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Did I daydream this, or was there a website for writers with like. A ridiculous quantity of descriptive aid. Like I remember clicking on " inside a cinema " or something like that. Then, BAM. Here's a list of smell and sounds. I can't remember it for the life of me, but if someone else can, help a bitch out <3
This is going to save me so much trouble in the future.
I’ve seen a lot of fanfic writers ask for tips to write Deaf characters so I thought I would write some out to help make authentic. Also feel free to send ask for any questions!
That’s all I have for now. Hope it helped!
derek: *on the phone* hotch? I need your help! I-
hotch: is the bau on fire?
derek: …no?
hotch: then it’s not an emergency *hangs up*
emily: well? what did he say? what do we do about the man who’s holding reid hostage?
derek: apparently it’s not an emergency
spencer: *being strangled by an unsub* HOW THE FUCK IS THIS NOT AN EMERGENCY??
How do I describe a tired person? I got 'dark circles under the eyes' but it kind of stops there.
I mean "hasn't slept in four days" tired by the way. Like straight up the hallucinating kind of sleep deprived.
Found what I was looking for!
(descriptionary.wordpress.com)
There's lots of good descriptors and comments in the notes, but one thing I'm not seeing is that at that level of exhaustion, your perception of time distorts. When you're microsleeping--between sentences, while you're walking, in the middle of performing other tasks--time can seem to be passing either incredibly slowly or incredibly quickly, as your brain cycles in and out of sleep in a fraction of a second. Your vision occasionally blacks out, but you also get darkness creeping in on the edges of your vision, crawling frond-like and narrowing the world to a dark tunnel. It's kinda cool! Your hearing is usually more reliable than your vision--you can listen and pay attention but keeping your eyes open is hard.
Decision making and focus also deteriorate. After five days of no sleep, punching myself in the throat in order to restore my lost voice seemed perfectly reasonable (and, for what it's worth, did work.) You can physically still accomplish strenuous tasks--I could still carry 100+ lb loads without significantly more strain than normal--but maintaining focus on the tasks is harder. Your body wants to relax and sleep, so to carry a heavy load, you have to actively force yourself to maintain your grip. Doing things like counting large quantities is near impossible, because you repeatedly loose focus and second-guess what you've done already. You stagger and stumble as you walk, if microsleep is setting in strongly enough to catch you as you're walking.
I hope you can benefit from my poor decision making. I may not be a role model but if nothing else I can teach by bad example.
There have been lots of new followers in the last several months! Woohoo! Please take a few moments and familiarize yourself with the FAQ and the Guidelines.
At the moment ICM is always open to accept your ideas! There are three methods of contact: 1) the Ask box, 2) the Submit page and 3) the email ( icm.9302014@gmail.com ) ! [We are only closed if A) there’s a message, B) the Submit and Ask pages are nonexistent/closed, and C) the featured post says closed. This time is not now.]
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~*~ Rad
5/20/2022: Because there’s been lots of new followers in the last several months, and now that Tumblr allows for pinned posts, I will make a ‘homepage’ of links. This should make it easier for app users. However, it will have to be about three weeks from now, as I have two shows with my crafts the first two Saturdays in June. I’m super busy trying to prepare for them.
This guy knows what he’s talking about. He’s one of the lead writers for Leverage and if you ever watch the series on DVD, do yourself a favor and listen to him talk about how the scripts got written. Some of the advice he has is stuff I use all the time: 1. Don’t introduce an important plot person or thing after the first half of the story. 2. Always tie up loose ends. 3. Introduce important things in the middle of unimportant things. 4. If you have to infodump, find an emotion to tie it to and it will seem less like infodump and more like a motive rant. Seriously this guy knows how to write.
took a long time for me to make this haha, enjoy!
my birthday special edit!
bau social media series masterlist
Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn’t making enough money, so they’re shutting it down and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1.
Customers will receive refunds.
This puts the difference between DRM-locked media and unencumbered media into sharp contrast. I have bought a lot of MP3s over the years, thousands of them, and many of the retailers I purchased from are long gone, but I still have the MP3s. Likewise, I have bought many books from long-defunct booksellers and even defunct publishers, but I still own those books.
When I was a bookseller, nothing I could do would result in your losing the book that I sold you. If I regretted selling you a book, I didn’t get to break into your house and steal it, even if I left you a cash refund for the price you paid.
