Medicine
- A Study In Physical Injury
- Comas
- Medical Facts And Tips For Your Writing Needs
- Broken Bones
- Burns
- Unconsciousness & Head Trauma
- Blood Loss
- Stab Wounds
- Pain & Shock
- All About Mechanical Injuries (Injuries Caused By Violence)
Writing Specific Characters
- Portraying a kleptomaniac.
- Playing a character with cancer.
- How to portray a power driven character.
- Playing the manipulative character.
- Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.
- Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.
- Writing a character who lost someone important.
- Playing the bullies.
- Portraying the drug dealer.
- Playing a rebellious character.
- How to portray a sociopath.
- How to write characters with PTSD.
- Playing characters with memory loss.
- Playing a pyromaniac.
- How to write a mute character.
- How to write a character with an OCD.
- How to play a stoner.
- Playing a character with an eating disorder.
- Portraying a character who is anti-social.
- Portraying a character who is depressed.
- How to portray someone with dyslexia.
- How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.
- Portraying a character with severe depression.
- How to play a serial killer.
- Writing insane characters.
- Playing a character under the influence of marijuana.
- Tips on writing a drug addict.
- How to write a character with HPD.
- Writing a character with Nymphomania.
- Writing a character with schizophrenia.
- Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
- Writing a character with depression.
- Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.
- Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.
- How to play a victim of rape.
- How to play a mentally ill/insane character.
- Writing a character who self-harms.
- Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.
- How to play the stalker.
- How to portray a character high on cocaine.
- Playing a character with ADHD.
- How to play a sexual assault victim.
- Writing a compulsive gambler.
- Playing a character who is faking a disorder.
- Playing a prisoner.
- Portraying an emotionally detached character.
- How to play a character with social anxiety.
- Portraying a character who is high.
- Portraying characters who have secrets.
- Portraying a recovering alcoholic.
- Portraying a sex addict.
- How to play someone creepy.
- Portraying sexually/emotionally abused characters.
- Playing a character under the influence of drugs.
- Playing a character who struggles with Bulimia.
Illegal Activity
- Examining Mob Mentality
- How Street Gangs Work
- Domestic Abuse
- Torture
- Assault
- Murder
- Terrorism
- Internet Fraud
- Cyberwarfare
- Computer Viruses
- Corporate Crime
- Political Corruption
- Drug Trafficking
- Human Trafficking
- Sex Trafficking
- Illegal Immigration
- Contemporary Slavery
Black Market Prices & Profits
- AK-47 prices on the black market
- Bribes
- Computer Hackers and Online Fraud
- Contract Killing
- Exotic Animals
- Fake Diplomas
- Fake ID Cards, Passports and Other Identity Documents
- Human Smuggling Fees
- Human Traffickers Prices
- Kidney and Organ Trafficking Prices
- Prostitution Prices
- Cocaine Prices
- Ecstasy Pills Prices
- Heroin Prices
- Marijuana Prices
- Meth Prices
- Earnings From Illegal Jobs
- Countries In Order Of Largest To Smallest Risk
Forensics
- arson
- Asphyxia
- Blood Analysis
- Book Review
- Cause & Manner of Death
- Chemistry/Physics
- Computers/Cell Phones/Electronics
- Cool & Odd-Mostly Odd
- Corpse Identification
- Corpse Location
- Crime and Science Radio
- crime lab
- Crime Scene
- Cults and Religions
- DNA
- Document Examination
- Fingerprints/Patterned Evidence
- Firearms Analysis
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Art
- Forensic Dentistry
- Forensic History
- Forensic Psychiatry
- General Forensics
- Guest Blogger
- High Tech Forensics
- Interesting Cases
- Interesting Places
- Interviews
- Medical History
- Medical Issues
- Misc
- Multiple Murderers
- On This Day
- Poisons & Drugs
- Police Procedure
- Q&A
- serial killers
- Space Program
- Stupid Criminals
- Theft
- Time of Death
- Toxicology
- Trauma
Come join the “I’m on a government watch list after researching for my RP character” club!
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Modern Knife Types / Blade Shapes
For sources: http://sword-site.com/thread/1111/diagrams-modern-knife-types
Important for those who thought a Honing Steel was a Steak Knife.
happy fun time.
Some words to use when writing things:
- winking
- clenching
- pulsing
- fluttering
- contracting
- twitching
- sucking
- quivering
- pulsating
- throbbing
- beating
- thumping
- thudding
- pounding
- humming
- palpitate
- vibrate
- grinding
- crushing
- hammering
- lashing
- knocking
- driving
- thrusting
- pushing
- force
- injecting
- filling
- dilate
- stretching
- lingering
- expanding
- bouncing
- reaming
- elongate
- enlarge
- unfolding
- yielding
- sternly
- firmly
- tightly
- harshly
- thoroughly
- consistently
- precision
- accuracy
- carefully
- demanding
- strictly
- restriction
- meticulously
- scrupulously
- rigorously
- rim
- edge
- lip
- circle
- band
- encircling
- enclosing
- surrounding
- piercing
- curl
- lock
- twist
- coil
- spiral
- whorl
- dip
- wet
- soak
- madly
- wildly
- noisily
- rowdily
- rambunctiously
- decadent
- degenerate
- immoral
- indulgent
- accept
- take
- invite
- nook
- indentation
- niche
- depression
- indent
- depress
- delay
- tossing
- writhing
- flailing
- squirming
- rolling
- wriggling
- wiggling
- thrashing
- struggling
- grappling
- striving
- straining
Appetite –
craving, demand, gluttony, greed, hunger, inclination, insatiable, longing, lust, passion, ravenousness, relish, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, ardor, dedication, desire, devotion, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, horny, intensity, keenness, wholeheartedness, zeal
Arouse –
agitate, awaken, electrify, enliven, excite, entice, foment, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, provoke, rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, thrill, waken, warm, whet, attract, charm, coax, fire up, fuel, heat up, lure, produce, stir up, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrum, torment, wind up, work up
Assault –
attack, advancing, aggressive, assailing, charging, incursion, inundated, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, overwhelmed, ruinous, tempestuous, strike, violation, ambush, assail, barrage, bombard, bombardment, crackdown, wound
Beautiful –
admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, bewitching, charming, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, exquisite, fascinating, gorgeous, graceful, grand, magnificent, marvelous, pleasing, radiant, ravishing, resplendent, splendid, stunning, sublime, attractive, beguiling, captivating, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, eye-catching, fetching, fine, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, inviting, lovely, mesmeric, mesmerizing, pretty, rakish, refined, striking, tantalizing, tempting
Brutal –
atrocious, barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, cruel, feral, ferocious, hard, harsh, heartless, inhuman, merciless, murderous, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, terrible, unmerciful, vicious, bestial, brute, brutish, cold-blooded, fierce, gory, nasty, rancorous, sadistic, uncompromising, unfeeling, unforgiving, unpitying, violent, wild
Burly –
able-bodied, athletic, beefy, big, brawny, broad-shouldered, bulky, dense, enormous, great, hard, hardy, hearty, heavily built, heavy, hefty, huge, husky, immense, large, massive, muscular, mighty, outsized, oversized, powerful, powerfully built, prodigious, robust, solid, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, strongly built, sturdy, thick, thickset, tough, well-built, well-developed
Carnal –
animalistic, bodily, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, , coarse, crude, dirty, raunchy, rough, unclean
Dangerous –
alarming, critical, fatal, formidable, impending, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, precarious, pressing, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, urgent, vulnerable, wicked, acute, damaging, deadly, death-defying, deathly, destructive, detrimental, explosive, grave, harmful, hazardous, injurious, lethal, life-threatening, noxious, poisonous, risky, severe, terrifying, toxic, unsafe, unstable, venomous
Dark –
atrocious, corrupt, forbidding, foul, infernal, midnight, morbid, ominous, sinful, sinister, somber, threatening, twilight, vile, wicked, abject, alarming, appalling, baleful, bizarre, bleak, bloodcurdling, boding evil, chilling, cold, condemned, creepy, damned, daunting, demented, desolate, dire, dismal, disturbing, doomed, dour, dread, dreary, dusk, eerie, fear, fearsome, frightening, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, gloom, gloomy, grave, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, haunted, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horror, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inhospitable, looming, lost, macabre, malice, malignant, menacing, murky, mysterious, night, panic, pessimistic, petrifying, scary, shadows, shadowy, shade, shady, shocking, soul-destroying, sour, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, strange, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unlucky, unnatural, unnerving, weird, wretched
Delicious –
