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2026/01/22
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real conversation from the manga
I think I can say my goodbyes now I’ve made the funniest joke possible
"vicious people can't resist hurting others, even when it goes against their own interests"
So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I'm going to try it.
I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your "show not tell" advice explained!
Editor here.
First, let me preface this with something very important: you can treat all of this advice as SECOND-DRAFT ADVICE. It is so much easier to rewrite this kind of stuff once you have words on the page. Telling yourself the first draft is totally appropriate and acceptable.
What we’re talking about here are FILTER WORDS (and to some degree verbs of being). Yes, “thought” words are included. But so are “heard, saw, looked, tasted, smelled” etc.—most words having to do with the senses.
This isn’t black and white advice; sometimes you’ll use these words and that’s okay. They’re not WRONG. They’re just weaker. And they’re weaker because they create distance between the reader and the experience of the character.*
If you want your reader to feel like they’re experiencing the story right alongside the character, you want to cut down on filter words.
*This is particularly important with first person and close third POVs. The reader always knows whose eyes they’re seeing through and thoughts they’re privy to. So you don’t need to tell them “I saw X.” Or “I heard X.” Or “I thought Y.” You can just jump into the action/observation as it’s happening.
This is also where you want to pay attention to verbs of being.
“It was rainy.” Versus: “The rain pounded against the roof.” Or “The rain howled like an injured animal.” Or “The rain tapped against the window like an anxious lover.” All of these are inviting the reader deeper into the experience of the story by using stronger verbs and similes. And, at the same time, they stir feelings (instead of TELLING feelings). And feelings keep your reader engaged. Engaged readers keep turning pages; engaged readers become FANS.
This is also where
you want to pay attention
to verbs of being.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I'm going to try it.
reblogging this ONLY so i can delete my og post and STOP getting notifications about it. R.I.P. my inbox, good lord
a couple snippets from a presentation i gave at school this past week on storyboarding!!
‼️DISCLAIMER: I am still a student and have only worked on student and indie projects! This is just stuff that I personally find helpful as an amateur, so feel free to take it with a grain of salt!
Happy boarding, friends! ✍️💕
If you are currently sitting or laying down this moment ask yourself if you are resting or rotting. Change your behavior accordingly
There is no romance in decay when the decaying is easy
You are naught but pawns in my game
I hope some of y'all take this as a sign to rest intentionally too.
if you're "resting" but thinking of all the things you have to do, that's not resting, that's rotting. Even if you haven't done anything all day, give yourself some time to rest and truly relax. When you let yourself relax guilt free, you actually regain energy for your responsibilities.
non drinkers who want to write about booze to seem tough, we really need to talk, at length and about a great many things, but first of all: containers.
Distilled liquor in the US comes in 3-5 basic sizes, depending on where you're shopping and the brand. In order of decreasing volume, they are:
A handle. 1.5L or 1.75L depending on brand. The handle gets its name because it's a big fucking jug of booze that frequently has, you guessed it, a handle for ease of carrying and pouring. This next part is important so pay attention: your character is not going to drink directly out of a handle, no matter what kind of hard boiled badass they are. It's just too big and fucking awkward, for one thing, and for another they all have these little pour-control doohickeys in the neck to keep you from accidentally sloshing half your booze out on the first pour. It would be like drinking coffee directly out of the pot or something: yes, possible, but you're going to want to have some kind of weird reason for it to be happening. It's not normal drinking behavior and it's not even normal problem drinking behavior. Characters from Thor comics are allowed to drink straight from a handle, they must use two hands to do it, and they must gripe about the pour spout thingy and engage in shenanigans while trying to pry it out.
A fifth. 750ml. This is a regular sized bottle and the most common. It's called a fifth because it's roughly 1/5 of a gallon, and since booze is one of like 3 things in the US that we measure in metric, we had to get an imperial measurement reference in there somewhere. This guy is the one you're going to have a character in distress drinking directly out of. Be advised that it is still a lot of alcohol for one person to drink. I have trained very hard at drinking and I have never finished a fifth by myself without taking at least one break to sleep and/or puke. A bigger guy than me or an extremely dedicated alcoholic could probably down a fifth in a long night of drinking, but it's a lot. If your character doesn't drink regularly or have supernatural powers, they're going to have a very bad time after going solo on an entire fifth in one sitting and they may potentially need medical attention. ***important note: if you're an idiot 20 year old who is in real life putting an entire 5th of vodka in your fucking borg for day drinking, fucking stop it, you're gonna die that way.***
Pint. 375ml. A pint is also a common beer serving, but if we're talking distilled liquor, this bottle is usually flat, kinda flask shaped for convenient storage in a bag or possibly a really big pocket. This guy is fairly easy to stash and carry around without attracting attention.
Half pint: 200ml. Alert readers will notice that this is actually slightly more than half of 375 ml, but whatever. It usually looks like a baby version of the pint: flat and flask shaped. It's even easier to sneak around with it.
50ml. These have all kinds of names that vary by region and even by neighborhood. Shooters, airplanes, minibottles, whatever. This is a standard shot and also a formal single serving size of distilled liquor. If you're confessing to your doctor and they ask how many drinks you've had, each 50ml serving of hard liquor counts as one drink. Lie accordingly.
Bonus round: occasionally you'll find imports in liter bottles (cachaça, my beloved) and I've also seen 100ml mini bottles a few times, mostly vodka for whatever reason. I have not a single clue how all this shit is measured and packaged anywhere else on earth other than the US, but if that's where your story is taking place, these are the booze sizes available to your characters.
Go forth, have responsible fun, and write drinking better!!
(P.S. if you think your fic in particular inspired this post, I promise you it did not. Many, many fics have committed many many booze crimes, never fear, you all have plenty of company and frankly I'm glad you don't know this crap: it means you're taking good care of your liver, and there's not a damned thing wrong with that.)