A work of fiction is in many senses you, the writer. I mean style every bit as much as content. The feel for rhythm and cadence developed over decades, your private linguistic music and syntactical prejudices, even just where your attention tends to wander and land – all these biases amalgamate into your style, and this style usually shows through most powerfully when you remove your conscious attempts at stylization. "Kill your darlings" has the evocative punch of tough love, but what you really want to kill are your impostures. The soft-shoe adlib you resort to when your unconscious swaying seems plain and artless. The strained jokiness you lapse into when you worry your company is boring. The desperate bids for control that meet the creeping suspicion that good writing cannot be forced.
—Greg Jackson, "Notes on Craft"
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Mental toughness is learned. It's not a skill that everyone has, or is born with. There are people that are born tougher than others mentally, or figure things out earlier in their life. But if you have motivation you can acquire mental toughness, it's just about what your body gets used to putting up with.
Greg Jackson
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Outtakes
Pic above:
Noxee is just saying that she thinks Greg is so hot and that she can't wait to be back at the Bunker to eat him alive ^^'
Pic below:
Greg: "Don't worry, son. If something bothers you, shake it off. Just like me. See?"
Ji Ho: "Euwww."
The way Jeb 'leans' at the TukTuk in the background ^^'
Trying to act cooler than he feels.
The goats are demanding a party again ^^'
They complain all the time but in secret they enjoy their romantic encounters :3
Ji Ho is positive that the therapy will bring his buried feelings back and he can finally be together with Vlad.
But he is also a bit worried.
Ji Ho: "Doesn't it feel like drowning when you are chained to someone?"
Jeb: "You're a mermaid! You won't drown, believe me."
After his exciting night with Vlad, Ji Ho feels silly he worried so much.
The sun will rise for them and they will be happy! Rise and shine, Ji Ho!
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percy jackson fans, this is your chance
serious question, regardless of whether or not you're a percy jackson fan whose read the books, watched the movies, whatever. if you know anything about PJO and watch the tv show, this is for you
thomas gibson (criminal minds' aaron hotchner, dharma and greg's greg montgomery)
if he were to be cast in the show, which character do you think he should play? this is a very serious matter, because i said so
personally i could totally see him as kronos, cuz he's pretty and i can already imagine the fandom going crazy saying "no (insert god here) i don't want you. i want your damn daddy." like... you see the vision?? also, i just think with his experience from having voiced slade wilson/deathstroke in that one dc comics animated project, that he would be great as kronos
but i could see him in the PJO universe in general, so please actually answer this poll! (please 🥺)
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The Heart Twerk Prompt List
Please check the updated character list on my pinned post to see who I am writing for before submitting a prompt!
Also read the rules and do not forget to put the entire prompt into your ask!
Our first kiss was a drunken mess
Take my hand and we’ll dance like there’s nobody else around
I guess you didn’t mean what you said when you said you love me
How do I forget the things we did
The jukebox is playing a song that reminds me of you
I still l remember how the leather in your car feels as I fucked you in those high heels.
My buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
I came stoned to the house of an angel, too fucked up to get back home
Honey tell me that your love runs true and that I’m always gonna be with you.
Would you love me in a different time
Standing on your momma’s porch, you told me that you’d wait forever
Won’t you take my hand and be with me my dear
Baby what do you think about settling down
Part of me wants to leave this place but the other part of me just can’t look away.
If I wrote 4 years of letters hoping you ain’t gone for ever
Hell is a red dress on the dance floor spinning around someone new.
You’d return from war just to pick more fights
My heart is breaking in my chest watching him falling for you.
Why don’t you put on that pretty blue dress, the one you know I like the best.
It’s ok, there ain’t a drop of bad blood
I’d be kidding myself if I didn’t get down on one knee
Don’t mind me I’ll sit right down here just so I can watch you stride down the steps
I’ve missed more than you know
There’s red wine stained on the ceiling
I’m the kind of boy your daddy never wanted you to fall in love with
She’s seeing diamonds but I’m seeing stars
Packed a bag full of my regrets
Show me what you were like when you got a little wild
I swear I was scared to death
If I let you buy that ring, I could have been her
She’s got a little style and a Hollywood smile
I’ve turned the page on the old me
I pick up every time that you call.
I wasn’t trying very hard to love you back
There ain’t denying we’ve been fighting
I can’t believe you could leave me here like that
I was so terrified of losing you but were already gone
If you ever told me not to run I’d be standing next to you
I’m the definition of what a lucky man is
I’m everything she is and everything she aint.
If you need me dear, I’m still here with the pills and the drugs
She’s wrong for you, baby anyone can see it
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