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Writing Description Notes:

Updated 9th September 2024 More writing tips, review tips & writing description notes

Facial Expressions

Masking Emotions

Smiles/Smirks/Grins

Eye Contact/Eye Movements

Blushing

Voice/Tone

Body Language/Idle Movement

Thoughts/Thinking/Focusing/Distracted

Silence

Memories

Happy/Content/Comforted

Love/Romance

Sadness/Crying/Hurt

Confidence/Determination/Hopeful

Surprised/Shocked

Guilt/Regret

Disgusted/Jealous

Uncertain/Doubtful/Worried

Anger/Rage

Laughter

Confused

Speechless/Tongue Tied

Fear/Terrified

Mental Pain

Physical Pain

Tired/Drowsy/Exhausted

Eating

Drinking

Warm/Hot

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Mi'raj design is winning, been brewing in the brain for a while. Moreso with its mythical debate of being benevolent or malevolent and considering his fate it blends. Also, who'll expect a 14'~ rabbit gun-kata'ing and coming at the speed of violence on a poor frontier world before becoming a system's emperor to be a Primarch?

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Fighting for my life not to have a lion for my persian primarch's bestial mutation. I am debating between a hyena or the unicorn-rabbit (yes, there is a unicorn-rabbit in middle eastern mythology). Someone, bless me with a beast to be besties with his not-godlike father.

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Fighting for my life not to have a lion for my persian primarch's bestial mutation. I am debating between a hyena or the unicorn-rabbit (yes, there is a unicorn-rabbit in middle eastern mythology). Someone, bless me with a beast to be besties with his not-godlike father.

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You gonna write dechala or draw her? Cuz it looks like you're hungry for the snek BAD.

the only reason I haven't made blog for the other three powers because I will go 125% on them. Tzeentchi would be so convaluted, Nurglite would be very...stomach turning, and Khornates - well, honestly a lot of battles, violence and I will be plucking Oldhammer era stuff and headcanoning to keep it fresh.

I could but I already lacking with the blogs I got! And I honestly wanna do One [1] total Warhammer campaign journal blog. Rulek was kinda sorta meant to be but distraction and the game refuses to be consistent.

Honestly wanna Dechala when she comes out. Been waiting for her forever!

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5 Tiny Writing Tips That Aren’t Talked About Enough (but work for me)

These are some lowkey underrated tips I’ve seen floating around writing communities — the kind that don’t get flashy attention but seriously changed how I write.

1. Put “he/she/they” at the start of the sentence less often.

Try switching up your sentence rhythm. Instead of

“She walked to the window,”

try

“The window creaked open under her touch.”

Keeps it fresh and stops the paragraph from sounding like a checklist.

2. Don’t describe everything — describe what matters.

Instead of listing every detail in a room, pick 2–3 objects that say something.

“A half-drunk mug of tea and a knife on the table”

sets a way stronger tone than

“There was a wooden table, two chairs, and a shelf.”

3. Use beats instead of dialogue tags sometimes.

Instead of:

"I'm fine," she said.

Try:

"I'm fine." She wiped her hands on her skirt.

It helps shows emotion, and movement.

4. Write your first draft like no one will ever read it.

No pressure. No perfection. Just vibes. The point of draft one is to exist. Let it be messy and weird — future you will thank you for at least something to edit.

5. When stuck, ask: “What’s the most fun thing that could happen next?”

Not logical. Not realistic. FUN. It doesn’t have to stay — but chasing excitement can blast through writer’s block and give you ideas you actually want to write.

What’s a tip that unexpectedly helped with your writing? Let me know!! 🍒

[zakthefiend]

5 Tiny Writing Tips That Aren’t Talked About Enough (but work for me)

These are some lowkey underrated tips I’ve seen floating around writing communities — the kind that don’t get flashy attention but seriously changed how I write.

1. Put “he/she/they” at the start of the sentence less often.

Try switching up your sentence rhythm. Instead of

“She walked to the window,”

try

“The window creaked open under her touch.”

Keeps it fresh and stops the paragraph from sounding like a checklist.

2. Don’t describe everything — describe what matters.

Instead of listing every detail in a room, pick 2–3 objects that say something.

“A half-drunk mug of tea and a knife on the table”

sets a way stronger tone than

“There was a wooden table, two chairs, and a shelf.”

3. Use beats instead of dialogue tags sometimes.

Instead of:

"I'm fine," she said.

Try:

"I'm fine." She wiped her hands on her skirt.

It helps shows emotion, and movement.

4. Write your first draft like no one will ever read it.

No pressure. No perfection. Just vibes. The point of draft one is to exist. Let it be messy and weird — future you will thank you for at least something to edit.

5. When stuck, ask: “What’s the most fun thing that could happen next?”

Not logical. Not realistic. FUN. It doesn’t have to stay — but chasing excitement can blast through writer’s block and give you ideas you actually want to write.

What’s a tip that unexpectedly helped with your writing? Let me know!! 🍒

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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A Stroll

The air was vibrating. The mortals felt it. Their skin crawled. Their spines tingled. Their teeth itched. The most primordial pinprick of their monkey brains felt what was coming yet comprehended. Agony enjoyed this: the rousing tension before the first move.

The discoloured mists of pink snaking around the Jackals. These Khornate dogs were tasting something outside of the god-given disbelief of invincibility and rage-blessed rage. Their wild eyes looking for the source. Agony ran his golden claws over the ceramite strings and they turned toward the giant of garnished armour.

His profile massive with the doom sirens augmenting his power back. The sensation of the auditory feedback was nothing but a distant caress to flesh long dead to the mundane. His blast master in his hands, this perversion of metal and eldari bonewraith becoming a hydra-necked instrument that flexed and seethed with profane life in its master's caress.

The barbaric tongue from the World Eater thralls offended the daemonkin's ears. They were hateful yet entranced as he strode forward. "WELCOME,' The Maestro of the Host's Song raptured and the mortals cringed as their eardrums had a rippling taste of his whispering purr, but to them it was a sonic twin-thump of pure baritone. Their skin reddened with the unseen blades of his very voice brushing like knives' sides. 'YOU COME IN A TIME OF NOISE!"

His beaked helmet showed the shining wet teeth and fleshlessness that was once his mouth, his tongue long and thick of entangled muscles. Flickering of thrones as his many vocals hammered as one that made organs quiver! With a sudden flicker of his fingers, the Jackals shuddered and voided from their insides being stimulated so sudden. The vox grilles nestled in his sonic blaster's central housing shrieked of swooning and shrill howls of daemonettes devoured by Agony's muses.

The mortals didn't have a chance or care of defending themselves, their eyes were already bursting and ears exploding as he streaked and riffed this weapon of sonic glory! Woe to Agony as he strummed once and watched as their bodies were struck so utterly by the hammer of sound, becoming the same fine pink mist of beautiful gore. Their souls added to the hundred other wisps, crying and howling in warning. Too late but to suffer the sweet agony of Agony's notes as he continued to walk, behind him survivors with their bleeding eyes and mouths, groaning and swooning a chorus yet seen. Their noses inhales the perfume of death.

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Don't give me that "looking respectfully" crap I make my tits that prominent for a reason

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Don't give me that "looking respectfully" crap I make my tits that prominent for a reason

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April Fool's: High Magistrate Aleksander

Turned Mortarion's Biggest Yeen, champion of Nurgle and Typhus' biggest rival during the Great Crusade into Chaos Lord of Tzeentch

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some fucking resources for all ur writing fuckin needs

* body language masterlist

* a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does

* a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes

* 550 words to say instead of fuckin said

* 638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again

* some more body language help

(hope this helps some ppl)

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but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

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i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.