My Only Goal Of The Day Was To Write A Singular Paragraph

My Only Goal Of The Day Was To Write A Singular Paragraph

my only goal of the day was to write a singular paragraph

More Posts from Souppooppie and Others

3 years ago

executive dysfunction sounds like a fucking lie, even the ones who suffers from it think it's just some stupid excuses they make for not putting enough efforts, and the whole thing doesn't make any sense either!

" I can't do thing because brain stops me from doing it "

LIKE WHAT. WHO WOULD BELIVE THAT


Tags
3 years ago

hell's paradise is a fun story where everybody smiles

Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
Hell's Paradise Is A Fun Story Where Everybody Smiles
3 years ago

I GOT HOWLLLLLLLLLLLLL AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO

hello i made this

https://uquiz.com/C1qELY

uquiz.com
book based. i am right. warning for swearing

REBLOG WITH YOUR RESULTS I WANT TO KNOW!!!! AHH

4 years ago

a reminder of how executive dysfunction can also look like . You are NOT lazy

brain : Hey the new season of my favorite show is out!!! I've been waiting for so long I'm excited to see it!!

Executive dysfunction : no. impossible. no fucking way. too difficult. unattainable. blocked.

brain : but I want to see it, I want to do it .. badly :(

Executive dysfunction : fuck no. you will be experiencing new emotions, meaning that it will have to be processed. that's too difficult and very exhausting

brain : alright lets watch old shows then

Executive dysfunction : that will be a waste of time, you could've just watch new things you stupid fuck.

brain : ..u right .. but what else can I do?

Executive dysfunction : i have preaperd for you exactly two options. You can either wait for no reason orrr, rot in bed and doom scroll for hours while you feel absolutely shit with yourself from wasting all this precious time.. ill let you chill in distress, mkay? :3 btw have you noticed the feeling, that looming fear and utter discomfort that has been gnawing at your insides like youre being chased by something? Correct, there's nothing you can do about it.

brain : so you're just gonna let me get stuck?

Executive dysfunction : absolutely! :)

brain : Is there really nothing i do something about it?

Executive dysfunction : well.. You can always try.. I'll just never gonna let you do anything else you want or need :)

brain : ... but that wont do.. how abou-

Executive dysfunction : bitch no. you cant


Tags
3 years ago

I legit thought i don't have RSD until my cousin jokingly said ' bitch ' when we were joking around.. and i shit you not shit hurted like bitch... (ノಥ益ಥ)ノ


Tags
2 years ago

ZOMAK

tumblr post by @thecryptkeeper reading "the way ive seen ppl talk abt their male faves now like 'he looks like a soaking wet kitten id rescue from a cardboard box in the pouring rain and im about to nurture him back to health with a warm saucer of milk' "
Tweet posted by The Mountain Goats reading "feel like Twitter doesn't care about men who express themselves by sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room meowing #menwhomeow"
Text reading "PERSONALITY: Pathetic wet dog of a man"
youtube comment by 33kingofkings reading "I want more of this miserable man lol"
tumblr post by @eleventh-earl reading "his swagless looks and his cringe fail personality have captivated me"
Tumblr post by @jorgenotfound reading "he might be just some guy to you, to me he's my little skrinbly doo sckrunkly belyflop ongle dople ketchup packet babу kitten meow meow jump rope sparkle princess"
4chan post by Anonymous reading "oh hes so sad and broken and ridden with guilt i want to fuck him"

a collection

3 years ago

How to convey information through dialogue without shoehorning it in

So you have information you want to plant into your story, and you would like to do that through dialogue. Naturally, you'd want to make the dialogue look natural, so that it doesn't scream -> This Piece Of Information <- Will Be Relevant To The Plot Later!!! I never saw any writing advice about this subject, so I thought I’d write up a post about it.

Say, for example, you want to plant the information that Barney is afraid of fridges. Fridges? Jup. That's weird. Jup. Which makes it all the more difficult to bring up in a scene. And what makes it even more difficult, you decided you want this dialogue to take place before the Thing With The Fridge Happens later on, so you're in a pickle. How do you bring up a fear of fridges, when there are no fridges around?

First, I'm going to show you how shoehorning the information in a dialogue would look like.

