Better get your kids vaccinated so they don't catch

these hands

Stop fucking reblogging this

Here’s some screenshots of our favorite Sassy Boi

Happy Name Day, Virgil!

My love for him is out of control at this point.

Reblog if you agree pansexuality is real and support pansexual people

Wow it sure would be GREAT if a cute BOY wrapped his LOVING and SUPPORTIVE ARMS around me as I NAPPED

dan calling himself a bitch is gay culture

dan calling phil a bitch is gay culture

Gender neutral options for addressing a crowd

Guys, gals, and non binary pals

Ladies, gentlemen, and variations thereof

Folks

Distinguished guests

Members of the jury

Comrades

Fellow Americans

Citizens of the solar system

All y’all

My dudes

Those who must be stopped

Persons of the audience

Brain owners

Sentient beings of the audience

Bitches

People with PHDs and people without PHDs

All you who got dressed up for no reason

You people

Humans

Lovable idiots

Ladies, germs, and non binary worms

Mouth breathers

Everyone except (insert name here)

“Members of the jury” works best if you are not, in fact, addressing a jury.

These are facts.

Not an Editing “Tip.”

(Just a tool that might help clean up your writing and create a faster paced reading experience.)

Removing excess words. If you don’t need particular words, why keep them?

Showing instead of telling. Making the reader feel what the protagonist feels is almost always better than telling them the protagonist is undergoing something.

Removing passive voice. Active voice is more engaging and should be always be used unless you have a specific reason not to use it for that sentence.

Always remember though: you have to do what works best for that particular moment. Some scenes require different strokes than others. Use your best judgement, and take pride in your personal writing style.

Characteristics to make your OC more original without the classic “red hair, pale skin, different coloured eyes”

Note that you can still do whatever you want to and even if your OC is a ginger named ginger then thats totally fine - its your story. These are just preferences of mine

I hope this helped! Feel free to add on

5/7/2018: Hey, aspiring fantasy writers!

Having trouble deciding what role is best to give your character(s)? Well then, here is a collection of medieval-fantasy type jobs (both historical and fictional) in alphabetical order that can help you choose the right one.

If there are more you want to add to the list, feel free to reblog and share your suggestions. The more the merrier!

(Note: Some jobs listed here are probably the same as certain others but with a different title.)

quick tips for writing sexual tension

- eye contact. lots n lots of eye contact.

- other characters having to clear their throats, shake people, etc. to get A* and B* to pay attention

- lip biting.

- A* and B* looking at each other real quick, then looking away.

- almost kissing but being interupted

- normal coupley teasing

- coupley teasing that goes rly far

- friendly teasing that becomes awkward, tense, or sexual

- more eye contact

- lots of small touches

feel free to add to this!

Dos And Don’ts Of Dialogue

Dialogue: either you’re great at it, or it’s your worse nightmare. Writing dialogue can be difficult, confusing, and frustrating. Here are some tips to clear the air when it comes to dialogue!

DON’T overuse dialogue tags

From the very beginning, writers are often told not to overuse “said”.  While this is sound advice, it can create the false notion that “said” is never to be used.  This simply isn’t true!

Stay away from repeating creative dialogue tags one after another, especially if it’s redundant.  For example, if there’s an exclamation point after a sentence, you don’t need to say that the character exclaimed or yelled.

Often, a dialogue tag isn’t even needed.  Just end the dialogue without a tag.

DO use “said”

Repeat after me: IT IS OKAY TO USE “SAID”!

I’m guilty of this one as well.  The urge to not use “said” too often becomes a habit of never using it and replacing it with unnecessary dialogue tags.

Just use said!  It will make your writing seem far more mature than if you used something like “growled” or “stated”.

DON’T go on tangents

Dialogue should be realistic.  If you have a character that is known for going off on tangents, then by all means do so.  If you’re going on a tangent to seem “artistic”, you might want to cut it off there.

My biggest pet peeve with modern young adult literature is that writers try to combing their need to prove they can write beautiful prose with dialogue.  Don’t.  In the end, it’s just unrealistic and a cheap way of trying to show your talent.  Leave the long-winded metaphors for your narration, please.

DO use unique speech

Everyone speaks differently.  This could mean accents, slang, catchphrases, or misused words.  Include this in your dialogue!

Colorful dialogue creates colorful characters, and allows the reader to be able to easily distinguish who is speaking (without dialogue tags!).

DON’T overuse phonetics

Though accents can be a great way to create colorful dialogue, phonetically spelling every word according to the character’s accent can get annoying fast.  Stick to spelling out the most important words.  After a while, the reader should be able to read that character’s dialogue with their accent in mind anyway.

DO show, not tell

Every writer has received this advice at one point or another, but with good reason.  Dialogue is the best way to put “show, don’t tell” into practice.  However, writers often think that dialogue itself counts as showing.  Though dialogue is a better tool than description in these instances, it doesn’t completely serve as a way to show on its own.

Telling: “Hey, calm down.  You look nervous.”

Showing: “Hey, calm down.  You haven’t stopped tapping your foot since we got here.”

DON’T repeat names too often

I too fall into the trap of constantly clarifying who is speaking.  When you’re writing, it feels natural to say things like “’How are you doing, Jim?’ ‘I’m doing well, Pam.’”, but the reality is that no one speaks like that, especially to people they’re close to.

Most of the time, you should use names in dialogue tags and greetings. Otherwise, use names sparingly.

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