As I said before, I’m not watching this movie unless this musical number is in it
Voidokilia Beach
Shaped like the Greek letter omega, Voidokilia Beach is just below Nestor’s Cave where, according to Greek Myth, Hermes hid cattle stolen from Apollo
“Eye contact is way more intimate than words will ever be.”
— (via lilpieceofmyworld)
we haven’t spoken in a while, i’m trying to be okay with that.
So, I don't know how to write pain like! What words do I use? how do I describe it! I really need some help here!
No problem! And sorry about not answering sooner, I was on vacation. To make it up to you, I’ve made one of my trademark Long Posts about it.
TIPS ON HOW TO WRITE PAIN (FOR BOTH ORIGINAL CONTENT WRITERS AND FANFICTION WRITERS)
When I first started writing, about eight years ago, I had the same issue as @imjustafuckinggirl.
How are you supposed to write about pain you’ve never experienced before???
The characters in my book suffer through all sorts of terrible shit, and in no way am I writing from experience, which is marginally easier to do than write about something that has never happened to you.
However, with time, I managed to gather up a few strategies on how to write pain.
1. Don’t Write Paragraphs About It
I know, it’s tempting. You want to convey to the reader just how much pain the character is in, and you think that the pain will be emphasized the more you write about it.
This, however, is a lie.
As a reader, when I’m reading a book or fanfiction where, whenever the writer uses agonizingly long paragraphs to describe when a character is hurt, I skip it.
Entirely.
It’s boring and, quite frankly, unnecessary, especially during a fight or huge battle, which are supposed to be fast-paced.
When it comes to writing about pain, it really is about quality and not quantity.
In my own writing, I stick to short, quick paragraphs, some of them which are barely a line long. This gives it a faster pace and sort of parallels with the scattered, spread out thoughts of the character as they suffer.
2. Describe it Right
Many times, usually in fanfiction, writers over-exaggerate certain injuries.
This partially has to do with the fact that they’ve never experienced that injury before and are just thinking about what it might feel like.
As a girl with two brothers and who often participated in rough play-fights, I can assure you that getting punched is not as painful as you think it is.
(However, it does depend on the area, as well as how hard the punch is, on top of the fact that you have to take into account whether or not the punch broke bones)
I’m reading a high school AU where a character gets punched by a bully (Idk where they got punched it wasn’t stated) and the author is describing it like they’d been shot.
It was to the point where I was like Did the bully have brass knuckles or something????
It was very clear that this author had never been punched before.
When describing the pain of an injury or the injury itself, you have to take into account:
- What object was used to harm the character
- Where the injury is
- How long the character has had the injury
- (For blades) How deep the cut is
- (For blunt force trauma) How hard the hit was
- Whether or not the wound triggers other things (Ex: Concussion, vomiting, dizziness, infection, internal/external bleeding).
There’s also the fact that when some authors described wounds caused by blades such as knives, daggers, and swords, they never take into account the anatomy of a person and which places cause the most blood flow.
Obviously, a cut on your cheek will have less of a blood flow than a cut on your wrist, depending on what the blade hits, and I hope that everyone consults a diagram of veins, capillaries, arteries, etc. when they’re describing blood flow from a certain place.
There’s also the fact that you have to take into account where the blood is coming from. Veins? Arteries?
The blood from arteries will be a brighter red, like vermilion, than the blood from veins, which is the dark crimson everyone likes to talk about.
Not all places gush bright red blood, people!
3. DIFFERENT INJURIES HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAIN
Here, let me explain.
A punch feels different from a slap.
A broken arm feels different from getting stabbed.
A fall feels different from a dog bite.
I’ll give you a list of all the kinds of things that can be described for the three most common kinds of injuries that happen in stories:
Punch/Blunt Force Trauma
How it feels:
- Aching
- Numbness (In the later stages)
- A single spike of pain before it fades into an ache
- Throbbing
Effects:
- Vomiting (If the character is punched in the gut)
- Swelling
- Bruising
- Broken bones
- Unconsciousness (Blow to the head)
- Dizziness (Blow to the head)
- Concussion (Also a blow to the head)
- Internal bleeding
- Death (In the case of concussions and internal bleeding and broken bones- ribs can pierce lungs)
Stab Wound/Cut
How it feels:
- Stinging (only shallow wounds have just stinging)
- Burning
- With stab wounds, I feel like describing the effects of it make it more powerfully felt by the reader
Effects:
- Bleeding (Consult chart of the circulatory system beforehand for the amount of blood flow that should be described and what color the blood should be)
- Dizziness (Heavy blood loss)
- Unconsciousness
- Infection (if left unattended)
- Death
Gunshot
How it feels:
- Depends on the caliber bullet, from how far away they were shot (point-blank range is nothing like being shot from a distance), and in what place. Do careful research and then make your decision.
