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how would val fair at laser tag do you think?

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i think she'd run her team like a special ops peninsulan military squad. extremely intense and machiavellian about it.

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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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Pssst

Hey, are you an artist or writer with WIPs?

Come here... I got a secret for you pssst come ‘ere

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Dead bug

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The equivalent of Antarctic research stations but in fantasy worlds like for example there’s an evil terrible region of rotting and nightmares but like nine miles from the edge there’s a very ugly little building optimistically called Observation Center 1 and it’s full of normal humans just vibing. for like 90% of the year they can’t leave because that’s Death Fog Season but it balances out because they can study the ghost migrations and also hear the whalesong-like calls of The Unspeakable Ones asking you to come outside for a game of checkers but thankfully the checkers set is kept locked up to slow down anyone that gets tempted

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✨Jotaro meets F.F✨

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Does rodent fam still have the velvet ant as a pet? I feel like it wouldn’t be safe to have with toddler mice around but I would be sad if they had to rehome her ;_;

(I used to have one that looked like her named Cupcake lol)

They still have Rosie! She's pretty tame all things considered, since she was a pet since being a tiny grub.

PS that's adorable

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I’m curious what is Rusty’s (aka GOATED Rat-Boyfriend) backstory?

He's from underneath Seattle

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Is there a cute story behind how Mariela got Rosie the velvet ant? Or do the mouse equivalent of petshops sell animals like Velvet ants and other bugs as pets?

Also do some bugs take the place of livestock like Spiders and caterpillars being used to make fabric? Or bigger bugs being used as steads?

Sorry for the question bomb I got to thinking about mousworld and bugs and well it's become a new fixation.

I don't think velvet ants are especially common as pets, but bees, silkworms, and spiders could definitely be used like farm animals. Crickets/grasshoppers mostly for meat (Chapulines anyone?) Darkling beetles could be like little doggies.

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May Market

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THEY TOOK THEIR CATS WITH THEM TO CYPRUS

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I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

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do you think they know how much they contributed to online literacy? to the spirit of curiousity? to the idea of doing research yourself instead of always having it laid out in front of you?

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sooo bird cage weapon + armor idea

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Ride by the river 🦋🌾

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Zanarin portrait in watercolor. :}