IF I SEE THIS ONE MORE FKING TIME UGGGH

IF I SEE THIS ONE MORE FKING TIME UGGGH

the phrase:

" (xyz) left little to the imagination" DOES NOT REFER TO MODEST OR NON REVEALING CLOTHING

IT IS THE OPPOSITE.

IT MEANS. LITTLE TO IMAGINE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE

ALLLLL OF IT

LINGERIE LEAVES LITTLE TO THE IMAGINATION

A SWEATER DOES NOT.

STOP MIXING THEM UP 😤

thanks xo

*has a character i wanna write a fic abt bc y'all inspire me*

yay writing time :D

*realizes the only information i have of them is from fanfiction bc i just thought the actor was hot*

:/

writing tips pt. 2- angst

angst is all about the sad, heart wrenching stuff. usually, there's quite a bit of internal narrative because its the best way to truly experience the pain. well, when writing a train of thought, write it like the thought appears. this might mean breaking the grammar rules. that's ok! it might give grammarly hemorrhoids but whatever. a break in the system, so to speak, draws the reader's attention. Shakespeare does this when he breaks the meter. the stutter in the pattern makes the audience go 'hey, that's important,' and the context directs the new feeling. same thing!

Anxiety - typically spiralling, out of control thoughts. formatting might look like: a lack of commas, cut off sentences, repeated words, unpredictable sentences ->

"no no no no couldn't be happening this isn't real please no god don't let it be them-"

anxious vocab (behavior description)

tremble

unsteady

stutter

cower

whimper

quake

fret

keen

Anger - similar to anxiety, racing thoughts that get angrier and angrier. builds up, add more expletives, italics, language gets more intense. Anger is be more verbal, so add some actual dialogue in the middle ->

how could they. unbelievable. one fucking job, and they screwed it up. it was all so perfect, so fucking precisely planned and they couldn't get their head out of their motherfucking ass long enough to-

"DAWSON! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"

tip - italics are a little better than caps lock. idk why but we've all equated italics to intense emotion. caps is kind of jarring and more like a shout. 'shout' is different than 'bellow'. which sounds angrier? bellow, right? like in my previous fluff post, vocabulary and dialogue description is a biggie.

running out of angry vocab, try:

bellow - shout, but with more of a roar

seethe

stew

growl

rage

furious

venomous

bristle/bristled

spat

spew

hope this helps! xo

notifs make me so happy its stupid

im like "hello!!!! hi!!!! hello person!!! you saw my fic!!! eeee!!! yay!!! i love you pls come back!!!! :D"

im like a stupid dog auaUahAAgh

so there is a fic on AO3 that had me in a CHOKEHOLD ISTG. It's a Javier Pena fic, basic premise is an enemies to lovers where reader gives him a kiss for every pill he has to take after he gets shot, and by the end...!!!! has all the best tropes guys seriously I love it. it's called 'Ten days" just search javier pena and the title, you'll find it.

well.

I decided that a great lil spinoff will be bestowed on our other favorite emotionally constipated himbo.....Miguel O'hara!

yay

so...stay tuned for that, ig, probably will start posting soon? (I'll link it in this post later)

STOP DOING THIS IN INJURY FICS!!

Bleeding:

Blood is warm. if blood is cold, you're really fucking feverish or the person is dead. it's only sticky after it coagulates.

It smells! like iron, obv, but very metallic. heavy blood loss has a really potent smell, someone will notice.

Unless in a state of shock or fight-flight mode, a character will know they're bleeding. stop with the 'i didn't even feel it' yeah you did. drowsiness, confusion, pale complexion, nausea, clumsiness, and memory loss are symptoms to include.

blood flow ebbs. sometimes it's really gushin', other times it's a trickle. could be the same wound at different points.

it's slow. use this to your advantage! more sad writer times hehehe.

Stab wounds:

I have been mildly impaled with rebar on an occasion, so let me explain from experience. being stabbed is bizarre af. your body is soft. you can squish it, feel it jiggle when you move. whatever just stabbed you? not jiggly. it feels stiff and numb after the pain fades. often, stab wounds lead to nerve damage. hands, arms, feet, neck, all have more motor nerve clusters than the torso. fingers may go numb or useless if a tendon is nicked.

also, bleeding takes FOREVER to stop, as mentioned above.

if the wound has an exit wound, like a bullet clean through or a spear through the whole limb, DONT REMOVE THE OBJECT. character will die. leave it, bandage around it. could be a good opportunity for some touchy touchy :)

whump writers - good opportunity for caretaker angst and fluff w/ trying to manhandle whumpee into a good position to access both sites

Concussion:

despite the amnesia and confusion, people ain't that articulate. even if they're mumbling about how much they love (person) - if that's ur trope - or a secret, it's gonna make no sense. garbled nonsense, no full sentences, just a coupla words here and there.

if the concussion is mild, they're gonna feel fine. until....bam! out like a light. kinda funny to witness, but also a good time for some caretaking fluff.

Fever:

you die at 106F (40.5C). no 'oh no his fever is 107F!! ahhh!" no his fever is 0F because he's fucking dead. you lose consciousness around 103, sometimes less if it's a child. brain damage occurs at over 104.

ACTUAL SYMPTOMS:

sluggishness

inability to speak clearly

feeling chilly/shivering

nausea

pain

delirium

symptoms increase as fever rises. slow build that secret sickness! feverish people can be irritable, maybe a bit of sass followed by some hurt/comfort. never hurt anybody.

fevers are a big deal! bad shit can happen! milk that till its dry (chill out) and get some good hurt/comfort whumpee shit.

keep writing u sadistic nerds xox love you

also - this post was not an invitation to share a bunch of enormously traumatic stories. stop messaging me things like 'related to ur last post' and then it's a really upsetting recount of an assault you experienced. this is a writing blog, not a medical newsletter. I'm muting the notifs because I don't like seeing it pop up in my feed - if you have a genuine writing question, please dm me, i'd love to hear it. thank you.