It's Always "you Look Nice When You Smile" And Never

I’m seriously in love with myself on a level that no one can comprehend. I love looking at myself in the mirror and feeling so sexy when I see my reflection. Like damn. That nose ? The perfect pixie like nose. My skin ? Clear as fuck. My hair ? Long silky dark and has the shine of a Pantene ad. I’m just a gorgeous person that attracts gorgeous things.

an unexplainable expression passed through his gaze

“If you’re happy in a dream…does that count? The happiness- does it count?”

-Arundhati Roy

Writing advice that changed my sentence

When I was a young writer, I was told that I often started my sentences with "there is/there was/there are." I was told to eliminate those as much as possible.

I couldn't believe how often I used them. My first novel was completely littered with them.

I learned to diversify and grow my use of verbs. Instead of the state-of-being verbs, like "is" which isn't very descriptive at all, I started using stronger verbs.

Instead of writing "There were a bunch of trees on the hill" I wrote "A cluster of trees towered over the hill."

"Towered" is a much stronger verb than "Is"

Use the state-of-being words, but if you can, try replacing them with more active verbs. You might be surprised how much your writing improves.

my biggest flex is that I am my own safe space

i love it when there's little crossovers from the same author's other characters

forgive me for all the things I did,

but mostly for the ones I did not