Bassooner-Or-Later



abalonetea:

dreamtofswallowingcoins:

abalonetea:

my writing fundamentally changed forever ten years ago when i realized you could use sentence structure to control people’s heart rates. is this still forbidden knowledge or does everyone know it now

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*raises hand* I’ve been writing for years and don’t know this trick by these words!
do tell?

Okay, so a few people have asked for me to cite the dark magics at them, and i’m super happy to share because it’s my favorite thing ever. 

so, let’s see if i can explain this the same way that i learned. read a sentence out loud. you come to a full stop when you hit the period, and you take a normal, breath. but, when you hit a comma, you take a slightly longer pause. and when you hit a dash - you take an even longer pause. 

this is a natural rhythm that we pick up when we’re first taught to read; we do it without even thinking. but when you start to think about it, you realize that it can become a tool.

think of your heartbeat. a period is badump. a comma is badump-dump. and a dash is thump badump. one breath. a longer breath. two breaths.

that means what you read automatically affects the rhythm of your breathing and your heartrate. which means that you can control the amount of physical tension your reader feels… by altering your punction and your sentence structure.

for fast paced scenes, you use short sentences. a lot of hard stops. mostly periods, with just a few comma’s thrown in for the full breath. your reader’s heartrate accelerates. their breathing is slightly and unintentionally, on their end, quicker. you hit the dramatic ending of the scene - and your reader’s body phsyically feels the gasp, the breath of fresh air, of these longer sentences.

now, read that paragraph again ant take note of your natural pauses, and how it subtly affects your breathing. 

the same thing can be said of comma’s and dashes. while they can be used as a breath of fresh air, they can also cause a new line of tension as they lead your reader to hold their breath. during this section, you should use longer sentences; breaking up the harshness of the pauses by using variations of punction. read this paragraph out loud from the start and take note of how long you go between pauses and full breaths. 

and then, comes the biggest trick.

the hard stop.

the paragraph.

because while the periods, commas, and dashes are variations on a short stop, the paragraph is a hard stop. you take a full breath. you pause for a moment, then move to the start of the next paragraph.

which means you can create an entirely new sort of dramatic tension. read the sentences that are in bold. see how you take a naturally longer pause at the end of each paragraph?

see how it makes you feel? 

how it makes you breath different? 

how doing it once, twice, or three times creates a different line of tension? 

this little magic trick can be used to cause a reader’s heartrate to speed up during a fight or chase scene. it can be used to cause their breathing to slow down during moments of dramatic tension, sorrow, or softness. and it can be used to create hard breaks that add a new level of physically felt emphasis to your written work.

i hope these examples make sense! it’s my favorite writing trick!

Via Pikachu the Unfettered

kristendimeravevo:

oh you’re a gamer guy? name 5 nancy drew villains

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mossbawn:

people on here are always saying “we NEED a story where the art of storytelling is abandoned” like ugh literary devices are soo annoying like that wouldn’t happen in real life that only happened to further the story (why is there story in my story) why would orpheus turn around when he was explicitly told not to why would icarus fly so close to the sun romeo&juliet catcher in the rye why are they so earnest why pour your heart and soul into anything why bother why cant all art be quippy logical monotony like my marvel movies there’s a void in my heart bc i refused to fill it and the curtains were blue

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nomadiclegends:

pokefuseme:

sudorm-rfslash:

bedrock-to-buildheight:

astraldemise:

astraldemise:

astraldemise:

astraldemise:

theres too many pokemon games where you play as a kid whos full of life and full of potential. there needs to be a pokemon game where you play as a college dropout who lives in a shitty apartment

your starter pokemon are trubbish, rattata and glameow. which symbolise the trash you keep forgetting to take out, the rats living in your walls and the stray cat you keep trying to befriend but it keeps hissing at you.

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you guys dont get it its not supposed to be dark and edgy its supposed to be living in a mundane setting and slowly rediscovering the wonder in the world by going on a journey with a magical trash bag that is your friend, its about love and recovery and coping with the stress of your adult life with your friend who is made of sentient garbage

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I’ve never been so attached to literal trash before

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I am similarly attached to the sentient trash. Can’t wait to take him on little adventures

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dm-paul-weber:

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Diablo II Arcane Sanctuary Map for D&D
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Via DM Paul Weber

manywinged:

manywinged:

my favorite aesthetic has got to be casualwear and armor. like jeans and a chestplate or a tshirt and sweatpants and full plate gauntlets. that shit fucking rules.

A photo of someone wearing ripped jeans that show the plate armor boots and shin and thigh greaves beneath.ALT
A photo of someone's torso clad in a red and blue polo shirt and wearing silver plate armor gauntlets with clawlike fingers.ALT

instant +10 fashion buff to any outfit

Via NEW LIVER, SAME EAGLES

milk5:

owls-n-elderberries:

Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) by phil winter on Flickr.

Each berry is very large to her….


palalife:

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Joker POV

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“Welcome to the Velvet Room, Goro Akechi”

Swap AU/NG+/Velvet room AU

Reading direction from right to left


Yes I just had to combine all the AUs and fandom troupes into one bc I am indecisive

Basically Ren made another bet of reviving Akechi and play the game again in his place bc he believes he will win, surely given right chance Akechi would do better, right? Right??? 😬

Via 100 pages later, they haven't meet yet
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