down the stairs’ can become ‘She dashed down the stairs.’ ‘He listened surreptitiously’ can become ‘He eavesdropped.’ Give yourself a choice.” /End ID]

electronswrites

*bangs my pots and pans together again* Some adverbs are good!

ratsetflummi

“give yourself a choice” is some of the better writing advice i’ve heard. don‘t just rigidly follow the rules someone else has made for you. look at your options and choose what works best in your situation

#writer tips

Visiting Cai’s Family (December X1476)

Mazey shivered under the layers of blankets and sweaters, rubbing her palms together under her mittens to stimulate some sort of heat. She snuggled deeper into Cai’s right side, desperate to steal even some of his warmth. She suddenly wished he would’ve taught her some fire spells before this trip.

Cai, however, seemed completely content with the frigid weather. He wasn’t wearing a hat or mittens, much less a scarf like herself. He looked down to his fiancée, chuckling as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. “Are you cold, hon?”

She nodded her head. She wasn’t even sure if she could speak with her numbed lips and chattering teeth.

“You’re so cute,” Cai mumbled to himself, wrapping the blanket tighter around her. “We’re almost there anyways. I’m sure Ema will have the fire roaring and some hot chocolate for you.”

The sled bounced around for a while longer, the occasional huff of one of the reindeer sounding as the driver urged them forward. “Woah, woah,” The driver sounded at last. It was one of the first things he’d said the entire trip, probably due to the language barrier, and the command wasn't even directed at them. The reindeer slowed and the driver looked back at the couple without saying anything, although his gaze urged them to leave.

Cai stood up, the blanket dropping from around his waist and pooling on the wooden floor of the sleigh. He went to the back of the sled and jumped off, holding his arms out for Mazey.

She stood up and hastily wrapped Cai’s blanket around herself, frantically searching for any house in sight. “He wants us to get off here?”

Cai chuckled again, resituating the backpack on his shoulders. “My house isn’t far from here. The path is too narrow this time of year to get there by sled.”

She trudged to the back of the sled, tugging the blanket around her tighter. He held her slim waist firmly as he lifted her off the sled with ease. Cai walked around to the front of the sled, handing the man something wrapped in brown paper with a green ribbon, saying something she couldn’t understand. The man nodded his head and cracked the whip on the reindeer's backs, the sleigh beginning to glide through the white powder once again. “Mangé tak!” Cai called in Ukian, Mazey recognizing his words as “Thank you,”

The nearly set sun gave the forest a blue Twilight haze as Cai led them down a narrow path, seemingly going nowhere. He held her hand tightly as he brushed evergreen branches out of their way, Mazey dragging her winter boots along behind him through the deep snow.

After walking for what felt like hours in the plummeting temperatures, Cai brushed one last branch out of their way to reveal a building. The cabin was small, at least much smaller than their home. On the left side of the house was a front porch with two rocking chairs seated upon it. The front door was to the right of the chairs, decorated with a wreath and what appeared to be mistletoe in the arch of the door. A Christmas tree was centered in the window on the porch, wrapped with popcorn and cranberries, the lights twinkling.

To the right of the front porch was a room with a thick stone chimney, smoke pouring out the top and joining the stars in the night sky. A few candles were centered in the large frosted windows, decorated with garlands of pine needles.

Cai sighed, looking over his childhood home before turning to Mazey, admiring her rosy cheeks and frozen lips as she stared in childlike wonder at the house. He took a few steps forward, breaking his fiancée out of the daze as he trudged through the snow to the front door. He kicked his boots off on the rug and raised his hand to the door. Before he could knock, the door swung open violently.

A woman jumped out and wrapped her arms around his neck with surprising force. Cai stood there for a moment in surprise before wrapping his arms around the woman’s waist. She mumbled something in Ukian before pulling away and exchanging a few more words Mazey couldn’t understand. The woman was nearly as tall as Cai with his same green eyes. The short and messy braid of her hair was thrown over her shoulder, a shade of deep mahogany. She wore a basil green skirt with a white over-the-shoulder apron, dark laced boots, and a knitted black sweater. Cai and the woman laughed, breaking Mazey out of her observation.

The woman turned to her, smiling at her before pulling her into a hug as well. It was at this moment that Mazey began to panic; she had never met Cai’s family in person. The only communication she’d had with them was the occasional letter that Cai had to translate.

The woman, who she assumed to be Cai’s mother, pulled away and gripped Mazey’s shoulders firmly as she examined her face. Her sparrow brown eyes, her rosy cheeks, long lashes littered with snowflakes.