People sometimes treat me like my decision not to sell my books through Amazon’s Audible is irrational (Audible will not let writers or publisher opt to sell their books without DRM), but if you think Amazon is immune to this kind of shenanigans, you are sadly mistaken. My books matter a lot to me. I just paid $8,000 to have a container full of books shipped from a storage locker in the UK to our home in LA so I can be closer to them. The idea that the books I buy can be relegated to some kind of fucking software license is the most grotesque and awful thing I can imagine: if the publishing industry deliberately set out to destroy any sense of intrinsic, civilization-supporting value in literary works, they could not have done a better job.
If you’ve got an ereader and want to actually own your books, I heartily recommend using cailbre to scrape the DRM off and so you can backup the files.
Cailbre d/l:
How to use cailbre to remove DRM:
Seconding calibre as a brilliant tool for ebook management in general.
epubor is also useful for scraping drm off kindle books. i downloaded the older version of the kindle pc app that downloads books in .azw3 format instead of .kfx, and then use epubor to remove the drm, and calibre to convert to epub
not to talk about doctor who but remember being a lonely depressed teenager and hearing him say '900 years of time and space and i've never met anyone who wasn't important'
he was like ‘just this once-everybody lives’ and i chased that shit with homosexual determination for every day since, like maybe through pure force of will i could save everyone i loved from a system that wanted us dead
There have been lots of new followers in the last several months! Woohoo! Please take a few moments and familiarize yourself with the FAQ and the Guidelines.
At the moment ICM is always open to accept your ideas! There are three methods of contact: 1) the Ask box, 2) the Submit page and 3) the email ( icm.9302014@gmail.com ) ! [We are only closed if A) there’s a message, B) the Submit and Ask pages are nonexistent/closed, and C) the featured post says closed. This time is not now.]
Ideas CAN be sent in pertaining to the final season! :) They MUST begin with “spoiler warning” as I haven’t seen it yet. They will always have the tags “spoiler,” “spoilers” and “S15.”
Please be familiar with the Submission Guidelines as you send in an idea. If your idea breaks any of the rules it will not be published and you will not be notified. Also please read the FAQ before you ask a question. If your question is answered in the FAQ, can be found via an internet search, or is clearly visible on ICM’s content, your question will not be answered. Do you need help finding a specific post on ICM? Here’s a handy guide on How to Maneuver the Blog. If you are using the app please follow the instructions at the top of the blog and search for “links” for your links page.
Will the new characters be added to the banner? Yes, someday!
~*~ Rad
Imagine JJ getting drunk and confessing that she's thinking about leaving the BAU because she's worried about her mental health.
Hey y’all should head over to @aflynnwriter and thank them for submitting ideas! :)
Imagine being the rookie on the team and absolutely acing a profile, and the team being impressed until you confess that the unsub has the same personality as your ex, and you identify with the victims.
I am laughing so hard oh my god clickhole
If you just scrolled past, don’t. Go back and read it. I promise it is not what you think
Imagine finding out that Hotch knits to relieve stress after you compliment him on his hat one cold winter’s day.
Imagine Morgan flipping a house and finding a cat inside, bringing the cat to a shelter, and then going back for it because he can't get it out of his head.
So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…
You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.
It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?
I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.
((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))
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“Below are selected prices that are paid to professional assassins by criminal organizations and drug cartels for a contract hit.
In Australia, the median price to hire a hit man is $13,610 (9,800 Euros), with the price going up to $83,000 (60,000 Euros) based on the task.
In Mexico, the cost for a low level assassin is $208 (150 Euros), and up to $20,832 (15,000 Euros) for a higher profile target like a police chief.
The prices paid in Argentina are between $3,749 (2,700 Euros) to $5,555 (4,000 Euros) per hit.
Government statistics in Spain state that 40 assassinations take place each year, with prices for the hit ranging between $27 (20 Euros) to $69,000 (50,000 Euros).”
So cheap! I always thought things like this would cost more than $1 million…
This is super useful to know!
and not just for writing!!
HOLY FUCK
HOW MANY HOURS HAVE I WASTED TRYING TO FIND HEROIN PRICES ON THE INTERNET WHAT A GREAT DATABASE
