#and overuse of commas

[oncamelliastreet]

i’m sitting here crying because i’m just so proud of chappell roan, and most importantly i’m proud of the space that chappell was able to create. it’s an authentic, safe queer space and it’s growing so rapidly. and yeah, ik its 2024 and i should be used to there being larger queer spaces by now, but they’re really not that commonly seen, especially with how big chappell has grown, and as a queer person trapped in the homophobic rural midwest, to have an artist that understands me so much getting the recognition she deserves…yeah, i’m just really proud. i mean, 80,000 people saw her at lollapalooza yesterday. i’m sobbing

[wayrad]

WIP Wednesday!

coming soon to dashboards near you.. clegan on a mountain. breaking…backs…

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When John takes his lower lip into his mouth and bites, something snaps, and Gale’s brought right back. He takes handfuls of John’s jacket; his wool-lined collar is thick and soft in his hands, pulling taut against John’s throat with the angle Gale’s got it in.

“You crazy?” he spits, lip curling. “I ain’t no—Ain’t no queer.”

John’s eyes dart between Gale’s. For all the rough behind his teeth, the venom he’d used to spit the word, John doesn’t look shamed or frightened or nothing. “Me neither,” he shakes his head. “Just getting warm, Buck. Ain’t no women around, huh?”

Gale—settles. It’s wrong, is what it is, how easily he settles. Like his mind and his body, they want this too.

[potential-fate]

“I’ve been fighting her off for almost as long, for some hopeless romantic bullshit.” Roman dropped his chin back to his knees, “Which is probably stupid anyways.” 

Ashe grimaced slightly at that and Roman sighed again. 

“She sorta shut up when I started dating Abe, right?” Roman added quietly, “It worked out for everyone. She wanted a way to get at the Helios fortune and legacy since before I was born, and I-... I loved him. So win-win right?” 

Roman shrugged his shoulders and gave the other a small smile, “Except that clearly worked out fucking wonderfully.” 

Ashe let out a short, dry laugh, and Roman went on, “Anyways, she’s been back on it since we broke up, and last night…” 

He trailed off, groaning and pulling his face roughly through his hands. 

“Gave her a good way in, hm.” Ashe finished Roman’s thought for him. 

“Exactly.” Roman sighed, “she gave me a choice, you know.” 

“What possible option is worse than being forced into marrying someone you don’t know?” 

Roman said nothing. He wasn’t sure ‘worse’ was the right term, but nonetheless, when his grandmother had offered him his options, he hadn’t even paused. “She threatened to disinherit me.” 

“....Oh.” 

“I–... I was under the impression they’d never do that… I don’t exactly have competition…” Roman pouted, “but they’re pissed off enough that they’re willing to overlook the fact that my uncle’s adopted at this point.” 

“… and you really don’t think you could manage without your family fortune?” Ashe asked, not unkindly, just curious.

[kingedmundsroyalmurder]

For my next story, I really need to enforce a strict no adverbs rule.

I'm not fundamentally opposed to them or anything, but I'm at like one every sentence these days and that's a bit much. Other tools for conveying nuance and intensity level exist, I just need to figure out how to use them properly.

[phenakistoskope]

what i appreciated about the remembrance of earth's past trilogy was the desecration of humanity's place in the world, dimension, and universe. aspects of humanity are brought to the fore; resilience, weakness, cruelty, kindness, responsibility, wonder, and discarded like leaves into the vast river of time. the best part, however, was the fourth dimensional tomb that solemnly proclaimed "i am a tomb".

[satancopilotsmytardis]

Your fics are great, the plot and wit is awesome, but you keep cutting off the first word of your sentences? If that makes sense? Like, I get that it can be done stylistically, and I respect that, but you're overusing it a lot, which detracts from the impact you're trying to make by using it in the first place. Again, love your fics, just want to point that out in a constructive way

Yup, that is a stylistic thing that I do, and while I appreciate trying to be respectful about pointing it out, I won't be changing the frequency that I use it! If it's something that really bothers you then my writing may not be for you! I enjoy using sentence fragments and removing the subject to create jarring and blunt moments throughout the internal monolog because I feel it's more natural to how characters think without as much polish as would be expected in a real novel.

[pbpsbff]

u ever read ur own writing like damn this one habit i have is probably real annoying for all my readers

[etapereine]

nothing quite like posting a fic and immediately seeing twelve things i want to change

[displayheartcode]

2K into this newest fic 😭 😭 😭 😭

[sleepystars-blurriedskies]

"dni people who use typing quirks"

Ok!, Gladly<3

But also like,,,,, what a funny thing to say people should dni because. Like think about it, "don't interact with me if you do the aesthetic stars for a's"(those are a typing quirk remember!) "Don't interact if you have a way or mannerism of typing unique to you"(also technically a typing quirk though on a more semantic side)

Like sure man people won't interact but it's objectively funny too that that is the hill you're going to die on.

[dumbassacademia]

Thoughout my youth I got a lot of shit from adults (esp my Former English Teacher Mom) (those are a different breed than regular moms) about how often I said “like”.

Most of them comforted themselves by saying I’d stop doing it as much as I got older and eventually I’d laugh at myself for it just like they did

Instead now when I catch myself doing it whether verbally or in writing I can stop myself and go “Wait, is that necessary? No? Well, it conveys the tone/meaning/vibe I’m trying to get across better than I can say without it. It stays”

Which I think is pretty cool and sexy of me and also reminds me of the time in high school we had to read an article about proper comma usage and then write a response about what we learned from it and I said this

(Comment was my teacher’s response)

[chrispy-bones]

I need to go home, put on a studio Ghibli movie, clean my room, and just let the mundane consume me; let it penetrate my soul. watch as the world grows a little brighter because the clouds are giants, the wind is a choir, the soft glow of the lamp is hestia's sweet touch; because the mundane is beautiful; and life is worth living.

[redglassbird]

Youd think I'm not an English major considering the way I punctuate! With reckless abandon! >:)

[phenakistoskope]

i woke up at 2 am on new year's day and watched annihilation again. it's an alright film, but a terrible adaptation. they went out of their way to emphasize the biologist's humanity to counterpoise area x's strangeness, except that vandermeer plays them as complementary, equally out of place. control was cast very well though, if only they'd stayed true to the source material and explored his character. unfortunately, to stay true to southern reach's source material you'd need to look past hollywood. think more, red moon tide.

[morticry]

I just read through that big post about Ame and Tracy's similarities and differences, and it honestly felt like I was listening to an author at a coffee shop going over details from the book (in the best way possible). Very informative, a fun look into your writing/design process, and all 'round super interesting to consider how vastly different the changes become despite starting in relative symmetry.

(Also, the line "Teeth to my Horror, Love to my Romance and Life to my Portraits" is a delightful romp)

I appreciated your ask, I'm glad to hear the answer was a worthwhile read :^] you are a compelling writer and I had hoped the extra writing+design details would be amusing to you in that vein. from others, I enjoy hearing about the generative stuff that sometimes gets lost to the periphery of finished works, or between the written to visual translation. your prompt was open, so, the whole can of worms was ready for cracking GAHA.

(thank you!)

[vampylily]

trying to write and edit the vampire fic. agonies. for a fic with such a simple plot, is it too depressing and dramatic. is there too much “but” in one paragraph.