enticing, exquisite, luscious, lush, rich, savory, sweet, tasty, tempting, appetizing, delectable, flavorsome, full of flavor, juicy, lip-smacking, mouth-watering, piquant, relish, ripe, salty, spicy, scrummy, scrumptious, succulent, tangy, tart, tasty, yummy, zesty
Ecstasy –
delectation, delirium, elation, euphoria, fervor, frenzy, joy, rapture, transport, bliss, excitement, happiness, heaven, high, paradise, rhapsody, thrill, blissful, delighted, elated, extremely happy, in raptures (of delight), in seventh heaven, jubilant, on cloud nine, overexcited, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled
Ecstatic –
delirious, enraptured, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, joyous, transported, wild
Erotic –
amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, carnal, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, hot, impassioned, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous, tantalizing
Gasp –
catch of breath, choke, gulp, heave, inhale, pant, puff, snort, wheeze, huff, rasp, sharp intake of air, short of breath, struggle for breath, swallow, winded
Heated –
ardent, avid, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, scalding, scorched, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, ablaze, aflame, all-consuming, blazing, blistering, burning, crazed, explosive, febrile, feverish, fired up, flaming, flushed, frantic, hot, hot-blooded, impatient, incensed, maddening, obsessed, possessed, randy, searing, sizzling, smoldering, sweltering, torrid, turbulent, volatile, worked up, zealous
Hunger –
appetite, ache, craving, gluttony, greed, longing, lust, mania, mouth-watering, ravenous, voracious, want, yearning, thirst
Hungry –
avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, eager, greedy, hungered, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unsatisfied, voracious, avaricious, desirous, famished, grasping, insatiable, keen, longing, predatory, ravening, starving, thirsty, wanting
Intense –
forceful, severe, passionate, acute, agonizing, ardent, anxious, biting, bitter, burning, close, consuming, cutting, deep, eager, earnest, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, great, harsh, impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, severe, sharp, strong, vehement, violent, vivid, vigorous
Liquid –
damp, cream, creamy, dripping, ichorous, juicy, moist, luscious, melted, moist, pulpy, sappy, soaking, solvent, sopping, succulent, viscous, wet / aqueous, broth, elixir, extract, flux, juice, liquor, nectar, sap, sauce, secretion, solution, vitae, awash, moisture, boggy, dewy, drenched, drip, drop, droplet, drowning, flood, flooded, flowing, fountain, jewel, leaky, milky, overflowing, saturated, slick, slippery, soaked, sodden, soggy, stream, swamp, tear, teardrop, torrent, waterlogged, watery, weeping
Lithe –
agile, lean, pliant, slight, spare, sinewy, slender, supple, deft, fit, flexible, lanky, leggy, limber, lissom, lissome, nimble, sinuous, skinny, sleek, slender, slim, svelte, trim, thin, willowy, wiry
Moan –
beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sob, wail, whine, bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, mewl
Moving –
(exciting,) affecting, effective arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, fecund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, significant, stimulating, simulative, stirring, stunning, touching, awe-inspiring, energizing, exhilarating, fascinating, heart pounding, heart stopping, inspiring, riveting, thrilling
Need –
compulsion, demand, desperate, devoir, extremity, impatient longing, must, urge, urgency / desire, appetite, avid, burn, craving, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, insatiable, longing, lust, taste, thirst, voracious, want, yearning, ache, addiction, aspiration, desire, fever, fixation, hankering, hope, impulse, inclination, infatuation, itch, obsession, passion, pining, wish, yen
Pain –
ache, afflict, affliction, agony, agonize, anguish, bite, burn, chafe, distress, fever, grief, hurt, inflame, laceration, misery, pang, punish, sting, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe, torment, torture, smart
Painful –
aching, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, dire, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, inflamed, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, angry, bleeding, bloody, bruised, cutting, hurting, injured, irritated, prickly, skinned, smarting, sore, stinging, unbearable, uncomfortable, upsetting, wounded
Perverted –
aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, defiling, depraved, deviant, monstrous, tainted, twisted, vicious, warped, wicked, abhorrent, base, decadent, degenerate, degrading, dirty, disgusting, dissipated, dissolute, distasteful, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, indecent, indulgent, licentious, nasty, profligate, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shameless, sickening, sinful, smutty, sordid, unscrupulous, vile
Pleasurable –
charming, gratifying, luscious, satisfying, savory, agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, succulent
Pleasure –
