soulmate AU where you wake up on your 18th birthday with the first words your soulmate will say to you tattooed on your body so you’ll know them when you meet them
I’m keeping this for anytime someone wants to know how you get published. I’ll just whip this out and hand it to them instead of correcting their assumptions that I approached editors directly with my manuscript like people do in movies.
This is how writing/revising/publishing actually happens.
Yeah like everyone was asking me how I did stuff and I should have just shown them this chart, aahaha!
Important things to consider when creating a weapon: who is going to be using the weapon, what the weapon does and what the weapon needs to work. The setting of your story will play a big part in deciding what materials you can use to create these new weapons as well as what kind of weapons are acceptable/commonplace.
A useful thing to do though would be to brush up on your knowledge of the weapons we have in our world. It can give you some much needed inspiration and realism for creating your own devastating devices.
I keep telling people this shit in real life and they don’t believe me. I’ve seen it from multiple sources, and this just adds another (albeit usually unreliable) source.
This is actually legit, guys. This is how your eyes move when you’re thinking about something. It’s actually a good way to tell if someone is lying or not, because they’ll look to their left (your right, durr) when they’re constructing false memories, and to their right when they’re actually remembering them.
Blubbering: Unattractive, loud crying. Characterized by mutters, truncated, erratic breathing, clinched facial expressions and hunched posture.
Hyperventilate-Crying: Forceful crying causing heavy breathing, resulting in the inability to speak or produce sounds even resembling words.
Scream-Crying: Violent crying accompanied with bouts of yelling or sometimes shrieking. May also include slapping, punching or other physical expressions of distress.
Silent Tears: Soft, inaudible crying that does not draw attention; May manifest only in a single tear rolling down one’s cheek.
Sobbing: Heavy crying with a large volume tears flowing steadily; Generally audible but not inappropriately loud.
Sniveling: Audible, but soft crying, also prone to muttering and erratic breathing; May also show signs of drool or mucus.
Weeping: A gentler version of sobbing; Involves soft, steady stream of tears with some times lightly audible signs of distress.
Whimpering: Soft crying usually including few or no tears at all; Often incorporates muttering and/or high-pitched sighs.
adenoidal:
if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose
appealing:
an appealing look, voice etc shows that you want help, approval, or agreement
breathy:
with loud breathing noises
brittle:
if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry
croaky:
if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat
dead:
if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion
disembodied:
a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see
flat:
spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region.
fruity:
a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way
grating:
a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying
gravelly:
a gravelly voice sounds low and rough
gruff:
a gruff voice has a rough low sound
guttural:
a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat
high-pitched:
a high-pitched voice or sound is very high
hoarse:
someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore
honeyed:
honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice but you cannot trust the person who is speaking
husky:
a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (=as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way
low adjective:
a low voice or sound is quiet and difficult to hear
low adverb:
in a deep voice, or with a deep sound
matter-of-fact:
used about someone’s behaviour or voice
modulated:
a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to
monotonous:
a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower
nasal:
someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose
orotund:
an orotund voice is loud and clear
penetrating:
a penetrating voice or sound is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable
plummy:
a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class. This word shows that you dislike people who speak like this.
quietly:
in a quiet voice
raucous:
a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough
ringing:
a ringing sound or voice is very loud and clear
rough:
a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to
shrill:
a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant
silvery:
a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant
singsong:
if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way
small:
a small voice or sound is quiet
smoky:
a smoky voice or smoky eyes are sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way
softly spoken:
someone who is softly spoken has a quiet gentle voice
sotto voce adjective, adverb:
in a very quiet voice
stentorian:
a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe
strangled:
a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it
strangulated:
strangled
strident:
a strident voice or sound is loud and unpleasant
taut:
used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry
thick:
if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion
thickly:
with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat
thin:
a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to
throaty:
a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat
tight:
a tight voice or expression shows that you are nervous or annoyed
toneless:
a toneless voice does not express any emotion
tremulous:
if something such as your voice or smile is tremulous, it is not steady, for example because you are afraid or excited
wheezy:
a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing
wobbly:
if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry
