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physical affection prompts!

pats on the head

interlocking pinkies

smiling into a kiss

a hug after not seeing someone for a long time

giggly cuddles

chasing someone’s lips after they pull away

squishing their cheeks

brushing hands by accident

wiping away someone’s tears

lifting someone up out of excitement

back hugs

an incredibly loud and painful high-five

kissing someone’s forehead

play wrestling

the biggest, warmest hugs

kissing knuckles

tugging on the bottom of someone’s shirt

wiping away food from someone’s lips

peppering their face in kisses

chest bump

accidentally knocking your head into someone’s chin

kissing someone’s cuts/bruises/scratches

a hug that some might consider as ~too long~

confusing a handshake for a fist bump

playfully biting someone

bonus: touching feet and immediately screaming and recoiling

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Reluctant Injury Reveals

- Pulling off sunglasses to reveal a black eye

- Pulling off a hat to reveal blood in their hair

- Taking off a jacket to reveal a side wound

- Rolling up sleeves to reveal scars on their arms

- Taking off a shoe to reveal a swollen/broken foot

- Pulling off gloves to reveal cracked/bloody knuckles

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Carter’s part of my crew now! But the latter part, SPOILER ALERT, Zoey left

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The movie was a sitcom itself 😂😂😂

GUYS I CRIED REBLOG THIS TO SAVE A SOUL FROM THE HORRORS OF INFINITY WAR

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Angst Conversation Prompts

Here are some angst conversation prompts for your books, imagines, etc. Enjoy!

“What have I ever done to you?”

“Can we please talk about this?”

“You don’t mean that do you?”

“This is all your fault!”

“Get out! Get out and stay out of my life!”

“I never want to see you again.”

“I don’t think there’s anything left in me to forgive you.”

“You broke my heart.”

“I loved you!”

“Don’t even try to play the victim right now.”

“Are you being serious?!”

“See? You’re doing it again! Trying to control me!”

“Don’t try to tell me how to feel right now.”

“What do you want from me?!”

“Was this all some joke to you?”

“I can’t— I just can’t anymore.”

“I’m tired.”

“You have ruined my life!”

“You never loved me.”

“I’m tired of this emotional roller coaster.”

“I can’t stay here anymore.”

“There’s nothing that you can say to change my mind.”

“You’ve said enough.”

“I’ve got to go.”

“It was nice knowing you.”

“I wish I never met you.”

“Please. Just let me go.”

“You said that you would always love me.”

“Things have changed.”

“You’ve changed. It’s like I don’t even know you anymore.”

“After everything we’ve been through and you’re just going to throw it all away.”

“I can’t believe this.”

“Goodbye...”

“So this is it?”

“I need time.”

“I don’t know what to think.”

“How could you?!”

“You promised that there would be no more secrets.”

“How could you do this to me?”

“Sorry won’t fix the way I feel right now.”

“I’ve heard this way too many times before.”

“I think it’s best if we saw other people.”

“And here I thought that you were my only true love but I guess I was wrong.”

“There was never an us!”

“What about how I feel huh?!”

“Some things just weren’t meant to be.”

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Things change... 😂😂😂

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Drops tomorrow! I’m so excited!!! 😆

Get caught up in the spirit of senior year with your squad! 🎉

July 27th 💞 My Two First Loves

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This reminds me of To All The Boys I Loved Before!!!!! Nobody else?’

Feelings can be complicated. Begin a new story on July 27th, in My Two First Loves! 💞

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Me coming up with a great idea for a book: I have to write this down!

Me also going to write out my idea:

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CARE TAKING IDEAS

Here are some prompts for scenarios where your characters are taking care of each other:

Person A taking Person B’s temperature

Person A cleaning up Person B after they’ve vomited/bled/peed/pooped on themself

Person A bandaging/stitching up Person B’s wounds

Person A steadying Person B as they try to stand/walk

Person A spoon feeding Person B

Person A catching Person B after they’ve fainted

Person A putting eye drops into Person B’s eyes

Person A giving Person B an injection

Person A giving Person B an enema/suppository

Person A giving Person B words of support, praise, and encouragement

NOTE: Remember that some people go through these scenarios every single day. Please be respectful and considerate when including them in your writing.

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How do your character(s) sleep?

Do they go to bed early or stay up late?

When they say they’re “going to bed” do they actually mean they’re going to sleep or do they mean they’re going to read/play on their phone/etc in bed for a while?

What do they wear when they sleep? (if anything at all)

Do they watch/listen to anything to help them fall asleep?

Do they sleep with a night light on or prefer total darkness?

What position do they sleep in?

Do they cuddle/snuggle with anything while they sleep?

Do they have insomnia or do they fall asleep easily?

How many hours of sleep do they get?

Are they a heavy sleeper or a light sleeper?

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QUESTION IDEAS #11

Some more question-based dialogue to include in your writing. (Be creative and use these in any context you desire)

“Is everything okay?”

“What are you smiling about?”

“Did you hear that?”

“What’s in it for me?”

“Isn’t that weird?”

“What do you mean?”

“Is something bothering you?”

“Do you even care anymore?”

“Where have you been?”

“Can I ask you something?”

“Why are you following me?”

“How long was I asleep?”

“Does this help?”

“Isn’t this what you wanted?”

“Can this wait until tomorrow?

"Do you ever stop talking?”

“What do we do now?”

“Can you please just leave me alone?”

“Does this seem normal to you?”

“What did you want to talk to me about?”

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Writing Opening Scenes

I’m going to be real honest with you, this really depends on circumstance for me and even then, stylistically, I usually steer toward a certain pattern. And disclaimer, it’s a little hard for me to express exactly how I do what I do in terms of writing, but I promise I know what I’m doing (sometimes). Nevertheless, I hope this helps as a general overview!

1. Setting

Let’s start here, the basics. It’s always important to establish the setting, and the easiest way to do this is right off the bat in the beginning. I think this works especially well when special attention is shown to your description. Using those five senses immerses your reader right away, and helps shape the story/scene. It’s a good go-to, especially when you don’t even know what you’re going to write yet. Diving right into the setting has a way of sparking tons of ideas you wouldn’t have even thought of.

2. Dialogue

I have such a bias toward starting with dialogue. I love dialogue. It’s perfect clickbait. I’ve said this before, but my writing style isn’t very heavy on narration and I tend to skip all of the fluffy descriptions in my first drafts, so spending time cultivating a setting isn’t really my first priority when I sit down to write. My ideas usually come from random lines, jokes, or aspects of my characters’ personalities. This is why dialogue openers work really well for me. If your scene involves a conversation you know you want to write, try starting with it! See where it takes you. Jumping right into the action has a pleasing affect on the page.

3. Action

Speaking of action... movement is a great way to suck a reader into a scene as well. I love opening a new page to see something like “my feet hit the ground running...” it creates intrigue right away. Put the reader directly into whatever is going on. Of course, your scene doesn’t have to be action or adventure heavy to start with an action. Something as simple as “my hands shook with anxiety” is another action that creates interest. It’s a simple start, but helpful to build off of.

4. Background

Be a little wary of this. There’s a difference between adding background and straight up info dumping. Using background to start a scene seems like something that would be more helpful at the beginning of piece rather than a chapter. If you have to start a chapter with a lot of background information, it’s a sign that this information could’ve been given to the reader earlier on. Generally “showing instead of telling” is the golden rule, so if you find yourself writing words upon words of something that happened, you’re probably info dumping. Try writing the scene yourself and see if it makes a difference.

When I suggest starting a scene with background, I mean something more along the lines of “the old country picnic, the town’s one and only annual affair was, as usual, a breeding ground for chaos.” You want to go for light foreshadowing, not intense evidence that shows you’ve done some extensive world building. If you can summarize something in a paragraph that can set up the scene you’re trying to create, then I’d say you’re doing it right.

5. Inner Monologue/Thoughts/Emotion

I’m grouping these together because I want to say it’s the same depending on which POV you write in. I usually write in third person, so the narrator describes thoughts and emotions whereas, if it were first person, the mc’s inner voice would describe these things. I’ve read so many writing tips that strictly advise against saying things like “she was sad,” or “he was anxious” because it’s “telling instead of showing” but I’m going to be honest with you...

She was sad. But sad couldn’t quiet describe it. Sad was surface level, a quick attempt at trying to characterize the pit growing at the bottom of her stomach and the hole digging itself into her broken heart.

So I don’t know “writing tips,” you try to tell me that’s a bad way to start a scene.

My point is, establishing strong emotion in the beginning is another great way to carry the rest of the piece together. It’s a grounding theme that starts momentum.

You can easily do this with thoughts too. Inner monologue is also fun. I don’t write much first person, but if your character is particularly interesting, their thoughts alone are enough to set off a great scene.

There are so many different ways to start a scene, this post could go on and on. Find what compliments you, or try them all out as a writing exercise. See what you can create.

I hope this was at least good advice, per request. As always, writing tips are subjective and not so black and white. If you’re struggling with an opening scene, skip it and come back to it at the end. Don’t let it stop you from writing at all. It’ll come to you eventually :)