bliss, delight, gluttony, gratification, relish, satisfaction, thrill, adventure, amusement, buzz, contentment, delight, desire, ecstasy, enjoyment, excitement, fun, happiness, harmony, heaven, joy, kick, liking, paradise, seventh heaven
Rapacious-
avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, predatory, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious, aggressive, gluttonous, grasping, insatiable, marauding, plundering
Rapture –
bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, glory, gratification, passion, pleasure, floating, unbridled joy
Rigid –
adamant, austere, definite, determined, exact, firm, hard, rigorous, solid, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, concrete, fixed, harsh, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, resolved, severe, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, strict, stubborn, taut, tense, tight, tough, unbending, unchangeable, unwavering
Sudden –
abrupt, accelerated, acute, fast, flashing, fleeting, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, quick, quickening, rapid, rash, rushing, swift, brash, brisk, brusque, instant, instantaneous, out of the blue, reckless, rushed, sharp, spontaneous, urgent, without warning
Thrust –
(forward) advance, drive, forge, impetus, impulsion, lunge, momentum, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, power, proceed, progress, propel
(push hard) assail, assault, attack, bear down, buck, drive, force, heave, impale, impel, jab, lunge, plunge, press, pound, prod, ram, shove, stab, transfix, urge, bang, burrow, cram, gouge, jam, pierce, punch, slam, spear, spike, stick
Thunder-struck –
amazed, astonished, aghast, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dazed, dazed, dismayed, overwhelmed, shocked, staggered, startled, stunned, gob-smacked, bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, horrified, incredulous, surprised, taken aback
Torment –
agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, punishment, suffering, afflict, angst, conflict, distress, grief, heartache, misfortune, nightmare, persecute, plague, sorrow, strife, tease, test, trial, tribulation, torture, turmoil, vex, woe
Touch –
(physical) – blow, brush, caress, collide, come together, contact, converge, crash, cuddle, embrace, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, glide, graze, grope, handle, hit, hug, impact, join, junction, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, nudge, palm, partake, pat, paw, peck, pet, pinch, probe, push, reach, rub, scratch, skim, slide, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touching, toy, bite, bump, burrow, buss, bury, circle, claw, clean, clutch, cover, creep, crush, cup, curl, delve, dig, drag, draw, ease, edge, fiddle with, flick, flit, fumble, grind, grip, grub, hold, huddle, knead, lap, lave, lay a hand on, maneuver, manhandle, mash, mold, muzzle, neck, nestle, nibble, nip, nuzzle, outline, play, polish, press, pull, rasp, ravish, ream, rim, run, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scrub, shave, shift, shunt, skate, slip, slither, smack, snake, snuggle, soothe, spank, splay, spread, squeeze, stretch, swipe, tangle, tease, thump, tongue, trace, trail, tunnel twiddle, twirl, twist, tug, work, wrap
(mental) – communicate, examine, inspect, perception, scrutinize
Wet –
bathe, bleed, burst, cascade, course, cover, cream, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, dribble, drip, drizzle, drool, drop, drown, dunk, erupt, flood, flow, gush, immerse, issue, jet, leach, leak, moisten, ooze, overflow, permeate, plunge, pour, rain, rinse, run, salivate, saturate, secrete, seep, shower, shoot, slaver, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, spill, soak, souse, spew, spit, splash, splatter, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, steep, stream, submerge, surge, swab, swamp, swill, swim, trickle, wash, water
Wicked –
abominable, amoral, atrocious, awful, base, barbarous, dangerous, debased, depraved, distressing, dreadful, evil, fearful, fiendish, fierce, foul, heartless, hazardous, heinous, immoral, indecent, intense, mean, nasty, naughty, nefarious, offensive, profane, scandalous, severe, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, bad, criminal, cruel, deplorable, despicable, devious, ill-intentioned, impious, impish, iniquitous, irreverent, loathsome, Machiavellian, mad, malevolent, malicious, merciless, mischievous, monstrous, perverse, ruthless, spiteful, uncaring, unkind, unscrupulous, vindictive, virulent, wretched
Writhe –
agonize, bend, jerk, recoil, lurch, plunge, slither, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wriggle, angle, arc, bow, buck, coil, contort, convulse, curl, curve, fidget, fight, flex, go into spasm, grind, heave, jiggle, jolt, kick, rear, reel, ripple, resist, roll, lash, lash out, screw up, shake, shift, slide, spasm, stir, strain, stretch, surge, swell, swivel, thrust, turn violently, tussle, twitch, undulate, warp, worm, wrench, wrestle, yank
//MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS – HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF FINDING THAT RIGHT WORD!!!!!
I’ve reblogged it before, and I’ll reblog it again
For the writers….
240 Words to Describe Someone’s Tone/Voice
- Abrasive – showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh
- Absurd – wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
- Accusatory – suggesting someone has done something wrong, complaining
- Acerbic – sharp and forthright
- Acidic – harsh or critical
- Admiring – approving; think highly of; respectful; praising
- Aggressive – hostile; determined; forceful; argumentative
- Aggrieved – angry and sad because you think you have been unfairly treated
- Airy – giving an impression of being unconcerned or not serious
- Ambivalent – having mixed feelings; uncertain; in a dilemma; undecided
- Amused – pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner
- Angry – incensed or enraged; threatening or menacing
- Animated – full of life or excitement; lively; spirited; impassioned; vibrant
- Anxious – typically with a feeling of unease
- Apathetic – showing little interest; lacking concern; indifferent; unemotional
- Apologetic – full of regret; repentant; remorseful; acknowledging failure
- Appreciative – grateful; thankful; showing pleasure; enthusiastic
- Ardent – enthusiastic; passionate
- Arrogant – pompous; disdainful; overbearing; condescending; vain; scoffing
- Assertive – self-confident; strong-willed; authoritative; insistent
- Authoritative – commanding and self-confident
- Awestruck – amazed, filled with wonder/awe; reverential
- Barbed – deliberately hurtful
- Barking – utter a command or question abruptly or aggressively
- Belligerent – hostile; aggressive; combatant
- Benevolent – sympathetic; tolerant; generous; caring; well meaning
- Bitter – angry; acrimonious; antagonistic; spiteful; nasty
- Blasé – unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before
- Bleak – without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
- Bombastic – high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
- Booming – loud, deep, and resonant
- Bored – to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting
- Brash – self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
- Braying – speak or laugh loudly and harshly
- Breathy – producing or causing an audible sound of breathing, often related to physical exertion or strong feelings
- Breezy – appearing relaxed, informal, and cheerily brisk
- Brittle – lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof
- Bubbly – full of cheerful high spirits
- Burbling – speak in an unintelligible or silly way, typically at unnecessary length
- Callous – cruel disregard; unfeeling; uncaring; indifferent; ruthless
- Candid – truthful, straightforward; honest; unreserved
- Caustic – making biting, corrosive comments; critical
- Cautionary – gives warning; raises awareness; reminding
- Celebratory – praising; pay tribute to; glorify; honour
- Chatty – informal; lively; conversational; familiar
- Cheery – happy and optimistic
- Childish – silly and immature
- Chirping – say something in a lively and cheerful way
- Clipped – speech that is fast, that uses short sounds and few words, and that is often unfriendly or rude
- Cloying – disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment
- Coarse – rude, crude, or vulgar
- Colloquial – familiar; everyday language; informal; colloquial; casual
- Comic – humorous; witty; entertaining; diverting
- Compassionate – sympathetic; empathetic; warm-hearted; tolerant; kind
- Complex – having many varying characteristics; complicated
- Compliant – agree or obey rules; acquiescent; flexible; submissive
- Concerned – worried; anxious; apprehensive
- Conciliatory – intended to placate or pacify; appeasing
- Condescending – stooping to the level of one’s inferiors; patronising
- Confused – unable to think clearly; bewildered; vague
- Contemptuous – showing contempt; scornful; insolent; mocking
- Crisp – briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail
- Critical – finding fault; disapproving; scathing; criticizing
- Croaking – a characteristic deep hoarse sound
- Cruel – causing pain and suffering; unkind; spiteful; severe
- Curious – wanting to find out more; inquisitive; questioning
- Curt – rudely brief
- Cynical – scornful of motives/virtues of others; mocking; sneering
- Defensive – defending a position; shielding; guarding; watchful
- Defiant – obstinate; argumentative; defiant; contentious
- Demeaning – disrespectful; undignified
- Depressing – sad, melancholic; discouraging; pessimistic
- Derisive – snide; sarcastic; mocking; dismissive; scornful
- Detached – aloof; objective; unfeeling; distant
- Dignified – serious; respectful; formal; proper
- Diplomatic – tactful; subtle; sensitive; thoughtful
- Disapproving – displeased; critical; condemnatory
- Disheartening – discouraging; demoralising; undermining; depressing
- Disparaging – dismissive; critical; scornful
- Direct – straightforward; honest
- Disappointed – discouraged; unhappy because something has gone wrong
- Discordant – harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony
- Dispassionate – impartial; indifferent; unsentimental; cold; unsympathetic
- Dispirited – having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened
- Distressing – heart-breaking; sad; troubling
- Docile – compliant; submissive; deferential; accommodating
- Drawling – speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds
- Dulcet – sweet and soothing
- Dull – lacking interest or excitement
- Earnest – showing deep sincerity or feeling; serious
- Egotistical – self-absorbed; selfish; conceited; boastful
- Empathetic – understanding; kind; sensitive
- Encouraging – optimistic; supportive
- Enthusiastic – excited; energetic
- Evasive – ambiguous; cryptic; unclear
- Excited – emotionally aroused; stirred
- Facetious – inappropriate; flippant
- Farcical – ludicrous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable
- Feathery – extremely light and soft or delicate
- Flippant – superficial; glib; shallow; thoughtless; frivolous
- Forceful – powerful; energetic; confident; assertive
- Formal – respectful; stilted; factual; following accepted styles/rules
- Frank – honest; direct; plain; matter-of-fact
- Fretful – expressing distress or irritation
- Frustrated – annoyed; discouraged
- Gentle – kind; considerate; mild; soft
- Ghoulish – delighting in the revolting or the loathsome
- Glum – dejected; morose
- Goofy – foolish; harmlessly eccentric
- Grating – harsh and unpleasant
- Gravelly – deep and rough-sounding
- Grim – serious; gloomy; depressing; lacking humour;macabre
- Growling – low grating voice, typically in a threatening manner
- Gruff – rough and low in pitch
- Gullible – naive; innocent; ignorant
- Guttural – produced in the throat; harsh-sounding
- Hard – unfeeling; hard-hearted; unyielding
- Harsh – cruel or severe
- Hearty – loudly vigorous and cheerful
- Hoarse – sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting
- Honeyed – soothing, soft, and intended to please or flatter
- Humble – deferential; modest
- Humorous – amusing; entertaining; playful
- Husky – sounding low-pitched and slightly hoarse
- Hypercritical – unreasonably critical; hair splitting; nitpicking
- Impartial – unbiased; neutral; objective
- Impassioned – filled with emotion; ardent
- Imploring – pleading; begging
- Impressionable – trusting; child-like
- Inane – silly; foolish; stupid; nonsensical
- Incensed – enraged
- Incredulous – disbelieving; unconvinced; questioning; suspicious
- Indifferent – having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
- Indignant – annoyed; angry; dissatisfied
- Informative – instructive; factual; educational
- Insinuating – suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way
- Inspirational – encouraging; reassuring
- Intense – earnest; passionate; concentrated; deeply felt
- Intimate – familiar; informal; confidential; confessional
- Ironic – the opposite of what is meant
- Irreverent – lacking respect for things that are generally taken seriously
- Jaded – bored; having had too much of the same thing; lack enthusiasm
- Joyful – positive; optimistic; cheerful; elated
- Jubilant – expressing great happiness and triumph
- Judgmental – critical; finding fault; disparaging
- Laudatory – praising; recommending
- Lifeless – lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement
- Light-Hearted – carefree; relaxed; chatty; humorous
- Lively – full of life and energy; active and outgoing
- Loving – affectionate; showing intense, deep concern
- Macabre – gruesome; horrifying; frightening
- Malicious – desiring to harm others or to see others suffer; ill-willed; spiteful
- Matter-of-fact – unemotional and practical
- Mean-Spirited – inconsiderate; unsympathetic
- Mellifluous – sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
- Melodious – pleasant-sounding
- Mocking – scornful; ridiculing; making fun of someone
- Monotonous – lacking in variation in tone or pitch
- Mourning – grieving; lamenting; woeful
- Muffled – not loud because of being obstructed in some way; muted
- Naive – innocent; unsophisticated; immature
- Narcissistic – self-admiring; selfish; boastful; self-pitying
- Nasty – unpleasant; unkind; disagreeable; abusive
- Negative – unhappy, pessimistic
- Nonchalant – casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm
- Nostalgic – thinking about the past; wishing for something from the past
- Objective – without prejudice; without discrimination; fair; based on fact
- Obsequious – overly obedient and/or submissive; fawning; grovelling
- Oily – unpleasantly smooth and ingratiating
- Optimistic – hopeful; cheerful
- Outraged – angered and resentful; furious; extremely angered
- Outspoken – frank; candid; spoken without reserv
- Pathetic – expressing pity, sympathy, tenderness
- Patronizing – condescending; scornful; pompous
- Pensive – reflective; introspective; philosophical; contemplative
- Persuasive – convincing; eloquent; influential; plausible
- Pessimistic – seeing the negative side of things
- Philosophical – theoretical; analytical; rational; logical
- Piping – high-pitched.
- Playful – full of fun and good spirits; humorous; jesting
- Pragmatic – realistic; sensible
- Pretentious – affected; artificial; grandiose; rhetorical; flashy
- Quavering – shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion
- Querulous – complaining in a petulant or whining manner
- Rasping – harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating
- Reedy – high and thin in tone
- Refined – elegant; cultured
- Regretful – apologetic; remorseful
- Resentful – aggrieved; offended; displeased; bitter
- Resigned – accepting; unhappy
- Restrained – controlled; quiet; unemotional
- Reverent – showing deep respect and esteem
- Righteous – morally right and just; guiltless; pious; god-fearing
- Robust – strong and healthy; vigorous
- Saccharine –
excessively sweet or sentimental- Satirical – making fun to show a weakness; ridiculing; derisive
- Sarcastic – scornful; mocking; ridiculing
- Scathing – critical; stinging; unsparing; harsh
- Scornful – expressing contempt or derision; scathing; dismissive
- Scratchy –
rough; grating- Sensationalist – provocative; inaccurate; distasteful
- Sentimental – thinking about feelings, especially when remembering the past
- Shrill –
high-pitched and piercing
- Silvery –
gentle, clear, and melodious- Sincere – honest; truthful; earnest
- Skeptical – disbelieving; unconvinced; doubting
- Smarmy –
excessively or unctuously flattering; ingratiating; servile
- Smoky –
a raspy, coarse and tone of quality that is deeper than usual- Snide –
derogatory or mocking in an indirect way- Solemn – not funny; in earnest; serious
- Somber –
oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave- Sonorous –
imposingly deep and full
- Sour – resentment, disappointment, or anger
- Steely – coldly determined; hard
- Strident –
loud and harsh; grating
- Stony –
not having or showing feeling or sympathy- Suave –
charming, confident, and elegant- Subjective – prejudiced; biased
- Submissive – compliant; passive; accommodating; obedient
- Sulking – bad-tempered; grumpy; resentful; sullen
- Surly –
bad-tempered and unfriendly
- Sympathetic – compassionate; understanding of how someone feels
- Thoughtful – reflective; serious; absorbed
- Throaty –
deep and rasping
- Tolerant – open-minded; charitable; patient; sympathetic; lenient
- Tragic – disastrous; calamitous
- Tremulous –
shaking or quivering slightly
- Unassuming – modest; self-effacing; restrained
- Unctuous –
excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug- Uneasy – worried; uncomfortable; edgy; nervous
- Urgent – insistent; saying something must be done soon
- Velvety – soft; smooth
- Vindictive – vengeful; spiteful; bitter; unforgiving
- Virtuous – lawful; righteous; moral; upstanding
- Whimsical – quaint; playful; mischievous; offbeat
- Witty – clever; quick-witted; entertaining
- Wonder – awe-struck; admiring; fascinating
- World-Weary – bored; cynical; tired
- Worried – anxious; stressed; fearful
- Wretched – miserable; despairing; sorrowful; distressed
Reblogging because i want to improve my knowledge of English language
Looking for a random cause of death for a character? Click here.
Looking for a random city? Click here.
Looking for a random city that people have actually heard of? Click here.
Need a random surname for a character? Click here. (They also give prevalence by race, which is very helpful.)
Helpful writing tips for my friends.
OH SHIT.
A couple more resources I have open constantly:
Random motivations for your characters here!
Need some character quirks? Here and here!
Having trouble with backstory? Here! (They have an option for fortunate and unfortunate backstories)
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If you have been struggling with world building and finding a way to keep track of everything PLEASE GOD LOOK AT NOTEBOOK.AI
Notebook.ai has different categories for different things:
And then once you make something each category has different questions for you to answer about your world:
This website is literally a blessing
Does writing TaoD make you happy?
It does! Of course it’s tiring and difficult sometimes, but that’s just part of the writing process. On the whole, I love writing TaoD.
It’s amazing to slowly bring this story that I’ve had in my head/notes for so long to life, to find the right words to make it all come together properly. To notice where my planning was good and worked, and where I have to fiddle with things along the way to make them fit. I love sharing the result and getting feedback.
And I also love going back and rereading it.
“Write the story you’d want to read” is advice that is commonly given to authors, and one that I’ve definitely followed while writing TaoD. Not just in terms of storytelling, but also in terms of writing style, putting the sentences together in a style I find entertaining and pleasing to read.
When I go back to reread my own chapters, I enjoy myself. I actually have to be careful not to get distracted, because it’s really easy for me to get sucked into my own story xDD I think that means I must have done something right.
So yes, even when it gets difficult sometimes, I love every aspect of writing TaoD :3
I’m sorry for butting in but I just have to add to this!
It’s honestly so good to hear other writers saying that they enjoy their own work, because your own enjoyment is the most important thing when it comes to writing. If you’re not having fun while writing it, then it probably won’t turn out the way you want it to.
As much as I love coming up with ideas and planning out the plot, my favourite part about writing is probably the editing process hehe. I just love going back and looking at how much I’ve accomplished, even if it’s just for a short one-shot or something.
So basically–write what you enjoy (and this obviously goes for art and other content creation as well) and it’ll turn out a lot better than if you force yourself to do something that doesn’t really fit your interests.
Okay, I’m sorry for intruding! I’ll be quiet now.
Writing Body Language
How to Improve your writing
This is something that happens every day in your life. A shift of your eyebrow in skepticism, or the way your lip may twitch to a half smile cause you’re trying not to laugh. These behaviors are vital for writing in character, because not only do the allow you to visually see what is happening but it is also reaffirming whatever emotion your character is showing.
So why should you write it?
