Everyone makes mistakes their whole life. It’s how people learn - what you have to hope is just that you don’t make the same mistake twice ;w;
That’s the problem, though. ;n;
But I’ll be trying to sort it out here in the following days, though, so it’s probably gonna be alright!
I will treasure the day when I start learning from my mistakes.
I CAN’T STOP WATCHING I HAVE TO GO TO SLEEP BUT
arrururururururur
Let me just take a moment to remind everyone that this is a dinosaur.
I’m picturing Sweetling doing this and I
Just
Ffff.
‘ARURURURURURU’ quote the crow
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ; A ;
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“you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you”
finally, after years of searching, the person with the worst life ever is found. formally, they are granted permission to be sad. but only them. only they have earned it. no sads for anyone else at all ever
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“Every [writing] process you choose should be in service to getting the best story in the way that feels most… well, I was going to say comfortable, but really, comfort is fucking forgettable in the face of great fiction, so let’s go with effective, instead.”
WriteWorld: “Why?” She said questioningly
I really really really want to know why. Why do people say we can’t use adverbs? I’ve read books and they use adverbs. What’s with adverbs really? By the way, i love you blog—it’s been said many times already but there’s nothing else I could do to make you happy but know it. - drowningchimes
Do not believe anything that tells you you can’t use this or that in your writing. There is not, by any means, a right way to write. You can use adverbs in your writing. Adverbs are a fundamental part of speech, no different than any other.
The problem comes when people use them a lot. When you use any word or type of word continuously, it shows. It gets repetitive. It gets annoying. They also happen to be the part of speech most likely to clutter your sentence to no avail. They can weaken your prose:
- They can be reduntant. E.g: “I hate these idiots!” He yelled angrily. You have a strong verb right here, no need to use “angrily”, I got the idea he was angry.
- They can prop up a weak verb. Let’s take a look at “to boldly go”. Okay, split infinitive. What I mean is that just saying “to go” sorta sounds bland. You may think the adverb is necessary. But no. The verb just happens to be weak, generic, bland. How about replacing the verb? “To venture”, “To explore”. These verbs are more specific, more evocative so to speak.
- The speech tags deal. We go back to talking about “said”. Instead of picking some pompous word to replace said, we spice it up with an adverb. This is often (yet, not always) unecessary. Most of the time, you can let the dialogue speak for itself. Or you can use more things to explain how the characters are saying it, if it’s not clear. “I am dying here!” Kyle waved his arms in the air, trying to make his friends notice him.
- You (probably are) telling instead of showing.
Before using an adverb, you can ask yourself these questions:
1) Does it change the word it modifies? Does it make the verb or adjective mean something drastically different?
2) Does it convey some vital piece of information in a way that’s better or more evocative than real description or a stronger verb by itself?
It’s a thing on style, however. If you like to use lots of adverbs, and feel like they’re necessary, go for it.
In the end, yes, books have adverbs. You can use adverbs. Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t. Do ask yourself if the message you’re trying to get across with your writing is being sent the best way it can be.
-Alex
Great writing tips right there!
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A little thing I did yesterday to test some new brushes out.
Ahaha, man, I haven’t painted in a billion years, I really need to get back into practice.
I put the D in DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN
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Do these really work?
Because I have acne scars like whoa and I don’t wanna buy all this stuff and look like an idiot when it doesn’t work.
same
it does work! i have recommended these things to my friends and i use similar remedies for my hair to deep condition, hydrate, and take out oils!
most of these are things you’d have around the home anyway. you can just eat them if it doesnt work. its a christmas miracle
a christmas miracle
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hello yes i do get this question often but my method has changed since last time i posted anything about it, by which i mean i don’t really have a method beyond “draw a shape for the body of the hand and then add stuff”
sometimes it is a circle and sometimes it is a square, it is not very enthralling
i drew the reference above a few months ago, it’s a few things i try to keep in mind, maybe it will help someone
also i just now drew this in like 30 seconds, my drawings are messy & i knew i was gonna be posting this so i had drawing-related performance anxiety while it was happening, but maybe it also will help someone
wait can i take a second to mention gesture and body language? you can have the most immaculately drawn hands in the world and they can still look dead and useless unless you really think about what your figure is doing/trying to convey
check out this thing i drew like a long dang time ago: the hands, they are not well drawn. they are sort of claw-like doodle hand wannabes, it’s nasty. but shit who cares, they are adding to the story, not just hanging there like weird turnips taped to wrists. i just want to say that gesture is sort of more important than cool stylish style ok good night
SECOND DAY OF FINALS, UHGYHGYUH
So my friends gave me an unused piece of one of their puppets, and it looks like a dong. so I put it in my zipper and walked around with a boner and then my boyfriend took it and started playing with my dog huey, and my dog started biting it and we were laughing cause he was a dong biter, and then my boyfriend put it in his pants and my dog ripped the dong out and we were laughing really hard and then my boyfriend went “WAIT.”
“WHAT IF WE’RE TEACHING HIM TO BITE DICKS.”
so I said “DUDE. WHIP IT OUT.”
“NO”
“WHIP IT OUT”
“OK”so my boyfriend whipped his legit dick out and my dog tried to bite it and we just looked at each other in shock and, well.
I taught my dog to bite dicks, you guys.