Don't do this:

Annie and Barney are in a scene that has nothing to do with fridges.

Annie: "By the way," she asked casually, "have I ever asked you what your worst fear is? Since we’re on this quest together, we should know these things about each other."

Barney: "Fridges. They scare the bejeebers out of me."

Annie: "Fridges?" She laughed incredulously. "How come?"

Barney: "Well, one time my brother locked me into a fridge, and I've been afraid ever since."

Annie: “That makes sense, Barney. I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

Try to avoid using things like “by the way” or “suddenly” in this part of the dialogue, because that’s a shoehorn red flag.

Instead, you want the conversation to flow from something inconspicuous to the information you want to plant and then into at least one other topic.

Do this:

Annie and Barney are in a scene that has nothing to do with fridges, for example they are thrown into a snake pit during their quest.

Barney deals with venomous snakes without a second thought.

Annie, in the corner, trying to get a hold of herself: "I can't believe you're not afraid of those snakes."

Barney: "You just got to know how to handle them."

Annie, in awe: "You're fearless."

Barney, laughs: "Trust me, I'm not. You should see me around fridges."

Annie: "Fridges...?"

Barney: "My brother locked me into one when we were little. I almost suffocated. Never trusted them ever since. Nor my brother, obviously."

The conversation continues about his relationship with his brother, making it seem like that's the important bit. You sneaked the information about Barney's fear for fridges into the dialogue about snakes and his brother.

Let’s break that down, shall we?

This conversation has three topics: snakes, fridges, and Barney’s brother. The snakes and Barney’s brother don’t really matter. They could just as well be completely different topics. (I'll show you later.) Their only function is to ease into the conversation about Barney’s fridge fear and ease out of it without drawing the reader’s attention to its importance.

Topic 1: Something present in this scene that has a thing in common with topic 2

Discussing the snakes feels organic and natural, because they are kind of hard to ignore in this scene. Make the first topic something related to what the characters see, feel, experience in that particular scene… Write a piece of dialogue about topic one.

Topic 2: The information you want to plant

Then transition into the topic switch. How? The topic of fridges and the topic of snakes have one thing in common: fear. Specifically, Annie is afraid of snakes and Barney isn’t, but he is afraid of fridges. Bringing this interesting bit into the conversation changes the topic again, because how can you not go into a sentence like this?

Topic 3: Anything related to topic 2 you can latch onto

The topic is changed yet again after the information you planned to plant. Just let this part of the dialogue run its course. It doesn’t matter much what you do with it, as long as you don’t stop the dialogue right after the moment you delivered the line you needed to deliver. The trick is to make the conversation flow to and from your chosen topic.

Let’s look at another example, something more realistic. You still want to convey the fact that Barney is afraid of fridges, but this time, Annie and Barney are not on a quest, they are in a romance novel.

Barney and Annie are looking out over the ocean. She brought a bottle of wine, a light breeze cools their skin, in the distance, a cargo boat slowly glides along the horizon. It seems like a perfect moment.

Barney raises his glass and compliments Annie: “You pick great wine.” (topic 1)

Annie: “Thanks. I did a wine course last year in my local community center, a series in which we learned all about the different kinds of wine and what to pair it with.”

Barney: “Sounds like fun. You should teach me sometime. Did you get to taste everything?”

Annie: “Yeah, of course. That was the main reason I joined. What about you? Which wine do you prefer?”

Barney: “Oh, I’m not a connaisseur. I like anything but white wines.” (change of topic)

Annie: “Why not?”

Barney, embarrassed: “Red wines are usually kept at room temperature, and white wines go in the fridge.”

Annie, after a second: “I can’t see the problem there.”

Barney, embarrassed: “Ah. Well. I don’t like fridges. Like, not at all. My brother once locked me into one, and – well, let’s say it was a hugely traumatic experience.” (boom, there it is: topic 2)

Annie, confused: “But – How do you keep your food fresh?” (change of topic) (doesn't necessarily have to happen so soon after The Line)

Barney, still embarrassed: “I go to the supermarket every other day.” (topic 3)

The conversation continues about going to the supermarket every other day and foods that Barney can't eat because they spoil too fast outside of the fridge. Annie is surprised to hear how many things can be kept at room temperature for a day or two. (topic 3,5)

That's it, folks :)

I hope this was helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, and happy writing! This post was inspired by a question from @therska.

