I Do Think People In Universe Should Make Fun Of Billyteddy More For Getting Engaged At 17 And Married

This almost feels like poetry in itself

imagine i put some sad poetry here about not being able to meaningfully help the people important to me in their times of need. i’d write it myself but i have to get back to work

(a realization about dialogue formatting, from a comic artist turned novelist.)

One of the first things a novice writer learns about speech tags is that they’re part of the “scaffolding” of prose. They should be largely invisible to the reader: use them when necessary, omit them when not, and be sparing in the application of verbs other than “said”. They serve only the function of clarifying who is speaking when it is necessary to do so.

Except:

Sometimes you might want to use a speech tag in spite of the redundancy. The fact that the reader’s eyes slide right over them is an exploitable property. By slicing a line of dialogue in half with a speech tag, you can force the reader to perceive a meaningful pause between two utterances—and the effect is much stronger than you might get out of an ellipsis or an em dash. Developing an intuition for when and how to do this is a huge part of learning to write dialogue, I think.

(And yes: if you ever wondered, this is exactly same the reason why comic artists sometimes “double bubble” their speech bubbles. Same end, different means!)

How to read X-Men?

For the dear X-Men fans that came in through 97 (or the movies) and are confused as to where to start the comics! Don't let the internet fool you, there is only one way and it is by starting with Giant size X-Men #1 (1975). No I am not kidding, it truly is the only right way to get the full story😭 (unless you want to go ALL THE WAY to 1963, I don't necessarily think it's that vital)

This is me trying to keep ppl from making the same mistake I did, starting with wheadon's astonishing X-Men ☠️

Here is a very useful pic of what to read next 💞 good luck!

This is to get ALL the context and major story arcs still referenced today. So I believe it to be vital for the other eras. (I don't know how you can fully understand jean and Scott's relationship today without having read inferno or dark phoenix for example)

Now, If you just wanna read for one specific character, that's a different story! Character specific reading guides that concentrate on the important issues across time exist! Look for those they're very useful <3

Guys hear me out on this.

I’m a writer, and even though this is not my main blog, if I ever become a published author, I am not going to be discouraging fanfiction.

FANFICTION STARTED MY INTEREST IN WRITING.

FANFICTION AUTHORS SPEND A LOT OF TIME POURING THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO THE FANFIC. THEY DON’T RECEIVE ENOUGH RECOGNITION!!

Thank you for listening to my first rant. (Of probably many others)

new eevee evolution called ibuprofeon

So, my business class has a group chat, and we have like a fake business, so we were all going through names and positions and this one dude just pops up with, I'm not supposed to be here... The person who made the gc can't delete him bc she's out, so what do the morons across from me do? They call him. Also, he may have been drunk/high. Just very funny and random

Bruh why'd you call me out like this 😭 but foreal, I love that

can u tell siblings being insecure when the balance of power is skewed heavily towards their other sibling is my absolute favorite type of emotional angst. can u tell that the hc of tommy shepherd sometimes feeling like he only exists bc billy wanted a twin haunts me to this day. or do u guys think im normal.

May the fourth be with all those who honor it 😋

Lone

Change a single letter and change the word game

I want to play a game with you all.

You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.

Dirt

they should invent a brain that doesn’t whisper bad things to you