“Welcome home,” A deep rumbling voice sounded from the doorway, stumbling over the Rurik accent.

She looked over Cai’s mothers’s shoulder, trying to discover the source of the voice. A man stood in the doorway, his long gray beard littered with twigs and sawdust. He wore a knitted green sweater with brown pants, his feet barely covered by the holes in his white socks. His shoulder-length gray hair was tied back into a messy ponytail but a few strands blew astray into his gentle green eyes.

“Otak!” Cai hugged the man tightly, patting him on the shoulder before pulling away.

Cai’s father smiled warmly at Mazey, stepping away from the doorway and inviting them to come inside.

#mazeywrites #violetsnow #mazey #cai #mazeyshortell #cailyan #original character #original story

writing-chan

**Trigger Warning: mentions of depression, self-harm, and suicide**

Author’s Note: Hello! This is one of my first bits of writing I’m confident enough to post. There is a kpop boy in this (V/Kim Taehyung from BTS) but I hope you enjoy it even if you aren’t a kpop fan. As for the warning I mentioned above, I really hope that those of you struggling with any of those things will get better. Just stay strong! 💜💜💜💜

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Shaking, crying, numbness.

That’s all you felt. You decided it was the last thing you would feel. You had given up hope completely, discarding every thought that he’d come and save you. You accepted it was your last moments.

You were suddenly flooded with regrets, things you wished you would have said or done. You wished you would have told him how much you loved him at every chance you’d gotten. You wished you would have kissed him goodbye this morning before you found yourself here.

You just couldn’t do it anymore. You needed to feel something–anything.

Taehyung knew you were depressed and he did his best to be there for you, but his busy schedule didn’t always agree. He told you he’d cuddle you when he got home, but you just couldn’t wait that long. You tried not to be clingy and needy but your depression always got the better of you. Eventually, it just turned to you lying to him.

He always sent you cute texts throughout the day, asking how you were and what you wanted for dinner, even plans for the weekend. But all your sweet replies were lies. And the worst part was that Taehyung had no idea.

He thought you were getting better. He thought he’d come home every day to find you humming in the kitchen, dinner almost finished. He thought he’d get to hug you all night long for the rest of his life. You were the one he wanted–the only one he wanted. He thought you’d grow old together and have beautiful and talented children, “all of their best traits from you,” he said.

And you tried your best to create that illusion for him. You didn’t want to see him hurt by coming home to you curled up in bed with tear-stained cheeks. So you put on your best mask while you broke down inside.

His boxy smile was the only thing that made you feel something, even if it was just a small sensation in your heart. But you loved it, nonetheless. You wished you could see the smile on his face every day for eternity. You knew that fantasy was impossible in your state. You were broken, tearing yourself apart day by day.

You sat on the bathroom floor, leaning against the bathtub. You looked down at your exposed stomach and the tears blurred your vision. This wasn’t the first time you had cut there. You’d done everything you could to hide your scars, but Taehyung caught on and told you to stop. He even took your tools. But that hadn’t stopped you. You’d bought new ones and began cutting on more hidden areas and showed less and less skin to him as the days went by. He hadn’t caught you yet, and he wouldn’t because he was already too late.

You brought the blade down, dragging it across your skin once more. You didn’t wince or scream. You felt nothing. You felt so empty when he wasn’t with you. You hated being alone, but you hated being a burden to him even more.

“I-I’m sorry…” You choked out through shaky breaths. “T-Taehyung,”

writing-chan

Another one I wrote at 14! I was so productive back then, what happened?

#mazeywrites #bts taehyung #bts v

writing-chan

It was coming. I could see it all; every little detail. The way it glistened from the sunlight seeping through the stained glass windows, the blue satin pillow it sat upon, and especially the way it mocked me; my brother’s crown.

The hall of officials and other royalty seemed fake and out of place. The way they smiled too much, the way they stared at me. How could they not see it? How could they not see the fear in my eyes or the way my mouth whispered no over and over again? Could they not see him standing right in front of me?

“Pay attention!” Adalee hissed, nudging my arm with her elbow.

He was standing right there. His shoulder very obviously out of it’s socket, the bloody cut under his left eye, and the way his clothes fit him too loosely. Did she not see him either?

It was supposed to be me. I should have taken his place that day in the casket. I should be the one buried six feet under beside our father. He was the favorite son, the favorite prince. He was supposed to become king. He was supposed to be the best king of the century, according to the villagers. But it all ended too soon. He was only sixteen. He didn’t deserve this.

