when in fics they say two characters gave each other a look this is always what i envision in my head
Writing advice from my uni teachers:
- If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
- Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
- Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
- Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.
This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.
One of my favorite little facts about history is that the Mexican peso was functionally the everyday unit of currency in China in the 19th and early 20th century. Silver was one of the few western commodities that Chinese merchants were willing to trade in at rates that made shipping it to China (an expensive, arduous process) profitable; this trade became so voluminous by the 19th century that large everyday transactions even far away from port cities were conducted in pesos, in large part because Mexico's large domestic silver supply and existing transpacific trade links meant that the currency was stable (a known quantity to merchants in a time and place where relatively pure silver coins were otherwise uncommon) and readily available for use in trade
Zhang Zongchang, the bandit general of the warlord era, could call himself (or at least be called) "Old Eighty-Six" because of the peso - everyone knew or had a vague sense at least how tall a stack of 86 pesos would be, and that this was an impressive length for a guy's dick
How many penis nicknames does one guy need?
I wish there were more of a cruising culture on Amtrak
no no no
omg sooo true bestie! *camera pans over to reveal im talking to the silent, whithered corpse of god*
lets drink to that! *ive contorted the skeletal hand of the corpse to hold a mimosa glass*
shut up about zelda, shut up about locked tomb, shut up about spn. this is the only character tagged in this post that i approve of
A wizard and his cat <3
please be patient with me im from the 1900s
Visualize a Club for me please . Understandably this is already blowing your mind. Now imagine. It is only for Penguins.
17 years ago today.. the biggest rockstar move in history.
The look of satisfaction says everything
liking armpit hair is a sign of wisdom and emotional maturity
I love Reddit sometimes.
in hysterics
Is there any more authentic bisexual experience than thinking that your personal experience of being Bi doesn't count so you have to consult a more authentic Bi person?
this comment under a bookstore video of all the first editions of the hobbit they have… i’m going to start crying
really funny when a woman dresses and poses like a masc fuckboy and random straight republican men are like Disgraceful. She will never get a husband like that.
the fucking
kittycat