Follow me for more writing advice, or check out my other writing tips here. New topics to write advice about are also always appreciated.

Tag list below the cut. If you like to be added to or removed from the list, let me know.

@therska @writingwordsanddrawingpictures @the-words-we-never-said @writingwhithotchocolate @i-rove-rock-n-roll @maskedlady @no-time-like-write-now @timefire25 @black-lakritz-dragon @nzmayart @fandomrandomness-stuff @dangertoozmanykids101 @anaestheticdisaster @storytellingofravens @purpleshadows1989 @mathematicpony @i-don-t-know-words @notquitenovelist @coffeescribles @reffaces @livingthelovelylife @katsglabella @lokitty-is-my-spirit-animal @thefallenbibliophilequote @watchmewritedumb @sting-the-scribe @kais-writing-shit @dameschnee123 @curiosityonmars @oodlittlething

  • intothefold08
    intothefold08 reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • lesbian-medusa
    lesbian-medusa liked this · 1 month ago
  • maudmont
    maudmont reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • seqoya
    seqoya liked this · 1 month ago
  • thepaleghost69
    thepaleghost69 liked this · 1 month ago
  • figfabled
    figfabled liked this · 1 month ago
  • pwerpuffgrl
    pwerpuffgrl liked this · 1 month ago
  • lowslungparalysis
    lowslungparalysis liked this · 1 month ago
  • tearfulangel
    tearfulangel liked this · 1 month ago
  • comingbackkid
    comingbackkid liked this · 2 months ago
  • periclymenums
    periclymenums reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • amitybrightlights
    amitybrightlights liked this · 2 months ago
  • tepot
    tepot liked this · 2 months ago
  • syzygyinfinite
    syzygyinfinite liked this · 2 months ago
  • bbluntt
    bbluntt liked this · 2 months ago
  • pinipigcrunch
    pinipigcrunch liked this · 2 months ago
  • missmiserydemo
    missmiserydemo liked this · 2 months ago
  • peabah
    peabah liked this · 2 months ago
  • seagreenlocusts
    seagreenlocusts liked this · 2 months ago
  • posledniyshans
    posledniyshans liked this · 2 months ago
  • holyborn
    holyborn reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • unmedicatedyearning
    unmedicatedyearning reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • nervousyounginhuman10191
    nervousyounginhuman10191 liked this · 3 months ago
  • evaaraaa
    evaaraaa liked this · 3 months ago
  • 92tagada
    92tagada liked this · 3 months ago
  • unmedicatedyearning
    unmedicatedyearning liked this · 3 months ago
  • jinxjackie
    jinxjackie reblogged this · 3 months ago
  • mothsquall
    mothsquall reblogged this · 3 months ago
  • scotts
    scotts liked this · 3 months ago
  • eurydiceknowshesloved
    eurydiceknowshesloved reblogged this · 3 months ago
  • eurydiceknowshesloved
    eurydiceknowshesloved liked this · 3 months ago
  • eleusinian-kitten
    eleusinian-kitten liked this · 3 months ago
  • iclarye
    iclarye liked this · 3 months ago
  • buggybuggboo
    buggybuggboo liked this · 3 months ago
  • sadbbykay
    sadbbykay liked this · 3 months ago
  • urlurlurlksb
    urlurlurlksb liked this · 3 months ago
  • robinniko
    robinniko liked this · 3 months ago
  • amaxtory
    amaxtory liked this · 3 months ago
  • emma-9999
    emma-9999 liked this · 3 months ago
  • tinybreadpolice
    tinybreadpolice liked this · 3 months ago
  • slytherinbarnes
    slytherinbarnes liked this · 3 months ago
  • lemedstudent2021
    lemedstudent2021 liked this · 3 months ago
  • archivedlilacs
    archivedlilacs reblogged this · 3 months ago
  • skykind
    skykind liked this · 3 months ago
  • ladysarai
    ladysarai liked this · 3 months ago
  • andromeda270
    andromeda270 liked this · 3 months ago
  • smoosey
    smoosey reblogged this · 3 months ago
  • alieposts
    alieposts liked this · 4 months ago

Mostly posting personal complaints

184 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags