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the warmth of your mouth,

the coldness of your gaze,

I ache

Barco, duality of affections

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please please please Im begging people to actually pay attention to word choice and wording - its a bit obnoxious to call yourself an above average writer and then you can't even branch off from basic vocab words, I've literally read pieces of fiction posted on AO3 better than some of the books that have been published (especially those AO3 authors that have a disclaimer of 'english isn't my first language, sorry for any misspelled words' and then its the best thing you've ever read that whole year, you know what I'm talking about) - people really need to go back to focusing on words, their meanings, and their synonyms if they're wanting to be a decent writer, using 'said' 10 times in a row (especially if everything else about the writing is lackluster) is bland, but it also depends on the style and mood you're going for; I'm not saying that its bad to have a starting point, its not, its bad if you stay at that starting point but then act like you've made progress and are better than you actually are

50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:

stated

commented

declared

spoke

responded

voiced

noted

uttered

iterated

explained

remarked

acknowledged

mentioned

announced

shouted

expressed

articulated

exclaimed

proclaimed

whispered

babbled

observed

deadpanned

joked

hinted

informed

coaxed

offered

cried

affirmed

vocalized

laughed

ordered

suggested

admitted

verbalized

indicated

confirmed

apologized

muttered

proposed

chatted

lied

rambled

talked

pointed out

blurted out

chimed in

brought up

wondered aloud

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)

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I am sorry but there is no happy ending for you, there is only sorrow and bloodshed, in every variation of this story, you are slaughtered, you were beheaded, you will be sacrificed, that is your destiny, your fate, and fate is sealing, and hope is extinguished

- inspo. excerpt from Tory Adkisson, Anecdote of the Pig

"Do you still believe myths can save you? Foolish creature. Let me be clear: every version of the story ends with you being slaughtered."

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"Eyes are the windows to the soul, or so they say. Some might say it's a weak point, ironically, a blind spot, the eyes. Spherical openings, gaping, peering,  revealing the deepest part of yourself. They say how soft, how vulnerable, how wide they are. But the eyes that look after me are piercing,  formidable, domineering. My genesis’s eyes are cold and lifeless, yet ablaze and ferocious.  The eyes show the soul can be molded into tar,  and grated down to tatter.  The origin of my eyes are loathsome and scrutinizing, and I wonder if my eyes are hateful too." Barco, bearing an incarnation 

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maybe we will be people doing laundry and taxes together in the next life, maybe we will be sakura flowers on the same tree in the next life, maybe we will be the sun and the moon in the next life, maybe we will be two perpendicular lines in the next life, maybe we will be deers frolicking in a meadow in the next life, maybe we will be connected weeping willows in the next life, maybe we will be two swans in the next life, maybe we will be dragonflies at a pond in the next life, maybe we will be a lotus and a lily pad on water in the next life, maybe we will be seahorses hiding in seagrass and mangroves in the next life, maybe we will be trees that have branches touching in the next life, maybe we will be blue and orange in the next life, maybe we will be coffee mugs on the same table in the next life, maybe we will be books made out of the same paper in the next life, maybe we will be pomegranates from the same garden in the next life, maybe we will be similar shades of lipstick in the next life, maybe we will be cheese and win in the same refrigerator in the next life, maybe we will be a lemon and lime in a bowl in the next life, maybe we will be poems in the same journal in the next life, maybe we will be orchids in the same vase in the next life, maybe we will be sugar and spice in the next life, maybe we will be thunder and lightning in the next life, maybe we will be silver and gold in the next life, maybe we will be chairs with identical designs in the next life, maybe we will be two cats sleeping in the same bed in the next life, maybe we will be bread and butter on the same counter in the next life, maybe we will be milk and cookies in the next life, maybe we will be moss and algae in the next life, maybe we will be songs in the French and Spanish in the next life, maybe we will be-

maybe we will be keychains on the same key ring in the next life

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"and in that moment, it wasn't my face, but my mothers, staring back at me."  Barco, Cheval Glass

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"why didn't you text me back?" "what took you so long?" "where were you"

sorry, i got lost in the Bermuda Triangle , im back now

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this but also going in depth with the characters, symbolism, themes, and background w/ASOIAF, HOTD, Dune, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, F&H1, F&H2 TERMINA, BLASPHEMOUS, Silent Hill, ALICE MADNESS RETURNS, Skyrim, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, BG3, World Of Horror, Cry of Fear, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, Analog Horror, ENA by Joel G, Minecraft, ARCANE, Succession, Hunger Games, IHNMAIMS, Animal Farm, Diary of an Oxygen Thief, The Metamorphosis, Crime & Punishment, Lolita, War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice, Normal People, The Song of Achilles, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, The Dead Poets Society, THE SECRET HISTORY, No Longer Human, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Lord of the Flies, Viy, Yellow Jackets 2021, Nosferatu 1979&2024, THE VVITCH 2015, The Ritual 2017, The Love Witch, Alice in Wonderland 2010, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Pan's Labyrinth 2006, Possession 1981, Ginger Snaps 2000, Raw 2016, STOKER 2013, Twin Peaks, Alien 1979, Suspiria 1977, Stage Fright 1987, It Follows 2014, Parasite 2019, Longlegs 2024, Skinamarink 2022, Black Narcissus 1947, Creep 2014, Pearl 2022, Mother! 2017, Bones and All 2022, Black Swan 2010, Manic 2001, Honey Boy 2019, Whiplash 2014, Saltburn 2023, Fantastic Plan-

I lied. I don’t actually like sex. Put your clothes back on I’m going to explain the entire plot of the Silmarillion to you.

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behold, the fruits of my labour

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his gaze, soft and warm like sunlight, and like sunlight, it cascades upon my face

Barco, my love is, and will always be, ripe for you

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winter is v pretty

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he yearns for vengeance

Before and after bath time

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im a certified crash out in, the sense

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R.F. Kuang says she wanted ‘Yellowface’ to feel like ‘an anxiety attack’ Goodreads

Author

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel: An Arcane History, among others. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

Genre(s) Examples

Satire - Suspense - Psychological Fiction - Contemporary - Literary Fiction - Mystery

Quotes

‘Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered?’

'If publishing is rigged, you might as well make sure it’s rigged in your favor.'

'Oh, my God. This is everything I’ve ever wanted.'

'Diversity is what’s selling right now. Editors are hungry for marginalized voices.'

'I am a woman who helps other women.'

'I think it’s very dangerous to start censoring what authors should and shouldn’t write.'

'Writing is fundamentally an exercise in empathy. Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes.'

'It’s always easier to make the cishet white guy the punching bag.'

'I am a brilliant writer and a good friend.'