I imagined what it felt like to be him in those last few moments. The searing pain he must have felt when the blade slid through his stomach. The way his knees buckled and a single tear slipped from his eye. What was he thinking? Was he afraid? I couldn’t help but to wonder.

And then he looked at me with pleading eyes. “Cas…” He muttered with his last breath, his eyes glossing over.

writing-chan

I completely forgot about this short that I wrote when I was like 14. Crazy how fast time flies

#mazeywrites

naity-sama

Some words to use when writing things:

winking

clenching

pulsing

fluttering

contracting

twitching

sucking

quivering

pulsating

throbbing

beating

thumping

thudding

pounding

humming

palpitate

vibrate

grinding

crushing

hammering

lashing

knocking

driving

thrusting

pushing

force

injecting

filling

dilate

stretching

lingering

expanding

bouncing

reaming

elongate

enlarge

unfolding

yielding

sternly

firmly

tightly

harshly

thoroughly

consistently

precision

accuracy

carefully

demanding

strictly

restriction

meticulously

scrupulously

rigorously

rim

edge

lip

circle

band

encircling

enclosing

surrounding

piercing

curl

lock

twist

coil

spiral

whorl

dip

wet

soak

madly

wildly

noisily

rowdily

rambunctiously

decadent

degenerate

immoral

indulgent

take

invite

nook

indentation

niche

depression

indent

depress

delay

tossing

writhing

flailing

squirming

rolling

wriggling

wiggling

thrashing

struggling

grappling

striving

straining

littlestsecret

Appetite - craving, demand, gluttony, greed, hunger, inclination, insatiable, longing, lust, passion, ravenousness, relish, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, ardor, dedication, desire, devotion, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, horny, intensity, keenness, wholeheartedness, zeal

Arouse - agitate, awaken, electrify, enliven, excite, entice, foment, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, provoke, rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, thrill, waken, warm, whet, attract, charm, coax, fire up, fuel, heat up, lure, produce, stir up, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrum, torment, wind up, work up

