#exclamation! points!

[princewished]

I’ve been so productive today and it’s not even 1pm. I wish these vibes for everyone

[tyanis]

Kinda feel like there's some untapped meme/reaction image potential from old horror movie trailers...

[hinamie]

itafushi nation how r we Feeling!!!!!!!!!!!

[prokopetz]

I’m not sure how much of it is innate and how much of it is imitative, but a thing I’ve always found interesting about feline vocalisation is that they enunciate for emphasis in pretty much the same way that humans do, so when a cat is being emphatic you can literally hear the exclamation point.

[paintedpatroclus]

“so, sokka clings to him, and sighs contentedly when zuko clings back.” from breakable heaven, chapter 10 by @sokkalore

how’s everyone holding up zukka nation …

[andhumanslovedstories]

I've been running this writing experiment lately to cut out phrases like "I felt" in my fiction writing. Like I was looking at a sentence in a draft that said, "he felt as if character's eyes were pinning him in place." And then I was like, "well, does he think that or is it true? As a result of this person watching him, he's froze. It's not like a thing, it is that thing."

Oh and "almost"! I'm always going, "He felt almost relieved that it hadn't happened." Well, did he feel better that it didn't happen or didn't he? Or "somewhat", I'm always going, "she felt somewhat perturbed."

And like none of that is wrong, to be clear. I don't know if it'd improve your writing, I don't even know if it'll improve my writing, but I use this sentence structure all the time so every viewpoint is from a voice that thinks about what it thinks, hedges its statements, and offers the same ability for wry little jokes formatted in the exact same way. And I have a lot of writing like that and I think (!) that they're good, but read as a whole, I'm like, "god, they all sound the same." Like there's one melody that I write songs to, so even with different lyrics, it's almost (!) the same song. Something I've been struggling with in regards to my writing and why I've felt so blocked is how boring I found writing my usual way. I'd read something and enjoy the individual parts of it, but then I'd step back and I didn't like the whole. And I got good at this enough at seeing that I didn't like it to do it in real time as I was writing, which as you can imagine didn't improve the process of writing because now I was bored AND dejected about being bored.

There's this sentence-level structure fact that I use unconsciously. A pattern I find easy is short sentence, short sentence, short sentence, long sentence. So I write that. "He [verbed]. He [verbed]. Then he [verbed]. As he [verbed] to his [consequence], he [verbed] that [noun] was [statement of condition]." Which could work, it often does make for a nice rhythm, but it's something I reach for often because it's easier for me.

Just last sentence, I originally typed, "I find it easier for me." But if what I mean is "using this pattern is less effort than another pattern," then it's easier for me. One voice is hedging its bets and the other asserting. Either is fine! But they're different! And, again, GOD you would not believe how many words I've cut out of this paragraph as I write it. I'm so chatty. I love using twelve words when six will do. And that gives my writing a specific tone to my ear.

So if I am bored of that tone, why not try using just the six words? Why be understated? Why be afraid of stronger opinions? So right now with my fiction, I'm experimenting with cutting out as many self-reflective words as I can. Sometime you do need to draw attention to the face that this is the character's interpretation, but like you definitely don't need to do it as much as I naturally want to do it. You don't need to always go out of your way to allow the possibility that the narrative voice is wrong. During editing, I trim the weaker ones (I originally typed, "what I consider the weaker ones" Is that more accurate?). But I think them being there in the first place shifts my language which shifts my character's which shifts my plot. It's sentence structure all the way down!!

(this barely applies to my writing on here, btw. i try to do good but yknow this is a tumblr blog. i'm not trying to get a lit mag to accept it.)

Anyway blah blah (chatty!) the point is I've been trying to write in a way opposite of my interests. Something that doesn't take itself too seriously, that emphasizes EMOTION and ACTION instead of minimizing it, and that clips through scenes at a good pace. Doing this been amazingly fun. I've been having such a good time doing it. I am writing so much because I really enjoy doing it. The process of writing is so fun again.

This post is about two things. One is my new mood stabilizer and therapy day camp. The other is about the benefit of pretending to be MXTX.

[serial-unaliver]

did...did they tiktok-censor the word "die" IN A BOOK????

[clown-eating-pig]

Somehow I completely missed the underlined portion of this conversation until just now 😭😭😭 he’s so funny when exactly was he “trying out” a middle name in conversation with Jon sksjdkcjmskxkskdmcjwjx 😭😭😭😭

[pluckyredhead]

True gender equality will only be achieved in comics when DC artists embrace Orion's Official and Canonical Jack Kirby Leisure Outfit with the passion with which they have embraced Barda's.

[sourapplesauces]

my piece for @happiestdayfnaf !! go check em out ;)

it was such a joy working on this zine, there was an amazing team of artists and writers ^0^ pre-orders are open now SO GO GET IT NOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! heres the link with all the info!

[auncyen]

(courtesy of the isat script project)

this bit always gets me

Siffrin wants so badly not to have the others hurt/see them hurt and yet doesn't register how much they don't want to see him hurt either.

the only reason Bonnie's not screaming too is because Siffrin already told them to run

[lesbiandarvey]

okay here’s my advice for you for january2024. get a daily planner and use it to scrapbook!!!! use it to keep track of movies you just watched, music you’re listening to, put pictures of your favorite characters in it, get fun stickers to put in it its so fun! and when its fun its fun youre 100x times more likely to use it as an actual planner! i dont know why no one ever told me this but because it FUN now im using my daily planner to keep track of bills, keep track of my habits, im tracking my workouts with it… i have never been able to use a daily planner for longer than 2 weeks before but now i can cus its FUN

[imaginariumwanderer]

Revisiting the previous Beast Yeast EP again and it's hilarious how pissed Mystic got at Cacao here, he really called her out on her apathy bs

Side note, bodhisattvas are Buddhist deities who has attained the highest level of enlightenment, but choose not to enter paradise to help enlighten other beings. Mystic Flour in comparison failed to reach enlightenment and decided to force her philosophy on others anyways. Dark Cacao's dialogues here imply how she's in reality lashing out under the guise of salvation. The writers are genius for adding a more emotions driven side to Mystic Flour's motivations while implementing the subtle Buddhist influence into it.

[a2zillustration]

Got hit with the Emperor Hits On You into Mizora Has Something To Say combo

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[luthienne]

!!!!! (my heart recognizes this as an unerring truth)

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