I’m Keeping This For Reference. This Post Is A Godsend

ha?

every single person who reblogs this

every

single

person

will get “doot doot” in their ask box

Words to use instead of said

I'm pissed:

Growled

snarled

snapped

barked

bellowed

yelled

screamed

shouted

seethed

fumed

ranted

rasped(not always angry)

grumbled

complained

leered

sneered

hissed

raged

told off

scolded

scoffed

Positive:

Laughed

grinned

chuckled

joked

quipped

teased

chortled(breathy, gleeful laugh)

giggled

beamed

exclaimed

cried out(Not always in a positive sense, but can be used that way)

cheered

burst

Confident/certain:

declared

asserted

insisted

bragged

boasted

remarked

stated

preached

I'm an asshole:

sneered(yes, twice.)

drawled

taunted

mocked

cackled

mimicked

joked

leered

provoked

exposed

I have a question:

begged

questioned

queried

probed

asked

inquired

stressed

pleaded

entreated

wondered

Yeah..I dunno about that/unsure:

faltered

stammered

trembled

quavered

hesitated

doubted

fretted

stuttered

supposed

shrugged

Quietly:

mumbled

whispered

murmured

breathed

uttered

there's a giant ass bug in my room and it disappeared when i looked away for a second so I'm hiding under my duvet

i will update if I survive

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

im telling you all... its so worth it to spend a whole evening make 100 million homemade gyoza (even though it takes so long) and freezing them all to have perfect delicious gyoza just the way you like them anytime you want at a moments notice. they seriously take like 10 minutes to prepare from frozen and they are so good. i just had a dumplings and noodles feast you wish you were me

Vampire and werewolf dating

Out of Context Lines

“You’d have what? Disgusted me to death?” “Maybe, but it’s been a long time since I’ve met someone who didn’t know or try to arrest me.” “Why’s everyone calling me little? I’m probably taller than you.”

This or That

Tagged by @radiowrites, thank you and apologies for getting to this so late. Finals are a bitch

found family or soulmates | slow burn or established but complicated | enemies-to-friends-to-lovers or best friends-to-lovers | love at first sight or get back together | morally grey character or unreliable narrator | sunshine character or sarcastic character | fire-forged friends or childhood friends | description-heavy or dialogue-heavy | fluff or angst | flower symbolism or color symbolism | redemption arc or bastardization arc | fake relationships or secret relationships | betrayal plot twist or confession plot twist | dream sequence or flashback | mentor protecting student or student protecting mentor | sibling or best friend | platonic soulmate or love triangle | hurt or comfort

here’s an ultra brief, updated completely non-exhaustive list of film scores that i could listen to over and over again (all have links to full playlists on youtube) 

dario marianelli: pride and prejudice | anna karenina | atonement | jane eyre  patrick doyle: as you like it  | cinderella | a little princess | sense & sensibility | hamlet  abel korzeniowski: romeo and juliet  | W.E. | penny dreadful (tv)  rachel portman: belle  | emma | the cider house rules | the duchess | never let me go philip glass: the hours | notes on a scandal  | the truman show  james newton howard: peter pan | i am legend  | snow white and the huntsman | the hunger games  alexandre desplat: the golden compass | hp & the deathly hallows p 2 | the curious case of benjamin button | coco avant chanel | julie & julia | the king’s speech thomas newman: fried green tomatoes  | little women | wall-e | finding nemo |  saving mr. banks  | american beauty  danny elfman: corpse bride | big fish | edward scissorhands   michael giacchino: ratatouille | up | jupiter ascending  | fringe (tv)  john williams: the book thief  | star wars: tfa (plus the OT) | schindler’s list |  hp & the sorcerer’s stone | memoirs of a geisha  

assorted films : how to train your dragon | chronicles of narnia  | amélie  | kill your darlings | august rush | tuck everlasting  | howl’s moving castle  | carol | becoming jane | north & south | the young victoria  | pan’s labyrinth | like crazy | crimson peak | the awakening |