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Favorite Quotes/Lines To Quote: The Lost Boys (1987)

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attemptingwriter · 3 days

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My next OC is Elion (El-ee-on)

He is a satyr from the faerie realm. He is 125 which equals to 25 in human years. He is Corbin's love interest and is the grumpy one of the group. While Corbin is 5'6, Elion is only 5'1.

He is very anti-war and does not like humans. He is very sarcastic and blunt. But he is a secret Cyndi Lauper fan after another faerie accidentally brought over a tape from the human world.

He is black and wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has green eyes and the fur on his legs are a dark brown.

Here are some pictures I found off Lingered that I feel represent Elion. I do not own or claim to own any of the pictures.

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attemptingwriter · 4 days

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"you're not aspec you're just confused" can't i be both

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attemptingwriter · 6 days

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So my first OC is Corbin.. He doesn't have a last name yet..

He's a 25 years old trans man, but that's not the focus of his story. His favourite food is cheeseburgers and he's going to college to get his master's in history. He's got brown hair and blue eyes tho I haven't decided on his race yet..

Corbin's into cryptids and the supernatural. Loves to read but he hates having bad breath so he always carries gum on him.

Here are a couple pics I found on Pinterest that I feel like they match Corbin. I do not claim these pictures as mg own.

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attemptingwriter · 6 days

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So my first OC is Corbin.. He doesn't have a last name yet..

He's a 25 years old trans man, but that's not the focus of his story. His favourite food is cheeseburgers and he's going to college to get his master's in history. He's got brown hair and blue eyes tho I haven't decided on his race yet..

Corbin's into cryptids and the supernatural. Loves to read but he hates having bad breath so he always carries gum on him.

Here are a couple pics I found on Pinterest that I feel like they match Corbin. I do not claim these pictures as mg own.

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attemptingwriter · 6 days

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OK, I'll post about them tomorrow.. Staring with Corbin (tho I'm not completely sold on his name)

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attemptingwriter · 8 days

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Top-Tier Villain Motivations

They will be safe. It doesn't matter who else or what else burns as long as They will be safe.

I will be safe. The hunger and the cold will never touch me again.

Fuck any bitch who's prettier(/cooler/better-liked/better at making dumplings) than me.

Yes, Master

Love me. Love me. Love me. Love me. LOVE ME!

I know the terrible things these so-called "heroes" will do if I don't stop them (<- is absolutely wrong)

I don't want a better future, I want a better past!

No other way to get performance art funded these days

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attemptingwriter · 13 days

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This is so comforting!! Definitely my favorite type of weather!

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attemptingwriter · 14 days

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Person: What's your book about?

Writers:

I'm both somehow 🙃

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attemptingwriter · 14 days

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how do you write a liar?

How to Write Liars Believably

Language

The motive of every goal is the make the lie seem plausible while taking blame off the speaker, so liars will often project what they say to a third party: "Katie said that..."

Referring to third parties as "they" rather than he or she

In the case of a deliberate lie prepped beforehand, there will be an overuse of specific names (rather than pronouns) as the speaker tries to get the details right.

Overuse of non-committal words like "something may have happened"

Masking or obscuring facts like "to the best of my knowledge" and “it is extremely unlikely," etc.

Avoiding answers to specific, pressing questions

Voice

There's isn't a set tone/speed/style of speaking, but your character's speech patten will differ from his normal one.

People tend to speak faster when they're nervous and are not used to lying.

Body Language

Covering their mouth

Constantly touching their nose

fidgeting, squirming or breaking eye contact

turning away, blinking faster, or clutching a comfort object like a cushion as they speak

nostril flaring, rapid shallow breathing or slow deep breaths, lip biting, contracting, sitting on your hands, or drumming your fingers.

Highly-trained liars have mastered the art of compensation by freezing their bodies and looking at you straight in the eye.

Trained liars can also be experts in the art of looking relaxed. They sit back, put their feet up on the table and hands behind their head.

For deliberate lies, the character may even carefully control his body language, as though his is actually putting on a show

The Four Types of Liars

Deceitful: those who lie to others about facts

2. Delusional: those who lie to themselves about facts

3. Duplicitious: those who lie to others about their values

Lying about values can be even more corrosive to relationships than lying about facts.

4. Demoralized: those who lie to themselves about their values

Additional Notes

Genuine smiles or laughs are hard to fake

Exaggerations of words (that would normally not be emphasized) or exaggerated body language

Many savvy detectives ask suspects to tell the story in reverse or non-linear fashion to expose a lie. They often ask unexpected, or seemingly irrelevant questions to throw suspects off track.

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attemptingwriter · 14 days

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Do you have any nicknames? Not stereotypical ones like “honey, sweetie”, but ones that maybe a character won’t like at first but grows to love??

Charcter Nickname Ideas

Hmmm this is actually a tricky one to answer.