Assault - attack, advancing, aggressive, assailing, charging, incursion, inundated, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, overwhelmed, ruinous, tempestuous, strike, violation, ambush, assail, barrage, bombard, bombardment, crackdown, wound Beautiful - admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, bewitching, charming, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, exquisite, fascinating, gorgeous, graceful, grand, magnificent, marvelous, pleasing, radiant, ravishing, resplendent, splendid, stunning, sublime, attractive, beguiling, captivating, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, eye-catching, fetching, fine, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, inviting, lovely, mesmeric, mesmerizing, pretty, rakish, refined, striking, tantalizing, tempting Brutal - atrocious, barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, cruel, feral, ferocious, hard, harsh, heartless, inhuman, merciless, murderous, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, terrible, unmerciful, vicious, bestial, brute, brutish, cold-blooded, fierce, gory, nasty, rancorous, sadistic, uncompromising, unfeeling, unforgiving, unpitying, violent, wild Burly – able-bodied, athletic, beefy, big, brawny, broad-shouldered, bulky, dense, enormous, great, hard, hardy, hearty, heavily built, heavy, hefty, huge, husky, immense, large, massive, muscular, mighty, outsized, oversized, powerful, powerfully built, prodigious, robust, solid, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, strongly built, sturdy, thick, thickset, tough, well-built, well-developed Carnal - animalistic, bodily, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, , coarse, crude, dirty, raunchy, rough, unclean Dangerous - alarming, critical, fatal, formidable, impending, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, precarious, pressing, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, urgent, vulnerable, wicked, acute, damaging, deadly, death-defying, deathly, destructive, detrimental, explosive, grave, harmful, hazardous, injurious, lethal, life-threatening, noxious, poisonous, risky, severe, terrifying, toxic, unsafe, unstable, venomous Dark - atrocious, corrupt, forbidding, foul, infernal, midnight, morbid, ominous, sinful, sinister, somber, threatening, twilight, vile, wicked, abject, alarming, appalling, baleful, bizarre, bleak, bloodcurdling, boding evil, chilling, cold, condemned, creepy, damned, daunting, demented, desolate, dire, dismal, disturbing, doomed, dour, dread, dreary, dusk, eerie, fear, fearsome, frightening, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, gloom, gloomy, grave, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, haunted, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horror, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inhospitable, looming, lost, macabre, malice, malignant, menacing, murky, mysterious, night, panic, pessimistic, petrifying, scary, shadows, shadowy, shade, shady, shocking, soul-destroying, sour, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, strange, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unlucky, unnatural, unnerving, weird, wretched Delicious - enticing, exquisite, luscious, lush, rich, savory, sweet, tasty, tempting, appetizing, delectable, flavorsome, full of flavor, juicy, lip-smacking, mouth-watering, piquant, relish, ripe, salty, spicy, scrummy, scrumptious, succulent, tangy, tart, tasty, yummy, zesty Ecstasy - delectation, delirium, elation, euphoria, fervor, frenzy, joy, rapture, transport, bliss, excitement, happiness, heaven, high, paradise, rhapsody, thrill, blissful, delighted, elated, extremely happy, in raptures (of delight), in seventh heaven, jubilant, on cloud nine, overexcited, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled Ecstatic - delirious, enraptured, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, joyous, transported, wild Erotic - amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, carnal, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, hot, impassioned, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous, tantalizing Gasp - catch of breath, choke, gulp, heave, inhale, pant, puff, snort, wheeze, huff, rasp, sharp intake of air, short of breath, struggle for breath, swallow, winded Heated - ardent, avid, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, scalding, scorched, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, ablaze, aflame, all-consuming, blazing, blistering, burning, crazed, explosive, febrile, feverish, fired up, flaming, flushed, frantic, hot, hot-blooded, impatient, incensed, maddening, obsessed, possessed, randy, searing, sizzling, smoldering, sweltering, torrid, turbulent, volatile, worked up, zealous Hunger - appetite, ache, craving, gluttony, greed, longing, lust, mania, mouth-watering, ravenous, voracious, want, yearning, thirst Hungry - avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, eager, greedy, hungered, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unsatisfied, voracious, avaricious, desirous, famished, grasping, insatiable, keen, longing, predatory, ravening, starving, thirsty, wanting Intense - forceful, severe, passionate, acute, agonizing, ardent, anxious, biting, bitter, burning, close, consuming, cutting, deep, eager, earnest, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, great, harsh, impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, severe, sharp, strong, vehement, violent, vivid, vigorous Liquid - damp, cream, creamy, dripping, ichorous, juicy, moist, luscious, melted, moist, pulpy, sappy, soaking, solvent, sopping, succulent, viscous, wet / aqueous, broth, elixir, extract, flux, juice, liquor, nectar, sap, sauce, secretion, solution, vitae, awash, moisture, boggy, dewy, drenched, drip, drop, droplet, drowning, flood, flooded, flowing, fountain, jewel, leaky, milky, overflowing, saturated, slick, slippery, soaked, sodden, soggy, stream, swamp, tear, teardrop, torrent, waterlogged, watery, weeping Lithe - agile, lean, pliant, slight, spare, sinewy, slender, supple, deft, fit, flexible, lanky, leggy, limber, lissom, lissome, nimble, sinuous, skinny, sleek, slender, slim, svelte, trim, thin, willowy, wiry Moan - beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sob, wail, whine, bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, mewl Moving - (exciting,) affecting, effective arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, fecund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, significant, stimulating, simulative, stirring, stunning, touching, awe-inspiring, energizing, exhilarating, fascinating, heart pounding, heart