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Writing Groups After Trauma

If your characters have recently experienced something difficult and you want to expand on the emotions that they feel afterwards, I have a couple of tips for writing realistic emotions after the fact.

During the Event

During the actual difficult event, whether a member of the group has died, been kidnapped, or people are in a stressful situation, people react in ways you wouldn’t expect.

Gallows humor is a great example of this! If people are helpless during a difficult event, the easiest way to cope with it is to make jokes about it. This separates the serious, life-threatening event from the jokes they make.

Expect a lot of praying from religious and non-religious people, quiet panic attacks, and surrealist humor. The people next to your character will become very close with them during this time (even if it doesn’t last after the fact).

Your characters might turn to random topics, like the past (ooh, convenient flashback time!), their plans if stuff hadn’t happened, or something stupid like a funny story they once heard.

Mob mentality, folks. People are fragile during events like this, so if one person has even a semblance of leadership, they’ll listen.

How Do They React?

After the fact, people try to cope with it the way that they’re most used to.

Your characters will be closer to each other. They’ll lean on each other and be personal in ways you wouldn’t normally think of.

Is your character in touch with their emotions? Expect a lot of crying, anxiety, and compassion. These people will recover quickly because they’re able to deal with it by facing it head on.

Is your character cold-hearted and reasonable? Expect a lot of irrational rationalization. They’ll try to frame the situation in a way that it doesn’t affect them. This can separate them from the rest of the group.

Is your character tough and resilient? Expect anger and action. If they have supporting friends, these people are the most likely to fight back.

Does your character already struggle with trauma, anxiety, or depression? They might not process the event until much later. They’ll look fine during and right after, but these characters might deal with severe dissociation and anxiety, even PTSD. Recovering will be a long process.

The Group Together

After a difficult event, people band together in ways you wouldn’t imagine. It’s hard to stay by yourself when you’ve gone through something hard. Your characters will be much closer, and they’ll work on healing next to each other.

how to punctuate dialogue

(a general guide, dedicated to anon)

For the purposes of this description I’m going to use the word Words to indicate whatever the character is saying and the word Attribution to refer to the dialogue tag (the bit where you write ‘she said’). Further details and actual examples behind the cut.

1. dialogue followed by speaker

“Words,” attribution.

1a. quotation that is a question or an exclamation followed by speaker

“Words?” attribution.

“Words!” attribution.

The only difference from the above is changing the comma to a question mark or exclamation point. 

2. speaker followed by dialogue

Attribution, “Words.” 

Attribution, “Words?” 

Attribution, “Words!”

3. dialogue with the speaker in the middle of the quote

“Words,” attribution, “words.”

“Words,” attribution, “words?”

“Words,” attribution, “words!”

4. dialogue without attribution (the speaker is obvious and doesn’t need to be named)

“Words.”

“Words?”

“Words!”

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Whole again

Me: About to post new fic soon.

Id, Ego and Superego: 

A Poem For The Small Things

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2RrJfhL

by tinyduos

Kim Namjoon works as a physical therapist and also teaches in the same field. He begins to work as a team leader at a hospital.

Park Jimin has been working as a physical therapist for 2 years. He wanted to become a dancer, but due to his poor family background, he studied to become a physical therapist. He started reading poetry, as an escape for his pain.

or the “a poem a day” x bts au that no one aside from me needed or wanted.

Words: 7767, Chapters: 1/16, Language: English

Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Jeon Jungkook, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Min Yoongi | Suga, Kim Taehyung | V, Park Chaewon | Go Won, Son Hyejoo | Olivia Hye

Relationships: Jeon Jungkook/Kim Namjoon | RM/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook & Park Jimin, Kim Namjoon | RM/Park Jimin, Possible:, Kim Seokjin | Jin/Kim Taehyung | V, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Medical, Alternate Universe - Hospital, Slow Burn, Polyamory, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Friends to Enemies, Friends to Lovers, Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, One Big Happy Family, Jeon Jungkook Is a Sweetheart, Jeon Jungkook Is Bad at Feelings

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2RrJfhL

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin Characters: Park Jimin (BTS), Jeon Jungkook, Kim Taehyung | V Additional Tags: alternative universe, Orange picking AU ??, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Kinda, How Do I Tag, Smitten Jeon Jungkook, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Jimin is rich and Jeongguk is poor but they fall in love, Minor Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin, Like very minor, jikook - Freeform, jimin’s dad owns a bunch of orange trees and jk takes care of them n they fall in love, lil bit of smut, its barely there Summary:

Jeongguk finds warmth among orange trees.

Absolutely stunning 💕💕! I missed his dancing so much!

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