“On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.”
— Jules Renard
“Speak only when your words are more beautiful than silence.”
— Imam Ali
“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.”
— Sue Fitzmaurice
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable…It means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
— Neil Gaiman (via quotemadness)
In Romania, we have a drawer full of shopping bags, to use later, or just a bag filled with hundreds of bags.
That's our way to recicle 😂
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A scene agitator is something that makes a task more difficult, distracting, uncomfortable, or interesting. Agitators make scenes more intriguing as we see a character struggle. Let's review a few types of agitators.
Agitators include:
• Loud noises that distract characters (and the audience) including a car alarm, an air raid siren, a passing subway, etc.
• The introduction of anything inherently dangerous such as a tiger in the room, a character juggling a knife, etc.
• Dangerous settings such as a tight rope, a fight over a river of lava, a discussion on a cliff's ledge, etc.
• Any agitation of the senses such as free-floating dust, popping grease from cooking bacon, etc.
• An stream of disruptions or interruptions to a conversation.
• A physical constraint such as the tightening of a corset during a conversation.
• Anything that violates social norms such as a violation of personal space, a violation of personal hygiene, etc.
• Inclement weather such as hail, lightning, thunder, etc.
• Anything vying for the character's attention.
• Anything that inhibits or blocks clear and unfiltered communication such as a fuzzy phone connection, a physical barrier between a conversation, etc.
• Pungent smells such a skunk, manure, the sewers, etc.
• Bugs
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
— Federico García Lorca, (via quotemadness)
Tighten your sentences. Adjectives and Adverbs should be used only when necessary. Overusing descriptions is a red flag to agents and publishers of a novice writer. Go through your writing and circle all adjectives and adverbs and read it without them. If it works without them, then cut them.
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