Apparently A Lot Of People Get Dialogue Punctuation Wrong Despite Having An Otherwise Solid Grasp Of

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.

How many asexual/aromantic people do you reckon still think they “haven’t found the right person yet”

How many do you think thought that in all of human history

How many do you think forced themselves into relationships and whole marriages by thinking “this is how it’s supposed to go right? this is how I’m supposed to behave and this is how it’s supposed to feel? this is what I’m feeling right?”

and how many do you think wound up just thinking there was something wrong with them and wound up fucking miserable their whole lives

I hope there were some that didn’t. Some that found kinships of other types, maybe of others who felt the same way. Maybe just friends and family.

I know we’ve always been here. I know we’ve survived. It’s disheartening that we’ll never quite realize how many, but I hope cataloguing ourselves now will help others in the future not feel so alone.

I chose timeloop but honestly I want all of the options to some extent. But timeloop specifically because it is a sweet sweet angst fuel.

Shopping Trip episode would have been so cool cause it could give a look into logistics of running a hotel and how hell operates. What food do they eat, what perishables they have to replace? Do hotel staff receive salary and if yes, from whom, Alastor or Charlie? In more bittersweet version it could be a shopping trip for building materials for rebuilding of the hotel, maybe even a montage of several shopping trips, tracking the progression of the construction

No. I'm not including Beach episode. You people are too predictable.

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

u ever work on an AU or oc design and it all comes together and you just feel so