stopping, inspiring, riveting, thrilling Need - compulsion, demand, desperate, devoir, extremity, impatient longing, must, urge, urgency / desire, appetite, avid, burn, craving, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, insatiable, longing, lust, taste, thirst, voracious, want, yearning, ache, addiction, aspiration, desire, fever, fixation, hankering, hope, impulse, inclination, infatuation, itch, obsession, passion, pining, wish, yen Pain - ache, afflict, affliction, agony, agonize, anguish, bite, burn, chafe, distress, fever, grief, hurt, inflame, laceration, misery, pang, punish, sting, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe, torment, torture, smart Painful - aching, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, dire, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, inflamed, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, angry, bleeding, bloody, bruised, cutting, hurting, injured, irritated, prickly, skinned, smarting, sore, stinging, unbearable, uncomfortable, upsetting, wounded Perverted - aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, defiling, depraved, deviant, monstrous, tainted, twisted, vicious, warped, wicked, abhorrent, base, decadent, degenerate, degrading, dirty, disgusting, dissipated, dissolute, distasteful, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, indecent, indulgent, licentious, nasty, profligate, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shameless, sickening, sinful, smutty, sordid, unscrupulous, vile Pleasurable - charming, gratifying, luscious, satisfying, savory, agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, succulent Pleasure - bliss, delight, gluttony, gratification, relish, satisfaction, thrill, adventure, amusement, buzz, contentment, delight, desire, ecstasy, enjoyment, excitement, fun, happiness, harmony, heaven, joy, kick, liking, paradise, seventh heaven Rapacious- avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, predatory, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious, aggressive, gluttonous, grasping, insatiable, marauding, plundering Rapture - bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, glory, gratification, passion, pleasure, floating, unbridled joy Rigid - adamant, austere, definite, determined, exact, firm, hard, rigorous, solid, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, concrete, fixed, harsh, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, resolved, severe, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, strict, stubborn, taut, tense, tight, tough, unbending, unchangeable, unwavering Sudden - abrupt, accelerated, acute, fast, flashing, fleeting, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, quick, quickening, rapid, rash, rushing, swift, brash, brisk, brusque, instant, instantaneous, out of the blue, reckless, rushed, sharp, spontaneous, urgent, without warning Thrust - (forward) advance, drive, forge, impetus, impulsion, lunge, momentum, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, power, proceed, progress, propel (push hard) assail, assault, attack, bear down, buck, drive, force, heave, impale, impel, jab, lunge, plunge, press, pound, prod, ram, shove, stab, transfix, urge, bang, burrow, cram, gouge, jam, pierce, punch, slam, spear, spike, stick Thunder-struck - amazed, astonished, aghast, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dazed, dazed, dismayed, overwhelmed, shocked, staggered, startled, stunned, gob-smacked, bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, horrified, incredulous, surprised, taken aback Torment - agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, punishment, suffering, afflict, angst, conflict, distress, grief, heartache, misfortune, nightmare, persecute, plague, sorrow, strife, tease, test, trial, tribulation, torture, turmoil, vex, woe Touch - (physical) - blow, brush, caress, collide, come together, contact, converge, crash, cuddle, embrace, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, glide, graze, grope, handle, hit, hug, impact, join, junction, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, nudge, palm, partake, pat, paw, peck, pet, pinch, probe, push, reach, rub, scratch, skim, slide, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touching, toy, bite, bump, burrow, buss, bury, circle, claw, clean, clutch, cover, creep, crush, cup, curl, delve, dig, drag, draw, ease, edge, fiddle with, flick, flit, fumble, grind, grip, grub, hold, huddle, knead, lap, lave, lay a hand on, maneuver, manhandle, mash, mold, muzzle, neck, nestle, nibble, nip, nuzzle, outline, play, polish, press, pull, rasp, ravish, ream, rim, run, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scrub, shave, shift, shunt, skate, slip, slither, smack, snake, snuggle, soothe, spank, splay, spread, squeeze, stretch, swipe, tangle, tease, thump, tongue, trace, trail, tunnel twiddle, twirl, twist, tug, work, wrap (mental) - communicate, examine, inspect, perception, scrutinize Wet - bathe, bleed, burst, cascade, course, cover, cream, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, dribble, drip, drizzle, drool, drop, drown, dunk, erupt, flood, flow, gush, immerse, issue, jet, leach, leak, moisten, ooze, overflow, permeate, plunge, pour, rain, rinse, run, salivate, saturate, secrete, seep, shower, shoot, slaver, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, spill, soak, souse, spew, spit, splash, splatter, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, steep, stream, submerge, surge, swab, swamp, swill, swim, trickle, wash, water Wicked - abominable, amoral, atrocious, awful, base, barbarous, dangerous, debased, depraved, distressing, dreadful, evil, fearful, fiendish, fierce, foul, heartless, hazardous, heinous, immoral, indecent, intense, mean, nasty, naughty, nefarious, offensive, profane, scandalous, severe, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, bad, criminal, cruel, deplorable, despicable, devious, ill-intentioned, impious, impish, iniquitous, irreverent, loathsome, Machiavellian, mad, malevolent, malicious, merciless, mischievous, monstrous, perverse, ruthless, spiteful, uncaring, unkind, unscrupulous, vindictive, virulent, wretched Writhe - agonize, bend, jerk, recoil, lurch, plunge, slither, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wriggle, angle, arc, bow, buck, coil, contort, convulse, curl, curve, fidget, fight, flex, go into spasm, grind, heave, jiggle, jolt, kick, rear, reel, ripple, resist, roll, lash, lash out, screw up, shake, shift, slide, spasm, stir, strain, stretch, surge, swell, swivel, thrust, turn violently, tussle, twitch, undulate, warp, worm, wrench, wrestle, yank

