begthouorborrow
in an alley leaping out of nowhere, and struck us both at once!”
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How to __ and Other Writing Tips
↳ a masterpost for informational writing prompts and other tips for writers
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Writing and Describing Physical Appearance:
How to Describe Facial Expressions
How to Describe a Character's Appearance
How to Write a Character with a Prosthetic
Body Language Descriptions
Body Language Descriptions part 2
Writing Dialogue:
How to Describe a Character's Speech
How to Write Dialogue for a Stuttering Character
How to Write a Mute/Non-Speaking Character
What to Do with Too Much Dialogue
How to Write a Character with an Accent
Terms and Phrases:
Pirate Terms and Phrases
Cowboy/Wild West Terms and Phrases
Writing Genres and Subgenres:
Murder Mystery
Slow-Burn Romance
Writing Villains, Monsters, and other Antagonists:
How to Write a Monster
How to Write a Good Villain
How to Make Readers Fear Your Villain
How to Write an Unreliable Narrator
Serial Killer Signature Ideas
How to Give an Eldritch Horror Entity a Voice
Writing Protagonists and Side Characters:
How to Write a Sacrificial Character
How to Write a Bully with an Opportunity for Redemption
How to Write a Mermaid
How to Write a Pre-Teen
Writing and Describing Emotions and Disorders:
Nightmares and Sleep Paralysis
Panic Attacks
How to Write a Character with an Eating Disorder
How to Write a Paranoid Character
Different Ways to Describe Fear
How to Write a Controlling Character
Writing and Describing Threatening Conditions:
How to Write a Character that has been Poisoned
How to Write Hypothermia and Frostbite
Writing and Describing Character Interactions:
How to Describe Emotionally Distant Parents
Ways for Characters to Get to Know Each Other
How to Describe Characters in Cold Weather
How to Write a Band Performance that Flows with Inner Dialogue
Irondad Prompt #274:
Peter: Can I be in charge of the music today?
Tony, suspicious: Why?
Peter: I want to listen to Epic! It’s a musical about The Odyssey!
Tony: Sounds like a nerd thing, but knock yourself out!
*2 Hours Later*
Tony, crying: He’s finally home!!! He’s home to his son and wife!
just gonna leave this here for anybody who wants it
free copies of:
the bonnie and clyde proshot
hadestown
the great gatsby(jeremy jordan)
dear evan hansen
jekyll and hyde
ride the cyclone
enjoy!
More classic literature YouTubers because it's so funny to me
Bonus content:
"mutuals can ask for discord" mutuals can haunt me after they die. mutuals can paint my immortal youth in a cursed portrait. mutuals can build a 8ft tall creature in my college dorm. mutuals can watch me wake up as a monstrous vermin. mutuals can feed me soup after i commit murder. mutuals can help me kill uncle claudius. mutuals can go out with me and my girlfriend from across the bay. mutuals can hunt the beast with me. do better
People who write novellas must be absolutely going though it bc I've never read a novella that wasnt utterly devastating. These people really have Things to Say and whats more they do it in under 200 pages.
Some one take away my classic literature privileges ong 😭 cause what the fuck you mean I got a 'Of Mice and Men' hyperfixaton
DONT SCROLL THIS IS IMPORTANT!
im begging anyone who sees this post to prevent rapesexual, im begging you. no one will see this but if you do reblog to get the message out that these fuckers exist and dont deserve to exist heres the flag so you can know who to fucking block, report and tell to fuck off
i dont want this to ruin the pride and help with self esteem of being lgbtq+ so a signal boost from larger accounts might be nice
HELLO I'm back!! Anyways, I'm nearly done with Of Mice and Men and I already know how it's going to end so I'm just waiting for the inevitable at this point
i like being a lesbian and all, but holy shit, men are so cool. i hope all men reading this have a wonderful day.
bookish asks
the EAH books have me spiraling too.
SPOILER AHEAD
SPOILERS
SPOILERS FOR EAH BOOK 3
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“But I think I was also holding myself back, waiting to be real before I started living.”
