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Ah these children who always create problems for poor mothers....

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I need y'all to watch this clip

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thank you Canada 🇨🇦

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it has gotten better before. it will get better again. and again and again and again.

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In My Dream, I Was You - Submitted by Synoicus

#A5C1C8 #CED7DA #F6ECEE #FCE4E7 #EFBBCA

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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are u ever sick w longing. and i don't just mean romantic longing. i mean longing for a place you barely get to see, longing for friends you no longer have, longing for feelings you might have left behind in your childhood, longing for creativity, longing for a rich and more expansive life, longing for less inhibition. longing for more passion. longing for ur life to be so incandescent w something it thaws all the frost in ur bones. are u ever so consumed w it it rends ur heart in two. do u understand me

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March: *starts*

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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ya gotta stop caring what people think and start being extremely weird. but never cruel. i think that might save you

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Who’s the tallest man alive?

Me with my patented Sky Boots

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Shed and begin anew 🐍 Happy Lunar New Year

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it's ok to be sad pals <3

[ID: marker art of a jaguar lying down with its head on its front paw. Handwritten text reads "your sadness has a place here just as much as your joy" in all caps. The background is plain white, and the artist's signature reads @ watercolourcritters. End ID.]

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i am sorry but you’ll probably never receive the apologies you feel you need from the people in your life or from the people no longer in your life.

i am sorry you were hurt and not believed, not understood.

i am sorry your feelings were downplayed, making you feel like your problems were not valid enough.

i am sorry no one stood up for you when you needed them to.

i am sorry “no” wasn’t enough.

i am sorry people never realized how much their words hurt and how much destruction their actions caused.

i am sorry you’ll never get these apologies from the people who come to mind, but i am sorry. i hope you find some closure in knowing you do not always need closure.

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