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@roguelioness I know you're more about Solas, but I'm sure you'll find these as hilarious as I do XD

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if you would be so kind as to reblog this if you feel insecure about your writing skills.

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In that moment, she could hear her heart beating loudly in her chest. The realization hit her hard. She had been wrong all along. It was him. It had always been him.

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@roguelioness - I don’t know if you’ve seen this. Though it might cheer you up a bit. ♥

Hey Girl,

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Writing Body Language

How to Improve your writing

This is something that happens every day in your life. A shift of your eyebrow in skepticism, or the way your lip may twitch to a half smile cause you’re trying not to laugh. These behaviors are vital for writing in character, because not only do the allow you to visually see what is happening but it is also reaffirming whatever emotion your character is showing.

So why should you write it?

Much of human communication is non-verbal which means you need to also translate this non-verbal reaction in a post. It allows you to greatly enhance the emotions of another character and always another person to ‘visually’ see how they feel in a post. Most of all, this will add depth and volume to your post to make it feel more real. IT will make your character feel like a human instead of just another fictional person you look at from above.

Below you will find a list different type of emotions and what sort of body language can be exhibited to them.

Three ways to accent an action.

When writing about emotions, there are different ways to verbally write them out. Each one is unique in their own way, allowing you to show more about the emotion.

Emphasize the Emotion. But doing this, you are expressing both the emotion and the body language. We’ll use a simple example. It’s short and simple yet you can sense he is happy. John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall.

Complicate the Emotion. Sometimes, even when you are feeling one emotion, deep down rooted underneath the facade of it all, there is actually an underlining emotion they feel. This is something you have to truly express otherwise no one will know. John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. However, it was obvious by the way his nose crinkled that he was disgusted by the actions beforehand. Instead, John covered it up by appearing pleased today.

Contradict the Emotion. This is a little different than complicate. Contradicting means that you are claiming one thing when in fact its the other. In many ways, this has a variety of uses, from inner depth of the truth to what you see in person, or someone creating a wall. It could be considered a lie, but when is anything that easy? John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. In truth, once he was in the classroom, his shoulders slumped and a pout crossed his lips when no one was around, showing just how displeased he was with the situation.

Remember that you do not always have to contradict or complicate anything. Sometimes all you need to do is emphasize and that will be just fine. You don’t always have to have an underlining complicated for an emotion to make it more enhanced.

Do be afraid to use the Thesaurus to also improve an emotion. Such things as “happy” is a nice emotional word, but think of how much more powerful it is when you heard some is “overjoyed” or “content.” She how these emotions matched up with a body language can give two different styles of happiness? Mix and match to find what works best for your character at the time.

More In Depth Information

What I’ve stated above is more of a simplistic overview. IF you truly want to improve yourself, go to this

LINK HERE

To see just how much body language can reveal about a person. You will find things such as how a person lies, how the eyes reaction, the positioning of a person in personal space, mouth, and head body language and so much more.

Use these resources to greatly increase the reactions of your character to another and create a more life-like world.

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*___* ahaha, and my own furry children come running when I watch this. :’D Looking at me like “where does this come from, mama?”

From @veggiedayz: “Blackberry has a song he wants to sing for you.” #cutepetclub [source: http://ift.tt/28SdMmN ]

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Slightly trembling, a young woman walked the Path of Humility. Cautious eyes followed her every step and she had to gulp down the lump in her throat that threatened to choke her. She breathed in to calm her nerves. It had taken her one hundred years to get to this point and she would be damned if she messed up now.

Mi’nas’sal’inan

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This.

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Oh my... All the ideas.... But I should write for DoFaS. *sobs*

Some gender-bender sketches. I started it because of femCullen actually. But ok

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KYAAAAAAAAAAAA *________________* *virtually tackles @roguelioness to give her a giant bear hug* I have only just seen that the new chapter is up. Gosh, girl, you have no idea how much I missed reading about Mara.  Anyway, I’m off reading now. *-* ♥♥♥

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Amen.

So, I posted a fic today, and as I was setting up the AO3 post, I found myself writing in the end notes an impassioned - almost desperate, ngl - plea for comments. For interaction.

And yeah, for validation too. Because you know what? Writing is hard - despite commonly held misconceptions, it takes a shit-ton of effort to take some blank, empty void of a page and fill it with something that lives and breathes and touches the minds and hearts of others. 

