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Having fun with my bulletin board on acnh

:D

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Im playing Pokemon Blazing Emerald rn, and theres this one guy asking you to tell him something funny so that he could make his daughter laugh. So i did a little something.

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Basically your friend at school who's never absent and can fill you in on what happened when you were absent from school.

You’re a time traveller who can’t control your powers and keep accidentally slipping through time. Thankfully, you have an immortal friend who keeps you up to date whenever you appear.

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This reminds me of that time i tried to research on electronic appliances, electricity and power banks for my cyberpunk themed, collapse world story idea and i never even progressed with the plot afterwards.

There were also times where i researched abt animal anatomy and their habitats and the aristocratic hierarchy.

starting to get real fed up with this "you have to write to finish your WIP" stuff.

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Enemies/Rivals-to-Lovers in a nutshell. Love that shit

What's more romantic than looking at each other's fiery eyes during a sword fight.

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I carry around a water bottle filled with ice cold water at all times, so dont fvcking tempt me to bash your skull in with it by ordering me around and treating me like your minion.

Youre literally what fuels my murderous intent so dont be fvcking surprised when i unleash my anger on you, you annoying, b!tchy, "ive never done you wrong" asshole.

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Make it slowburn and its a deal

Reverse Romeo and Juliet. Two families have long been allies, but their kids absolutely hate each other.

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Was playing pokemon dark rising worlds collide, until i ran into this fvcker

This fvcker's a nightmare to catch and i used more than 50 pokeballs.

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And they dont end up dying

Reverse Romeo and Juliet. Two families have long been allies, but their kids absolutely hate each other.

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Narrative Botox: Filler Words and Phrases to Look Out For

If you’re planning on publishing traditionally, chances are you keep a sharp eye on your word count. Literary agents and publishing houses are on the hunt for the best quality stories that they can print for the cheapest price (using the least paper and ink), so you have a higher chance of gaining representation if you can crank your novel out in the least words possible.

However, filler words and phrases aren’t only the enemies of aspiring traditional authors; every writer—fanfic, novelist, journalist, you name it!—should try to eliminate filler from their stories to assure more concise and high-quality writing. Oftentimes, filler contributes nothing but clutter, and without it, your narrative can flow smoother and in a more sophisticated manner.

But how do you know what’s filler and what’s not? Here are some tips on how to Ctrl+F and kick this narrative botox to the curb!

I compiled these lists with the help of Infusionmedia, BDR Publishing, and ResetEra !

Filler Words

1. Just

A writer’s worst enemy, and the bane of my manuscripts’ existences. Eliminating all the ‘just’s can cut down your word count by hundreds.

2. “That” as a conjunction

It’s an unnecessary addition to a sentence, which will be more streamlined without it.

Example: “He said that he wouldn’t do it again.”

Revised: “He said he wouldn’t do it again.”

3. “Now” as an adverb

“Now” is essential if you’re talking about the past and present, but when you’re using it to draw attention to a particular statement or point.

Example: “Now, I didn’t think it’d get so out of hand.”

Revised: “I didn’t think it’d get so out of hand.”

4. Redundant adverbs

These adverbs serve no purpose because the verbs they’re describing already imply the way the action is performed.

Whispering softly

Yelling loudly

Crying sadly

Laughing happily

5. “Telling” words

These words are redundant, especially when using first person, because in describing an event, we can already assume that the characters are experiencing it.

Seeing/saw

Feeling/felt

Hearing/heard

Smelling/smelled

6. “Clarifying” words used to portray definiteness or indefiniteness

Although these are meant to help out the readers get their bearings on a situation, all they do is come across as wishy-washy! Be concise and sure of yourself!

About

Absolutely

Accordingly

Actually

Almost

Basically

Certainly

Clearly

Completely

Entirely

Even

Exactly

Fairly

Highly

Hopefully

Literally

Maybe

Only

Often

Oftentimes

Perhaps

Possibly

Probably

Quite

Rather

Really

Reasonably

Relatively

Seem

Seriously

Simply

Slightly

Some

Somehow

Sometimes

Totally

Very

Filler Phrases

1.“Let out (vocal noise)”

Use the verb instead!

Example: “He let out a sigh.”

Revised: “He sighed.”

2. Using passive voice

Passive voice inflates your word count by including various “to be” verbs into the prose. Passive voice involves actions happening to a subject rather than the subject performing an action, and as a result isn’t as riveting to the reader as active voice; even if it wasn’t a matter of word count, you’d still want to get rid of it anyway!

Still don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out this article from Grammarly.

