Girlfriend Please I’m Manifesting

Just wanna check, what's your pronouns? :-) thank

he/ham

Tips for Writing a Difficult Scene

Every writer inevitably gets to that scene that just doesn’t want to work. It doesn’t flow, no matter how hard you try. Well, here are some things to try to get out of that rut:

1. Change the weather

I know this doesn’t sound like it’ll make much of a difference, but trust me when I say it does.

Every single time I’ve tried this, it worked and the scene flowed magically.

2. Change the POV

If your book has multiple POV characters, it might be a good idea to switch the scene to another character’s perspective.

9/10 times, this will make the scene flow better.

3. Start the scene earlier/later

Oftentimes, a scene just doesn’t work because you’re not starting in the right place.

Perhaps you’re starting too late and giving too little context. Perhaps some description or character introspection is needed before you dive in.

Alternatively, you may be taking too long to get to the actual point of the scene. Would it help to dive straight into the action without much ado?

4. Write only the dialogue

If your scene involves dialogue, it can help immensely to write only the spoken words the first time round.

It’s even better if you highlight different characters’ speech in different colors.

Then, later on, you can go back and fill in the dialogue tags, description etc.

5. Fuck it and use a placeholder

If nothing works, it’s time to move on.

Rather than perpetually getting stuck on that one scene, use a placeholder. Something like: [they escape somehow] or [big emotional talk].

And then continue with the draft.

This’ll help you keep momentum and, maybe, make the scene easier to write later on once you have a better grasp on the plot and characters.

Trust me, I do this all the time.

It can take some practice to get past your Type A brain screaming at you, but it’s worth it.

So, those are some things to try when a scene is being difficult. I hope that these tips help :)

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Diego: How can you be so sure that a god exists though

Dave: Klaus has literally met her

Diego: okay haha but for real

Dave: ...

Hear me out on this little HC for each of the siblings talents

Luther I can see being really really talented at like woodwork and astronomy like he knows it all

Diego could very easily be like secretly a good dancer and amazing at like naming each weapon in the world lmao

Allison I feel could do insanely good makeup and probably could make awesome outfits from like very limited amounts of fabric ( and martial arts like she knows how to win a fight with ANYONE )

I could see klaus being really good at art and singing

Five is clearly great at maths but I also love the idea that he knows the answer to like every history question ever ( could also be the same for Diego?)

Ben I feel could play some wierd abstract instrument that nobody knows cares about but it also sounds AMAZING when he does it like this super intelligent book worm just whips out the spoons and starts playing them b e a u t I f u l l y

Obviously vanya is amazing at the violin but I also feel like she would be really great at like pop songs on the violin like stuff you wouldn’t expect to hear on that instrument

How it feels to read a really good fic and find the author has dozens more like it 

Fans proposing at Brie Larson’s photo op and her reaction is so cute. This makes my heart so so happy omg 😭😍💘

Photos credit to the respective owner

The Monkey is hilarious in so many aspects but my favorite is "two siblings have a very tragic childhood and they both grow up to be absolute losers"

my fatal flaw is that if i don't want to do something i just won't do it like mama raised a quitter for sure.. i'll be doing something and suddenly be like damn what if i just didn't 🤔. very freeing but also i suffer so many consequences