aghostnotaguardian-archive

//MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS - HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF FINDING THAT RIGHT WORD!!!!!

shades-of-orange

I’ve reblogged it before, and I’ll reblog it again

#writer tips

I forgot

I forgot to put this on the previous update but I will be updating character profiles as soon as I get them out. I have the character in my mind but I’m not really sure how to describe their personalities in words. I also have a give a brief rundown of the actual Crystalline story and another quick summary of the events on my universe. If I make this confusing I am so sorry

#mazeyupdate #violetsnow #mazey #cai

Hello!

So, it’s me again I know it’s been a really long time since I’ve posted anything but I just wanted to say yes, I am alive.

Anyways I just wanted to give a quick backstory on a story/project I’ve been working on for about 4 years now. Currently I am homeschooled (just finished 9th grade) and I met a some friends in middle school who I developed this story with.

Currently, I am not friends with them anymore (drama went down, not really important to this) but I still wanted to post some of the shorts of my OC character. A little backstory on this is it was originally my friends Jessie and Hailey who came up with this whole ordeal (they’re amazing writers and creators) and I eventually was invited to join. And that is where I came up with my protagonist, Mazelyn (Mazey) Shortell. I was in 5-6th grade at the time.

Eventually our friend group grew by a few people and we all had made protagonist characters all connecting into one huge story. We named this story Crystalline after the guild they were all apart of. Jessie created Sky, Hailey made the twins Wren and Silver, Nikki made the assassin Sillow (I honestly can’t remember if that’s his name right now), Mariah made the cat-hybrid Moaca, and Kaiden made Lucien. (Note: The only person I’m friends with to this day is Nikki and she’s my bff. I still talk with Jessie once in a while but not often)

Anyhow, along with this whole story we created separate stories for each character to tie into. Like I wrote Mazey’s story (Jessie, Hailey, Kaiden and I were really the only ones who wrote like whole backstories and things, the others just kinda had a character we used in our stories). But there’s honestly so many different versions of her story I wouldn’t even know which one to post.

After I lost contact/stopped being friends I felt kind of... wrong to use their characters in my story because they were theirs to own. I shouldn’t have a say on who does this or anything like that. Therefore some of the stories are written in an alternative universe where it’s only MY story. No “Crystalline” characters, JUST Mazey and the bazillion characters I made along with her story.

Another thing I should probably bring up is the fact that most of this was written while I was 12-13 years old. There’s a few works that are recent (mostly from the alternative universe). I will be posting a few that include the Crystalline characters but they’re only briefly mentioned, not heavily invested in the story line.

Um... I still haven’t actually decided if I’m going to post them or not but maybe I’ll like introduce my characters first? I’ll probably do that in another post tho.... Anyways just wanted a little update. Thank you~~ ^-^

#mazeyupdate #what happened to my motivation #mazey #cai #mazeyshortell #cailyan #violetsnow

theclonewriter-blog

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

onewordtest

“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.

joehywheelah

“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”

tenoko1

“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”

cj-amused

Things I didn’t know

prismatic-bell

“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”

jawnwats-deactivated20160713

You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.

notesoftruth

Okay, but someone please explain question marks when followed by a dialogue tag. How do?

flootzavut

“The speech tag is still part of the previous sentence,” she explained, ‘so it isn’t capitalised.“

“What do you mean?” he asked. “But there’s a full stop as part of the question mark!”

She nodded gravely. “I know!” she said. “A lot of people find this confusing. But the speech tag belongs to the line of dialogue, it’s still part of the sentence, so it’s wrong to capitalise it.”

She reblogged the post again, because she had recently read far too many potentially enjoyable stories marred by poor dialogue punctuation.

dechart

I’ve only seen this post in screenshots till now..

eddiestarchild

NOICE. Can’t wait to use this

magpiefngrl

“There are two more ways"—she pointed to the blackboard—“to punctuate interruptions. One is with the em dashes outside the quotations marks to indicate continuous speech. The action occurs at the same time as speech. The other—” she sipped from a glass of water “—is em dashes within the quotation marks to indicate interrupted speech.”

#writer tips #y'all are so helpful

darklesmylove

me: *gets ready to write, brews tea, gets a fuzzy blanket, is super comfy and has a perfect quiet space to get work done, has tons of free time with nothing to do*

three hours later: