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"Don't catch feelings."

Nice try but I'm patient fucking zero over here. Too bad for me you're immune.

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Heartsick

If I added up all of the little moments I would redo, the lingering hugs I ended too soon, the eye contact I was too scared to hold for longer. Would you desire me?

If I had the perfect words the first time around, and not thought of later when only I can hear. The combination that would unlock your soul. Would you talk to me?

If I took my very essence and handed it to you on a platter, no expectations, no conditions. Would you love me?

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This time I'll be a rogue dwarf born to the noble caste!

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Just posted on my blog for the first time in a LONG time. Check it out if you like! Or don't, I'm a tumblr post not a cop.

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Euphoria

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Writing Excerpt #1

It's not that I was unhappy, or even a pessimist really, but anything that stands next to the brightness of the sun is going to look dimmer by comparison. And she was the sun.

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This makes me think of an au where everyone's demons are manifested and they actually go to sitcom-esque lengths to keep them hidden. Then there is the MC who gives zero fucks and just walks around with them all on leashes like they are pets.

Six word story

Everyone hid their demons except you.

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Random Dialogue #2

"Well as the saying goes, closed mouths don’t get fed! Right? I wanted to see him so I asked if he was free.” 

“Right, you…”

“Of course he said he was busy...and I don’t want to seem desperate right? So now I will wait for him to ask me out. Closed mouths don’t get fed but you are also likely to catch a lot of flies if you just leave your mouth hanging open.”

“Uh...right, but…”

“So I guess I should do sort of a fish maneuver, you know, keep opening and closing sort of like…” and then she pantomimed probably the best impression of a goldfish that I had ever witnessed.

“I feel like this metaphor may have run away from you a bit.” 

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Character Description #1 - Ouma Adana

The fire was much too small to warm the bodies huddled around it, but just bright enough to cast a flickering orange glow across their young, eager faces. An old woman sat with them, her dark skin was an ashen gray just like the young boys waiting to hear the evening’s tale, but the years were etched upon her in the folds and lines that seemed to draw a map of her long life. Her eyesight had left her fifty years earlier, her once lustrous golden eyes were now covered in a film of milk, but then eyesight wasn’t needed as much when you lived your life deep in the bowels of the earth. On her head she wore a faded yellow wrap atop a fountain of salt white dreadlocks that fell long past her knees and pooled on the floor around her as she sat upon a frayed woven matt. The firelight gave her face an otherworldly quality and danced across the pale surface of her eyes as she leaned in to the little audience before her. The normally hyperactive young boys, stilled in anticipation, for Ouma Adana was the oldest of their people to ever live, and therefore had the best stories. 

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Writing Exercise: I asked each of my characters why they work out.

Character insights using "Why I Work Out"

Kelsey (MC): I work out so I don't embarrass myself on a mission.

Ginger: I work out. To defeat. The Huns.

Spencer: I work out because my job demands it, anything less than peak performance and I am a danger to myself and my team.

Dvorak: I work out because body should be like mountain. Unmoving and large.

Trinity: I work out because it's important to be healthy. Studies have proven that cognitive functionality is dramatically increased in those that have a regular calisthenics regimen.

Henry: Sure I'm into fitness. Fitness whole pizza in my mouth!

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Random Dialogue #1

A girl arguing with her boyfriend:

"You know, you've inspired me to write a dissertation on the correlation between rectum diameter and penis length.” 

“What?”

"I think I'll title it, 'The Bigger the Asshole, the Smaller the Penis'.”

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Character descriptions are my kryptonite because I never want to take the pause from the story in order to describe the character's appearance. It's something I've been working on, and this helps a lot!

idk if you've answered this one but do you have tips on how to write in character descriptions without it seeming unnatural?? whenever i describe a character it just seems like i've broken the storyline so the reader knows she's wearing a purple dress

Writing Character Descriptions.

Pausing the story to give a character description can often break the natural flow of the story and come across as static and forced. But there are a few tricks to help your character descriptions feel more fluid…

1. Descriptions should say something about who the character is.

Whenever you describe a character, it’s good to stop and think about what each piece of their appearance says about them. Why did they choose this outfit with these accessories? What impact has their physical features had on their self esteem? What parts of their personality come through in their posture and resting expression?

Vibrant colors can portray an outgoing or individualistic character. 

Messy outfits and hair show stress, bad time management or sloppiness.

Broken noses, scars, and bruises show rebellion, a fighting spirit, or a rough life.

(The list keeps going; add your own!)

This doesn’t mean that everything you describe needs to convey a character trait to the reader – some things are worth including just to give your readers the ability to visualize the scene – but it’s still very useful to look through your character’s appearance and focus on those things that say the most.

2. Descriptions are more than just static visuals.

People aren’t just composed of the colors they wear and their prominent features. Remember that descriptions can (and should) also include things like:

How they walk and move.

The quality of their voice. 

Nervous ticks and habits.

The way they interact with their own appearance. (E.g putting up their hair, adjusting their suit, twirling their scarf, digging through their purse, etc.)

When combined with well chosen appearance traits, active appearance aspects reveal a much fuller picture of who the character is. 

A black-eyed character with their head held high, their arms swinging, and a pinched upper lip probably instigated (or won) the fight that earned them the black-eye, where as a black-eyed character who curls their arms around themselves and walks with their eyes down is actively avoiding any further attention.

3. Putting it all together: Work description into action.

By including both static visuals and active aspects into the actions the character is taking when they’re introduced, you end up with a much more fluid, natural description.

Static description looks like this…

She stood at the edge of the platform wearing a lacy, purple dress that went to her ankles. Her feet were bare and she wore a cheep iron ring on her right hand. She had pulled her dark hair into a bun, but a few locks had fallen loose. Her lips were full and her nose hooked.

After a moment of hesitation, she stepped off the platform. She let out a breath, smiled, and then continued forward.

Turning that into active description, we get…

The lace trim of her purple dress wavered around her ankles as she picked up her foot and hovered it at the edge of the platform. Her fingers trembled and she tugged at the cheep iron ring on her right hand. A soft gust of wind picked up the dark strands that had fallen from her bun, twirling them around her hooked nose.

She wavered.

With care, she stepped off the platform, flinching at the tiny stones that met her bare feet. She released a breath, her shoulders sinking. Her full lips pulled into a smile. 

These kinds of descriptions have the bonus of eliminating passive voice. In the first description, we have four instances of passive voice (in this case, were and had), where as in the second we find only one instance, which blends into an otherwise active sentence.

Find more writing advice by Bryn here!

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Was Mr. Blue a postman?

*me trying to remember the profession of the hand knitted stuffed doll I had when I was little instead of sleeping at 2am*

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The dry weather in LA has me waking up like this every morning this week! #moisturizeme #drwho #dry #losangeles #dryweather #nickitate #nickitatewrites #imnotcrazyimawriter #writer #writerslife #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #freewriting

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Office rules for the Holiday Gift Exchange. Sorry zombie kitty, maybe next year.