Effects:
- Bleeding(Consult chart of the circulatory system beforehand for the amount of blood flow that should be described and what color the blood should be. Also take into effect the above variables for blood flow as well.)
- Dizziness (Heavy blood loss)
- Infection (if left unattended)
- Death
Some things that a character may do while they’re injured:
- Heavy/Harsh/Ragged breathing
- Panting
- Making noises of pain
- gasping
- grunting
- hissing
- groaning
- whimpering
- yelping (when the injury is inflicted)
- screaming
- shrieking
- wailing
- Crying/ Weeping/Sobbing/Etc.
- Clenching their teeth
- Unable to speak
- Pressing their hands against a stab wound/cut to try and stem the bleeding
- Eyesight going out of whack (vision blurring and tilting, the room spinning, black spots consuming sight)
- Eyes rolling up into their head
- Trembling/shaking
- Ears riniging (from gunshot)
HOPE THIS HELPED!
Personal Study Guidelines
This article is written to reveal to you various personal study guidelines which can help you earn a better grade.
To be a successful student, it must all start with you, you might not be passionate about studying but at least there are various tricks to help you out with your academics. Below is my list of personal things which I will expound on. I believe you need to check on so as to success in your academics;
- Balancing study and work
- Time management
- Eliminating distractions
- Dealing with procrastination
- Productivity Tips
- After school Routines
- Getting Ready for Exams
- Studying more Efficiently
- Effective color-coding system as a method of study
- Effective Memorization
- Study Preparation
- Different study method
NOTE: If you need academic help don’t hesitate to talk to us through our live chat, the advice is always free. Wiki-tutors.com
underappreciated deer species
pudú
pére david’s deer
reeves’s muntjac
javan rusa
sika deer
chinese water deer
tufted deer
chital
Shit. You’re right.
why does the pére david’s deer’s left antler end in a skeleton hand giving a thumbs up
Nobody gonna mention that vampire deer up there?
THINGS WRITERS SHOULD DO TODAY:
- Write
- Straighten their backs
- Celebrate their victories
- Write anything
- Take the empty cups out of their rooms
- Seriously. Stop overthinking and just write
OHMYGODICAN'TBREATHEEE
WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAT
(Not) Giving Up On You | Part 3
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader
Genre: slight angst; fluff | Word Count: 2,944
Summary: Bucky has lost count of how many times he’s said ‘I love you’.
Request: “hii i realize i’m probably making an unusual request because i take it you only write one shots but Giving Up On You killed me tbh and it was just so good and so devastatingly sad, i was wondering if by any chance you could consider writing a second part? or maybe another one shot a little different but that would give some continuity to this one… thanks anyway ❤️ love your writing” -anonymous
Warnings: some flashbacks to a tortured Reader, mentions of blood, mentions of sex (not completely nsfw), mentions of nudity, overall fluff.
Author’s Note: This got a bit out of hand and I decided to write one last part to this story. It was so much fun to write it, and because the second part was kinda long (and super angsty wtf), I decided to give you guys the happy ending you wanted in a mostly-fluff part. So enjoy. Feedback is food to my soul <3
[ Masterlist ]
boys deserve positivity boys are not inherently rapists, abusers, oppressors, etc. just because they are men. boys need body positivity. femme boys need positivity. masc boys need positivity. non-passing trans boys need positivity. male-id'ing gnc people need positivity. boys have problems that aren’t just erased by being men: the societal “you should’ve liked it” rape/sexual abuse mindset the idea that boys can’t be abused/raped/etc the idea that a masc boy is inherently toxic because he enjoys his masculinity the idea that ALL boys have privilege the idea that trans boys are “betraying females to join the oppressor class” the idea that boys can’t/would never have mental illnesses/eating disorders/body image issues/confidence issues/etc. because they are boys the idea that boys aren’t hated solely because they’re boys
i could go on but end of story is boys need positivity
avengers 4: carol danvers uses tony stark as a baseball bat and beats the fuck out of thanos
Masterlist
Demetri Volturi
Head-Canons