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Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

Someone just fucking drew Gandalf in a suede chair, nbd.

Annie are you ok

POWERSWAP!

Patton as Deceit - Cheshire Cat motif and grin, but also cat eyes. He looks so approachable and his words are like honey and poison, always insisting that you need to lie because you can’t hurt your friends feelings, that would be super cruel!

Logan as Anxiety - exhausted but never able to sleep because you have to get things DONE OR YOU MIGHT FAIL AND WE CAN’T COPE WITH THAT?!?!! Super socially anxious. Tie is always undone slightly.

Virgil as Morality - super cautious about all the feelings because he has to protect Thomas’s heart. He insists that he be cautious around everyone because he can’t stand the idea that Thomas might get hurt. Heart patches on hoodie.

Roman as Logic - dapper and the glasses are only because he insists they make him look smarter. In his mind Thomas must push for his dreams for they hold new insights, and try new and exploratory things! It’s logical to chase your passions after all, and healthy too! Always make time for the things that make you happy and always strive to learn all that you can, right?

Deceit as Creativity - grade A optimist, he insists Thomas sees the world in a better lens than what it is. Reality? Ignore it! Make new worlds and take ideas as far as they can go! Always striving to help Thomas’s acting and encouraging him and giving him tips to improve. Vitiligo on his eye instead of scales.

They are all good at what they do but something is very wrong. Maybe it’s because Virgil accidentally fell through that mirror? Nothing seemed quite right to him after that but he can’t quite remember what the problem is…..

Mouse AU! @sidespromptblog had a prompt talking abut Mouse!Logan so of COURSE I thought of the Rats of NIMH! I really love that book/movie and I wanted to have a spin on it’s main concepts with a twist! 

AU information under the cut! (calmd/dlamp)

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At this point half the reason I still put up with TiKTok is the insane bakers and cooks. I mean LOOK AT THIS.

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Note to vacationing non-Americans: while it’s true that America doesn’t always have the best food culture, the food in our restaurants is really not representative of what most of us eat at home.  The portions at Cheesecake Factory or IHOP are meant to be indulgent, not just “what Americans are used to.”

If you eat at a regular American household, during a regular meal where they’re not going out of their way to impress guests, you probably will not be served twelve pounds of chocolate-covered cream cheese.  Please bear this in mind before writing yet another “omg I can’t believe American food” post.