Jesper And Milo The Goat
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i can just imagine percy and annabeth sharing the poseidon cabin together after tartarus because they can stand to be away from each other. the trauma they dealt with is obviously the other personâs cure and everyone just knows theyâre the only two who can understand what they both went through.
the transitional state between spring and summer; blooming to burning, rain dew to gold hue, stay with me through everskies and hellfires too.
dialogue tags and action beats
iâm not gonna spend forever on dialogue tags because i feel like we all likely have a general understanding on them, but
a dialogue tag is a group of words that precede, succeeds, or interrupt dialogue to indicate who is speaking. itâs important to correlate them with what is being said (ââi love you,â she snarledâ doesnât make as much sense as ââi love you,â she sighed,â does it? unless youâre taking enemies to lovers to the extreme ofc)
they should be used sparingly!! why? because theyâre interruptions. they remind the reader that this story is narrated and therefore just that â a story. it becomes less immersive and real every time the reader is reminded of this.
when theyâre used, try to be specific (so donât just use âsaidâ over and over again), but donât rely on dialogue tags to express all the emotion. if theyâre the only source of emotion, writing can feel chunky and very tell rather than show. no dialogue tag > expressive dialogue tag sometimes. also, âsaidâ isnât that bad! if the rest of your writing, from the narration to the dialogue itself, is expressing emotions properly, then the tag can be simple as âsaid.â
fox, whatâs an action beat?
if most of what youâve learned about writing is from school, chances are, you havenât heard of this before. itâs okay, though, because i would be VERY surprised if youâve never used them before either.
action beats serve many purposes, but their fundamental purpose is to break up dialogue. theyâre short sentences that precede, succeeded, or interrupt dialogue just like dialogue tags. however, without being redundant and obvious (ex: âhe saidâ âshe saidâ âhe criedâ âshe criedâ), they actually can add information and depth while at the same time reminding/informing the reader who is speaking.
action beats tell of a characterâs emotions, actions, thoughts, intentions while speaking. they also make sure the reader wonât get bored, because there is nothing worse than just pages after pages of straight dialogue.
so one function is to break voice. and interruption in the midst of a lot of speech, whether it is one-sided or multi-sided. it adds rhythm so that the writing isnât just a bunch of dialogue and some dialogue tags.
âDid you find the book?â Frida asks hopefully.
âNo,â he mutters. After a moment of thick silence, he goes on. âIt wasnât there. I found all his other books, even the ones he never finished writing, but...â
âOh. Well, Iâm sure itâll be at the next library.â
âYou said that last time.â
âAnd Iâll say it next time.â
âSo you donât think weâll find it next time either?â
She looks away and closes her eyes, knowing that Kevinâs frustrated and trying to get the same reaction out of her. One of them had to hold hope. âWeâll find it. Now sit down. Janet brought lunch while you were gone.â
another function is to convey emotion and indicate mood without using extraneous adverbs and dialogue tags that ultimately donât add anything or progress the story.
âCan you stop?! Can you stop it with all the hopeful monologues and stupid, stupid empowering little speeches?!â Kevin throws his fork down on the table with a loud profanity. âJust... let me be upset for a moment!â
action beats can also solve what we like to call white room syndrome or talking heads syndrome. it places the conversation into a setting so that we can imagine whatâs around them rather than two floating heads in a blank room.
Frida looks out the window of her room. âI hope youâre here to apologize.â She watches his reflection in the dark glass. Heâs standing by her door, looking as pitiful as her meager attempt to decorate the walls.
action beats often say what the character wonât. they indicate when the character is lying by showing rather than telling.
âI promise I wonât.â Kevin crosses his fingers behind his back, giving her a sincere smile. âI wonât go looking for the book again until we figure out what to do about Mark.â
and, lastly, the most obvious function, dialogue beats tell us who is talking without using tags!
âYou lied to me!â
âWhat did you expect?â
âI expected you to keep your promises!â Frida wipes away her tears with a furious scowl. âI expected you not to betray me. All of us!â
and thatâs all!! idk who frida, kevin, mark, or janet are, or what this whole book is about, but i hope yâall enjoyed and took something away from this ;)
but why is it that when people talk about internalized misogyny it's always girls who hate on girls who are super feminine and never girls who mock other girls for not wearing makeup or having visible body hair? i dont think girls who think they're not like most girls are the #1 enforcers of patriarchy









EMMA (1815) âą JANE AUSTEN
âi may have lost my heart, but not my self control.â