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happy pride month 2025!!

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I've already said that my number one piece of writing advice is to read.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.

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prison of empathy

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 4x16: Who Are You?

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i love the way they love

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currently in burn out recovery post uni you know what that means... faith lehane for the people and fuffy fanart in t-minus thirty seconds Who Cheered!!!!

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*Slobbery sounds*

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S5E22: The Gift (x) / Sylvia Plath / S5:22: The Gift / Fiona Apple / What I Could Never Confess Without Some Bravado, Emily Palermo / "When rome falls", Bloodsport, Yves Olade /  S6E8: Tabula Rasa / Japanese Breakfast / Excerpt from hungry thread of nerves, Fatima Aamer Bilal / S7E20: Touched / lena-oleanderson (x) / S7E22: Chosen / A Self-portrait in Letters, Anne Sexton / S7E22: Chosen

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I just really like this stupid clipping from the wiki ХD

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2x06 "Halloween"

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 1.01 "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

BONUS: This screenshot of Giles getting his first 'Giles-The-Teenager-Tolerator' migraine

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S5E21: The Weight of the World

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Every time I - even when I'm at my worst... you always make me feel special. How do you do that? Magic.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 5.06

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No cause Anya was 100% right Buffy should definitely charge for slaying. She shouldn't charge the people she saves but she should charge the council. They have the money and resources to pay her

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You're not alive because of hate, or pain. You're alive because I saw you change. Because I saw your penance.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER  S6E15: As You Were | S7E09: Never Leave Me