Each character will have their own set of cultural backgrounds, quirks, strengths, weaknesses and relationship dynamics, which can all contribute to a nickname.

Here are some common things writers do for nicknames:

Shorten their given name. Mireya becomes Rey. Christopher becomes Chris.

Alter their given name. If you add a “y” sound, it implies the person using the nickname thinks of the character as young or childlike. So Alexa becomes Lexie. William becomes Billy.

Base their nickname on a physical trait. This can be straightforward or ironic. The large man is Tiny. The pretty girl named Honor is Bell/Beauty.

Pick a personality trait. School kids might call your main character Sassy Cassy. The con man might be called Prince Charming because of his smooth-talking skills.

Base their nickname on their profession or an accomplishment. So many characters are called Doc, Prof, or Chairman.

Base it on Monsters: ie. Balrog, Loch, Golen, Orthros, Baal, etc.

Base it on Mythology. Lots of authors have used names from Greek/Roman mythology, and readers have loved it!

Here are two personal examples:

Use initials. My name is Junhui Lee, and those who aren't familar with Asian names struggle to pronoun it correctly. So I just go by "JH"

In Korean culture, (1) people's names are usually three chracters: ie. Jun+hui+Lee and (2) We put surnames in front, not at the back of our names: ie. Lee Junhui, not Junhui Lee. Close friends would address each other as "surname + first character of the given name". So my friends would call me Lee Jun.

A character not liking their nickname

Doesn't necessary mean it has to be a funny nickname. They can dislike it because they somehow feel like only their parents/siblings call them that, or they feel childish, or the tone in which the other person says it is too teasing.

Depends on the origin and meaning behind the nickname. Was it made up by bullies in primary school and its just happened to stick? Was it given to them by their late grandparents? The anme

That said, here are some examples!

Vivienne: Vivvy, Vienne, Viv, Vee

Niamh: Nia, Neeve, Iya

Athena: Ath, Thea

Hazel: Haze, Zelly, Elle

Bloom: Bee, Bloomy, Blommer, Bloo

Coral: Cora, Coralie, Cori, Coral-B

Alaric: Larry, Lars

Ulysses: Ollie, Ulie

Adin: Ade, Ad, Bin, Dinny

Nicolas: Nick, Nico, Nicky

Daniel: Dan, Danny, Dannyboy, Niel

Adreil: Ad, Adri, Riel, El

Louisa: Lulu

+ this list because I've been trying to come up with nicknames for my bloothirsty character...

Steelshot

Crank

Rigs

Skinner

Skull Crusher

Wardon

Zero

Ironclad

Iron Heart

Billy the Butcher

Mr. Blonde

K-6

Hell-Raiser

Harbinger

Finisher

I hope this helps :)

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attemptingwriter · 14 days

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#moss #fungi #mushrooms #forestcore #forest floor #naturecore #nature #nature photography #woods #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #Love forestcore

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attemptingwriter · 14 days

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Fuck it, love and support trans men, the people who hate us can eat shit.

Fuck people who deny our problems, fuck people who belittle us for speaking out, fuck people who try to make our problems about others, fuck people who hate us because a trans guy was mean to them once, fuck people who tell us to separate our manhood and masculinity from our trans identity, fuck people who tell us what we can and can’t do, fuck people who tell us what we do and don’t experience, fuck people who assume we hate other people in the community for speaking up, fuck people who act like invisibility and erasure is a privilege, fuck the people who ignore our murders and hate crimes, fuck the people act like forced detransition isn’t “that bad”, fuck “allies” that blame the rest of the community’s issues on trans men, fuck people who tell us it’s our fault terfs invade our spaces, fuck people that don’t care about transphobia when it’s aimed at us. Fuck transphobes.

I’m a trans man and I’m angry. I should be allowed to be angry about this.

Love and support the trans men around you, we go through hell everyday and people WILL go out of their way to try and hide it from you. Give your trans mascs/male mutuals some love. Tell us you see us and you hear us, it’s more important than you think.

#transmasc #trans #trans man #trans community #trans erasure #transmasc erasure #trans ftm #transgender #ftm #trans visibility

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attemptingwriter · 15 days

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WIP UPDATE

Words Started With: 421

Words Added: 164

Total: 585

#writing #writers on tumblr #Novel #Book writing #Book #Fantasy #Fantasy book #original writing #original character #author wannabe #wannabe author #wanna be a writer #Writer #Author #Trying to finish a book #Trying to write a book #I'll finish this book if it's the last thing I do

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attemptingwriter · 22 days

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Hey I saw you boosted asnet’s post and I’m warning you they are a known scammer. They are pretending to be a victim and are purposely targetting pro-Palenstain bloggers. Please delete the donation post you reblogged. If you don’t believe me, there is evidence under the “asnet scam” tag on tumblr.

Thanks so much for telling me!

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