I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your "show not tell" advice explained!
THIS
hm. im REALLY against any variation of “this rule is true in any context” because it defeats the point of creativity, but this is good advice for a) beefing up your descriptions and b) communicating emotional tension (eg, the MC has not admitted or processes this feeling but you want to show them having it)
That said, sometimes you would want to just state the character’s opinion. (& maybe contrast it with their actions, the situation) or use a shorthand when it’s like an introductory side detail.
What I like about it though is that it’s NOT stated as a “don’t ever do this in any context” rule - it’s not a rule, it’s a challenge. Don’t ever do this for the next six months and see how it changes your writing. Not never do it again, just try it and then you can go back to using them but you’ll probably do it way more sparingly because you’ve built up other tools to use instead of those words.
I am reblogging this because it will be very useful for some people but I will also mention that I HATE it deeply and profoundly and will never do it.
I like what I like. (retreats back into her box, hissing)
Anonymous asked:
i hope your issue with notes gets resolved 🥺 i’ve actually never experienced autumn and all i know about it is crunchy leaves !! where i am, it’s either summer or winter,, no rains (unless it’s via cloud seeding), no snow,,, and that’s all i’ve grown with 😔 how would you describe autumn tho, i’m curious as to how it feels - anon sun
THIS is the creative writing piece I need this afternoon
autumn is driving along a windy mountain road, with leaves fluttering down all around you. its looking over a valley and seeing nothing but glittering golds and reds, like someone took the sunset and painted it into the trees. its standing on a cliffside and feeling the wind in your face and really understanding pocahontas’ colors of the wind. its wrapping your jacket tighter around your body, but in a romantic way, and hurrying onward to your destination. its fashion, the boots, the scarves, the hoodies, but without the bitter cold. its smelling cold in the air, but not feeling it on your skin.
autumn is in your lungs when you run and it starts to burn. its walking on empty streets and stepping out of your way to crunch a leaf underfoot. its in the trees as they give up their leaves and say ‘goodbye, friend, ill see you again next year’. autumn is cold spring water that turns to ice, but never fully. its Halloween, when the corn stalks are all dried and brown, sitting around campfires not because its fun but because you need the warmth. its bundling up because you know that even though its warm now, itll be cold once the sun sets. its hearing rustling in the trees, and wondering if its a bat or a squirrel instead of birds and cicadas.
autumn is going to corn mazes with your friends, and walking through your uni campus with your books clutched tight to you to shield you from the wind. the wind which freezes your face but cools you down, since its still warm enough for your jog from the parking lot to make you sweat. its sitting in front of a fire place, looking out at the forest, where there’s no plants on the ground anymore, just a soft carpet of tawny leaves.
and when september and october turn to november, and everything settles into grey, the grey of cloudy skies and desolate trees, autumn is a gentle goodbye, reminding you that not all that’s dead is gone, because those leaves will welcome next year’s life, sheltering it from the snow until then. autumn is your protection from winter, giving you a burst of beauty and color to give you the strength to make it to spring. autumn is the reminder that you’re more than what you look like, and that you’ve made it through another year, and you’ll make it through countless more.
-🦌 Roe
I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.
dude.
$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.
Visible mending is a decorative way to fix up an item. Instead of trying to make your mend as invisible as possible, the idea is to make it part of the garment’s design.
Visual mending is not a single technique: it’s more of a mindset. If you’ve got an item you love, it deserves to be mended, and if you’re going to put that love into stitches, why not show them off?
That being said, there are some specific techniques that are popular with visible menders. Let’s take a look!
Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery that is used to both decorate and reinforce fabric. In visible mending, sashiko is often used to cover up holes with patches or to reinforce thinning fabric. This technique uses a variation on the running stitch.
Some resources on sashiko:
Regular embroidery is also a popular technique to accentuate your mends. Check out my embroidery 101 post to learn how to get started. You can embroider patches, or use embroidery to hide or accentuate any stitches you’ve made to fix holes. Embroidery’s also a great way to cover up stains.
There are many ways to add patches to a garment. My tutorial on patches is a good place to start if you want to make custom-shaped patches to sew on top of your fabric. You can also sew your patch on the inside of your garment and have it peek out from beneath the hole you’re trying to fix. Fun ideas for this are lace or superheroes.
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Darning is a technique used to repair holes in fabric by using running stitches to weave extra fabric over the hole as to fill it up again. While traditionally darning is done in an invisible way by using the same colour of thread as your fabric, you can also use contrasting colours to accentuate your fix. Check out this written tutorial on darning by TheSpruceCrafts.
Visible mending is a creative way to fix up your clothes and give them some personality at the same time.
You should be proud of the fact that you took the time and learned the necessary skills needed to mend your clothes! Show off what you did!
A fun side effect of wearing these obvious mends is that people will notice them. They’ll remember your fixes the next time they’re faced with a hole in their wardrobe, and it will make them more likely to try it for themselves.
These are just a few ways to visibly mend your garments. Want more inspiration? Check out Pinterest or r/Visiblemending on Reddit.
Friendly reminder that GIMP does pretty much everything Photoshop does, and it’s 100% free. Fuck DRM and the license culture, we have plenty of open source options available to us as a consumer.
If Adobe is going to be greedy shitheads, then fuck ‘em. Don’t use their stuff. Freeware can be just as good, if not better, than Adobe CC.
reblog to save a digital arts major
Reblog to save an artist.
oh jEEZ
I will keep saying this: GIMP sucks butts.
- Medibang Paint and Fire Alpaca for more cartoon style illustration
- Krita for painting
- Clip Studio Paint (not free, but often on sale and cheap even at full price) is better than PS for art and I’m about to cut adobe entirely. Even does some photo editing.
- Paint Tool SAI (again, not free but cheap) old but good, there’s a ton of hacked copies around too. Not hard to get for free.
- Open Tunez for animation.
I’m currently using Affinity Photo and it’s a great Photoshop alternative. One time fee only and it’s not really expensive, plus supports PSD formats. Free trial available too!
Davinci Resolve for video editing is amazing as well! :)
Another great art program to include in the list is the completely free, no download, browser recreation of photoshop, Photopea! It has the potential/customizability to be as robust as a full copy of photoshop while also being perfectly accessible to anyone looking to just do some quick edits with no strings attached.
Also, heads up to anyone using it,
so please approach it with caution and do some research on the situation as things progress.
TATOOINE REFERENCE POST | “Secrets of Tatooine” RPG book (2001)
Maps of Mos Espa, Mos Eisley, Mos Ethna + Layouts Moisture Farm, Catina, Docking Bay 94
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