Much of human communication is non-verbal which means you need to also translate this non-verbal reaction in a post. It allows you to greatly enhance the emotions of another character and always another person to ‘visually’ see how they feel in a post. Most of all, this will add depth and volume to your post to make it feel more real. IT will make your character feel like a human instead of just another fictional person you look at from above.
Below you will find a list different type of emotions and what sort of body language can be exhibited to them.
Three ways to accent an action.
When writing about emotions, there are different ways to verbally write them out. Each one is unique in their own way, allowing you to show more about the emotion.
- Emphasize the Emotion.
But doing this, you are expressing both the emotion and the body language. We’ll use a simple example. It’s short and simple yet you can sense he is happy.
John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall.
- Complicate the Emotion.
Sometimes, even when you are feeling one emotion, deep down rooted underneath the facade of it all, there is actually an underlining emotion they feel. This is something you have to truly express otherwise no one will know.
John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. However, it was obvious by the way his nose crinkled that he was disgusted by the actions beforehand. Instead, John covered it up by appearing pleased today.
- Contradict the Emotion.
This is a little different than complicate. Contradicting means that you are claiming one thing when in fact its the other. In many ways, this has a variety of uses, from inner depth of the truth to what you see in person, or someone creating a wall. It could be considered a lie, but when is anything that easy?
John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. In truth, once he was in the classroom, his shoulders slumped and a pout crossed his lips when no one was around, showing just how displeased he was with the situation.
Remember that you do not always have to contradict or complicate anything. Sometimes all you need to do is emphasize and that will be just fine. You don’t always have to have an underlining complicated for an emotion to make it more enhanced.
Do be afraid to use the Thesaurus to also improve an emotion. Such things as “happy” is a nice emotional word, but think of how much more powerful it is when you heard some is “overjoyed” or “content.” She how these emotions matched up with a body language can give two different styles of happiness? Mix and match to find what works best for your character at the time.
More In Depth Information
What I’ve stated above is more of a simplistic overview. IF you truly want to improve yourself, go to this
To see just how much body language can reveal about a person. You will find things such as how a person lies, how the eyes reaction, the positioning of a person in personal space, mouth, and head body language and so much more.
Use these resources to greatly increase the reactions of your character to another and create a more life-like world.
I think a big part of why I read way more fanfiction than books is that there’s just a hell of a lot less exposition
the first 10 pages of most books are always “these are the main characters and here’s some background on each of them and this is the setting etc etc” and it’s such a fucking hassle getting to the plot sometimes
fanfic is just like “fuck it you know all of this already let’s go”
That’s a really good point.
Same here but there’s actually a point here of well written exposition.
Take AUs for example. Even in the most complicated, as-far-removed-from-canon settings we get at most a single paragraph before the actual fic where the author gives us a quick rundown of the rules for that universe. The rest we are left to figure out on our own and it works.We’re not spoon fed every trivial detail when all we want is to get to the plot. Everything that’s important is said at the moment it is important, not sooner not later.
Especially in long fics characters often take on such a unique characterisation that you get to know them all over again but the readers do so organically, in the situations that define those characters as they happen.
Same with looks. The fic author generally assumes the readers know what the characters look like and don’t spend paragraphs describing them, and only bring it up when it fits the plot.I’ve read a few fanfics from fandoms I’ve never been in and surprisingly it still worked out. I had generally a good idea of who these people were, what they did where and why and how they worked together.
Point is, if you’re a writer writing original fiction, pretend it’s fanfic and everyone knows your setting and characters already. That way you’ll only have to add a few details if and when your beta readers mention needing more information and chances are they won’t need a lot.
Point is, if you’re a writer writing original fiction, pretend it’s fanfic and everyone knows your setting and characters already. That way you’ll only have to add a few details if and when your beta readers mention needing more information and chances are they won’t need a lot.
Bolding this fantastic advice.
Reblogging for the next time I write something original.
This is brilliant. I do a shit amount of world building but been blocked for the past week worrying about details and stuff.
Remember: you can always add in revisions. You just have to write first.
The Pre-Undertale Timeline
A visual compilation of the events before Undertale based on research from @nochocolate. Special thanks to the mods of NoChocolate for all the help and proofreading!
Not every event is captured on this timeline, but the main chronological order of events and the rare, specific mentions of dates are included. In order to be as objective as possible, theories and speculation have been omitted. All data has been taken at face value (including possible hyperbole, such as Bratty claiming they’ve been underground for “millennia”).
(Updated on April 4, 2016 to include Dogamy, Dogaressa, and Napstablook.)
Source content and in-depth analysis:
[ Undertale takes place in less than a day ]
[ How long has Flowey existed? ]
[ The Undertale Timeline ]
[ Mettaton Added Last Week ]
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