#Hints and Tips

[stevefrancisworld]

food art look good on the plate with dj steve francis

[elaine-white-author]

Writer Wednesday: #Reference 10 Most Romantic Words You Never Knew

Reblogged from Victorian Dictionary Ten of the Most Romantic Words You Never Knew FEBRUARY 9, 2015 | TINEHRENO The Dictionary of Victorian Insults & Niceties celebrates the coming of Valentine’s Day by sharing ten of the most romantic words you never knew… or have I too underestimated your vocabulary? numinous adj. describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet…

[thatsbelievable]

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[espighty]

I use tricky plans and schemes to get my way.

There's no specific punchline to this, I just wanted to draw.

[redd956]

Writing Advice: Characterization

Writing characters can be really hard, and conveying personality to readers is just as difficult

I'm expert in this and I'm studying so take my word with a grain of salt

Here are some tips on writing characterization

Show don't tell of characterization

I'm sure my fellow writers are exhausted of hearing show don't tell, especially cause it's difficult to remember to do or master

And there's a lot of different ways to implement it, but I feel it means even more for characters because it gives you a chance to explore their personality

Sometimes it is better to tell, but many times showing grants you an upperhand take for example:

Character A was furious. Character B's voice was annoying them only further. They were ready to punch them in the face.

This can work, however it can easily bore the reader and goes little in the character or world themselves.

Character A glared at Character B, their arms tightly crossed, and leg impatiently tapping. All they could do was roll their eyes as Character B spoke. After all it got their mind off punching B in the face.

This is sentence shows more of the character. It shows that they have an attitude, and are more prone to punching people. I'm not good at explaining show don't tell, so I suggest looking into it, and remember that the rules aren't set in stone either.

Complexity

Character complexity helps aid the reader's suspension of disbelief and makes the characters feel more people-like. Not every character needs to be complex, and sometimes complexity isn't meant for one at all.

However it helps solidify a character, add more potential conflict to a story, and remove one-dimensionality.

Often times many stories start with one-dimensional characters and as installments and exploration increases, even the most silly characters become complex serious designs.

3 ways I prefer to show complexity

Show a character's thought process. Don't drown the reader in it, but dabble in character thoughts at moderate levels. Ig can help pacing anyway.

Give character groups opposing ideologies, beliefs, and ideas. Then show how these characters respond to them.

Give your characters bad traits and flaws. Don't stray towards hate-able personality, but understand that the world isn't black and white and neither shall your character be. The easiest way to do so and keep things complex is by extending already set positive traits. A character kind. Have them be too kind, let people go or trust people who shouldn't be trusted. Or they are kind to only certain groups of people, and need to learn to grow out of it.

Action

Actions, I'm not just talking about what your character does, although that is important too. Show me the character through how they do things, especially good to split up dialogue.

For example

Character A and B watched TV

This sentence works perfectly however if it is a moment where you're trying to characterize it can be utilized. For instance

The TV was playing a horror movie. Character A's eyes stayed glued to it, ignoring the fact that Character B was already clinging to them.

This tells you a lot more about the characters, and establishes a dynamic between the two as well.

Anyway that is all I can think off I hope this helps

[stevefrancisworld]

V IMPORTANT HINTS AND TIPS WITH ME AND STORM ME RABBIT :)

[elaine-white-author]

Writer Wednesday: #Reference 5 Poisonous Plants of the UK

Reblogged from Bushcraft Buddy The 5 most poisonous plants in the UK by BB | Jul 9, 2019 | Uncategorized Normally on lists of poisonous plants people always seem to add things that cant kill you unless you eat an amount that you simply wouldn’t eat. Take Foxglove for example, this pretty purple flower is indeed poisonous and appears on many lists of “the most poisonous plants in the UK” but in…

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[zemi-noelle-art]

The hardest part of my Halloween costume is done! Can you guess who I'm gonna be? :)

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[sarcasticgaypotato]

I know some people have a hard time commenting on fics because they don't know what to say, so allow me to let you in on my personal hack for a super easy, 2-step comment that authors appreciate:

Say that you liked it. "This fic was great," "I love this chapter," "I really enjoyed this," etc.

Mention (1) thing that happened in the fic/chapter that stood out in a good way. You don't have to do a line-by-line analysis, just point out something specific. "The fight between (x) and (y) had me on the edge of my seat," "The conversation at the end of the chapter was perfectly in-character," "(x)'s internal dialog during (scene) was really good," etc.

That's it! You can leave a two sentence comment with this method and I promise, you will make an author very happy.

Of course if you feel able—expand on this! Point out multiple things you liked, do a full scene analysis, gush about stuff that made you laugh or cry, we adore those comments. But if that's too daunting, just try this version and work your way up to the bigger stuff.

Now, go out and make a fic author's day!

[pictureamoebae]

Quick little ReShade tip:

If you need to find a previous version of ReShade, for those from the last couple of large revisions (so 5.x and 6.x, I'm not sure if it works for earlier versions) you can just copy the download link for the most recent one and change the version number in the url.

So, the dl link on the front page of the ReShade website is currently for version 6.1.1, and the url for the addon version is https://reshade.me/downloads/ReShade_Setup_6.1.1_Addon.exe

You can manually change that link to get another version. For example, if I wanted 6.0.1 I would change the link to https://reshade.me/downloads/ReShade_Setup_6.0.1_Addon.exe

Someone also keeps an up-to-date repository on mediafire of all old versions going back years. This is linked to via the official ReShade forum, but it's up to you whether you want to take the risk downloading something from mediafire or not.

Remember, for both of these methods you will only be downloading the ReShade binary, not any of the shaders. When installing ReShade you'll be prompted to download shaders as usual, but they won't be shaders from old versions, they'll be the most recent shaders. If you've decided to use a particularly old version of ReShade you may run into problems. Try to stick to the most up-to-date version of ReShade that you can.

For an explanation of the difference between the ReShade binary, shaders, and presets you can take a look at my Understanding ReShade guide.

[the-arachnid-queen]

Happy birthday to the number 1 best boy! Yet another year of wishing you were real 😢

Happy birthday!!! 🎂🥳

[viric-dreams]

I'm not sure if I'm going to tighten this up into an actual painting, but at the very least a quick Feast of the Rose outfit sketch for Nicholas.

You know it's him and not Elias because Elias would either 1) be wearing his dress whites, or 2) if incognito, a plain black suit and the simplest masque he can find. Nicholas has a bit more of a flair for the dramatic, but in a quieter way. His suit cut may be standard, but a more unusual colour, or vice versa.

[nando161mando]

If coming to a #freePalestine rally, bring a mask because:

1. #CovidIsNotOver

2. Cops are taking photos.

We protect each other. 🇵🇸

Masks keep us all safe. 😷