Chiron Is In Constant Pain. Not A Physical Pain, No. A Pain That Lingers In The Corner Of His Vision,

Chiron is in constant pain. Not a physical pain, no. A pain that lingers in the corner of his vision, when Nico picks up a lyre for the first time for campfire. When a soldier boy lets down his guard for a lover who would follow him to the end, and suddenly, in the corners of his eyes, he sees Achilles and Patroclus. And then he blinks, and it's all gone again. After all, time flies when you're immortal.

family gathering. playing monopoly. getting close to the end. 12 year old turns to 8 year old brother and says it’s time to become esteemed colleagues. i say what? he says esteemed colleagues. they merge their money and assets and beat me at monopoly

does anyone realize how crazy it is to have the actor of a mostly headcanoned queer ship say the fans were never crazy and they were right all along after 10+ years of everyone just absolutely going nuts over the said queerbaited ship

lebanon should’ve been a tense and hostile dinner party bottle episode with the winchesters, cas and jack, and rowena. john keeps microagressing cas and cas keeps being cunty right back and dean is just trying to get through the night. meanwhile on the other side of the table sam is like mommy pass the salt and rowena and mary both reach for it.

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.