And don’t you dare wave that “you should be writing for yourself” bullshit in my face. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been able to do that, and honestly I’m glad managed to recover as much as I have and write as much as I do. Having an audience is an integral part of the writing process.

Let me repeat that.

HAVING AN AUDIENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WRITING PROCESS.

We fanfic authors don’t ask for much. As someone who is a published author, who has been published in a Real Physical Book™ and was paid hundreds of dollars in Honest-to-God cold-hard cash for less work than I put into my fanfic, let me tell you, a few comments will not pay my tuition or buy my groceries or put clothes on my back. Compared to the hours of labor that went into earning the money I was paid with, comments take substantially less time to create.

And yet, to us, they are priceless. Authors will create entire worlds for the sake of making a single person smile. YOU CAN BE THAT PERSON. WE WILL WRITE FOR YOU HAPPILY.

You just have to let us know you care.

And you’d better do it soon. I’ve heard too many authors all too willing to pull their tumblrs and erase or abandon their fics on AO3 because they have grown weary of screaming into the void. That fanfic you love? Gone. That chapter you’re waiting for? Never gonna happen. How many of you have bookmark lists with fics already missing? I bet you won’t even remember which one it is.

You can keep that from happening. Just write “Omg thank you for updating, I really liked _________!” and fill in the blank. Someone worked hard to put that smile on your face. You can make them smile in return.

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Oh, did I mention I am thinking about taking this whole Tumblr. thing more serious in 2017? I will sit down to work on a bit more consistens tagging later this day.

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Dragon Age: Catquisition

Advisors || Antagonists || The Chargers

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Was tagged yet again by the gorgeous @roguelioness! ♥

Rules: a) Always post the rules, answer the questions, then write 11 questions of your own. b) Tag 11 people. [shoot. I’m going to cheat, I’m sorry.]

1. What would your dream vacation be?

A trip to Thedas, even if it means  I have to fight darkspawn. A looooong trip to Japan with endless money available. 

2. Would you rather be a mage, rogue or a warrior?

If I have to choose between those three, mage by far. :3  Buut I have a thing for archery, too. xD 

3. If you were sent to Thedas, where would you want to land?

Tevinter. Everywhere else is too cold. *sneeze* Why does Skyhold need to be away surrended by freakin’ snow? *brrr*

4. Is there an NPC character you really wish you could’ve romanced?

Do companions count as NPCs? If not: not really. If yes: Cole-bun. ♥

5. Are you a coffee or tea drinker?

More tea than coffee, I think? But I looooove my cappus and lattes.

6. Which of the three DA games is your favorite?

Inquisition. ♥ It was my first and holds a special place in my heart.  And I haven’t even played 2 yet.

7. What is the one thing you can’t do, but wish you could?

Drawing.  I know they say you get better with practice, but I dunno. I don’t quite see I’m getting better even if I do. ^^”

8. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Ambivert. 8) Seriously, from all I know about me I was born an extrovert but now have mostly introvert features because life happened. =/ Screw social anxiety.

9. What’s the one thing you cannot live without? [excluding people]

My books.  Seriously, even in times where I don’t read much, if I don’t have them around me somehow, I go crazy. Their presence calms me. 

10. Zevran, or Fenris?

That’s a tough question. Especially since I have not yet romanced either. I guess I will like Fenris more. Zevran is too playboy-ish for my liking.

11. What fear would be engraved on your tombstone in the Fade?

Falling back into depression. 

For the tagging... consider yourself tagged if you read this? 

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Character Flaws & Strenghts

↳ Bold what applies to your muse!

I was tagged by @roguelioness

Will do (who knew) Kyra: 

⚔ FLAWS

moody | short-tempered | emotionally unstable | whiny controlling | conceited | possessive | paranoid | lies impatient | cowardly | bitter | selfish | power-hungry greedy | lazy | judgmental | forgetful | impulsive vengeful | stubborn | sadistic | petty | unlucky

♛ STRENGTHS

honest | trustworthy | thoughtful | caring | brave patient | selfless | ambitious | tolerant | lucky intelligent | confident | focused | humble | generous merciful | observant | wise | clever | charming cheerful | optimistic | decisive | adaptive | calm

If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged (’cause I have no friends on here lol). ♥

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Got my new notebook today (my second Leuchtturm kyaaaaaa) which I will use to track stuff all over my interwebs & gaming life. What is the first thing I add? Dragon Age games tracker!

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Reblog if you write fan fiction

Doesn’t matter if you write in a frequent basis, or once in a blue moon, just how many of us are there?