Example: “The boy was bitten by the dog on his arm.”

Revised: “The dog bit the boy on his arm.”

3. Describing the wrong noun

Many writers will be as specific as possible about what “thing” is affected by the event they’re describing, when it’s much simpler to take a step back and write about something more general.

Example: “The level of water rose.”

Revised: “The water rose.”

4. Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs are the combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories—a verb and an adverb or a preposition—to form a single action. Usually, these phrasal verbs can be replaced by a single-word verb.

“Ask for” can be replaced with “request”

“Bring down” can be replaced with “reduce”

“Come across” can be replaced with “find”

Etc.

5. Clarifying phrases

Same reason as clarifying words. Get to the point!

A bit

A little

A lot

In a sense

Kind of

Sort of

6. Remember your contractions!

Even if your story takes place in olden times, I can guarantee that if you never use any contractions ever, your story’s gonna be a clunky mess. But sometimes you’re in the moment, consumed by the poetic power of the muses, and forget that this isn’t a soap opera; so make sure you check that you’ve been using your contractions!

It is, it was, it would, she is, would not, should not, is not, does not etc.

7. Inflated phrases

These phrases can be replaced with more concise words.

Along the lines of (shorten to: like)

As a matter of fact (in fact)

As to whether (whether)

At all times (always)

At the present (now or currently)

At this point in time (now or currently)

Be able to/would(n’t) be able to (could or couldn’t)

Because of the fact that (because)

By means of (by)

Due to the fact that (because)

Even though (though or although)

For the purpose of (for)

For the reason that (because)

Have the ability to (could)

In light of the fact that (because)

In order to (to)

In regards to (on or about)

In spite of the fact that (though or although)

In the event that (if)

In the nature of (like)

In the neighborhood of (about)

On the occasion of (when)

On one/two separate occasions (Once/twice)

The/A majority of (most)

There is no doubt that (No doubt)

Wasn(n’t) capable of (could or couldn’t)

Hope this helped, and happy writing!

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Update:

I found the game, im pretty sure its the same game, but i feel rather disappointed than happy abt it.

I think the game went thru some updates and it just looks like a copied version of the original even though it is the same game (im pretty sure its the right game that i was looking for).

The graphics were really different than when i played it all those months ago and the system for monster encounters was totally changed. It still has the same concept, but the monster encounter is based on walking around rather than by running into the monsters. The monsters dont even have names anymore, theyre just referred as "enemy" in battle.

Maybe some people like the new update but in my opinion, it feels like a major letdown.

I NEED HELP LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF A MOBILE PIXEL RPG

There was this one mobile game i played abt half a year ago, and i uninstalled it on my phone. But now i really wanna continue playing it cuz i never got to finish it and the problem is i cant remember the name of the game.

The game basically gives you a limited number of energy points(?) for you to fight monsters and bosses and you get to collect gold to buy equipment. Once the energy points run out, you have to restart the game.

Your gold cannot be carried over to the restart of the game, but your equipment can. So you have to use your gold to buy better stats equipment so you can go further into the game.

Thats all that i remembered of the game, so if anyone knows the name pls pls tell me, im desperate to finish the game now.

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I NEED HELP LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF A MOBILE PIXEL RPG

There was this one mobile game i played abt half a year ago, and i uninstalled it on my phone. But now i really wanna continue playing it cuz i never got to finish it and the problem is i cant remember the name of the game.

The game basically gives you a limited number of energy points(?) for you to fight monsters and bosses and you get to collect gold to buy equipment. Once the energy points run out, you have to restart the game.

Your gold cannot be carried over to the restart of the game, but your equipment can. So you have to use your gold to buy better stats equipment so you can go further into the game.

Thats all that i remembered of the game, so if anyone knows the name pls pls tell me, im desperate to finish the game now.

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you’ve seen the strawberry dress; now try

the raspberry dress

(1800-1810. Musee les Arts Decoratifs.)

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A professor is teaching a course on the gods worshiped in pre-Christian Europe and he always gets into an argument with a student. The student is actually one of those gods in disguise - but so is the professor. The rest of the class has no idea until one day…..

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Conversation Prompt

“How many times have you been hit by cars this month?”

“It’s hard to tell. Are there more cars on the road recently, or what?”

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Conversation Prompt

“What a week, huh?”

“No one’s seen you in six months.”

“… Yeah.”

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You often end up in extremely dangerous situations where you should have died, but somehow come out of it alright. It happens so often, the Grim Reaper has started to show up with a bag of popcorn and a lawn chair.