- Cedar Wood
good things will happen 🧿
things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿
we've never spoken before but this seemed fun :)
also have i gone insane or is an unspeakable of the oscar wilde sort a reference to maurice?
giggles
anyway if dracula daily made you realize how great the book dracula is, please read jekyll and hyde, it's also extremely good. and the audiobook narrated by richard armitage is EXCELLENT.
ahhhhh master and margarita quote!!!!! and old silent movies title frame!!!!!! and red and black theme!!!!
HELLO AND YES :D!
The Master and Margarita is honestly one of my favorite books of all time. It's so horrifically funny and delightfully morbid. It's definitely not for anyone but it deserves more love imo
As for the silent movie title frame, I'm currently fostering an adoration for them sdhisjehehhe. They're just something incredibly charming about them that I can't quite articule
And red and black are just generally really fun duo ❤️🖤
a king has received the standard prophecy that his youngest daughter will be the one to kill him but instead of reacting as "get this baby out of my sight and abandon it somewhere in the woods for it to die" he accepts his fate and dinner time is made very awkward.
Y’all, y’all, I know this is (among many, many other things) the talk-about-your-fanfics site but I physically cannot talk about them without being prompted. However, because I am dying to talk about them, I have decided to do it in the format of an ask game.
What story (stories?) are you writing rn that you’ll most likely publish next? ∩(´∀`∩)
What story (stories?) are you writing rn that will most likely linger in your head for an undetermined period of time? (*´▽｀*)
What tropes do you like writing about the most? (´▽`ʃƪ)
Lore dump about the OCs (see tags for options)! (∩˃o˂∩)
One individual fun fact for each OC in the tags. ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ
Longest fic you’ve written (published or not)? ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
Shortest fic you’ve written (published or not)? ‹•.•›
Fic that is near and dear to your heart? ♡
Top three fics you’ve written (in author’s opinion)? ♡♡♡
Story Moodboard of choice (either you or author picks the story; author makes). (◡‿◡✿)
OC Moodboard of choice (either you or author picks the OC; author makes). ❀☉‿☉❀
Write another line in your WIP (rude, productive, but okay). ◔̯◔
Drop a playlist for a story! ♪♡♪
Umm… yeah, so feel free to reblog to use the ask game yourself!! Fingers crossed all those nervous writers get to lore dump, yeah?
꒰ If I had known who Godot is, I would have written it in the script . . . !
Epher ─ minor // FILO // aroace ᡣ𐭩 she/they , writer , neurodiverse , former fencer , mystery detective incarnate ୭
♡ ─ the found family trope , whimsy, absurdism , musical theatre , mythos and folktales , my typewriter , classic and gothic literature , history , researching about topics that pique my interest
I love you everyone who was raped by a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually assaulted by a woman.
I love you everyone who was molested by a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually exploited by a woman.
I love you everyone who was groomed by a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually assaulted or raped by a mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother.
Your trauma is real.
It was rape.
It was sexual assault.
Whether penetration was involved or not.
Whether oral sex was involved or not.
Whether there was physical contact or not.
Whether you showed physical signs of arousal or not.
Whether it was one time or many.
Whether you were a child, teen, or adult.
Whether you’re a boy, girl, intersex, trans, gnc, ect.
Whether you were intoxicated or sober.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and is now sex repulsed.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and is now hypersexual.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and is now traumatized.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and is now suffering.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and was disregarded because your abuser was a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and she was never punished because she was a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and you weren’t believed because she was a woman.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and was laughed off when you opened up about it, saying you “should have enjoyed it.”
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and is now sex repulsed.
I love you everyone who was sexually violated by a woman and was ignored.
Body Language
When someone is...
Sad
Face/Body:
Avoidant/reduced eye contact
Drooping eyelids
Downcast eyes
Frowning
Raised inner ends of eyebrows
Dropped or furrowed eyebrows
Quivering lip/biting lip
Wrinkled nose
Voice:
Soft pitch
Low lone
Pauses/hesitant speech
Quiet/breathy
Slow speech
Voice cracks/breaking voice
Gestures/Posture:
Slouching/lowered head
Rigid/tense posture
Half formed/slow movement
Fidgeting or clasped hands
Sniffing or heavy swallows
Self soothing gestures (running hands over the arms, hand over heart, holding face in palms, etc)
