Dusk In True Stories (1986)

Just a reminder that you are NOT responsible for anyone's happiness !!!!

It's good to be there for your friends, but you matter too. Don't push yourself too hard, okay? Your health is important.

Remember to take care of yourselves too !!!

David Byrne in a Japanese liquor advert in the 80s…

AHHHHHHHHHH

TINA WEYMOUTH!!!!!!!!

Reminder to myself and all self shippers

Don’t feel forced to stick to the canon.

If you want to take into account just one part of your f/o’s story, do it. If you don’t want them to be dead, keep them alive. If they are married/engaged/whatever, make them yours.

Even if they are a villain who want to destroy or dominate the world, they love you. Even if they are a king/queen and you a simple civilian or servant, you’re their queen/king. Even if they’re an evil creature, they’ll protect you.

Don’t feel unworthy of their love and adoration just because of the canon.

If you want to mix different stories and universes, you can. This is all about your imagination. Do whatever you want. Create your own universe.

Stop Making Sense (1984), dir. Jonathan Demme

*opens a can of Sprite*

Here’s to all the self shippers who have F/O’s-platonical, familial or romantic-who got done dirty and fucked over by their creators. 

May we all treat our F/O’s a billion times better then their own pathetic excuse of creators

Describing Voices

Does your character have a particular voice type in mind? Do they have an accent? Are they monotonous? Does their voice grate? Is it silky? Sultry? Low? High-pitched? Do they slur? Stutter? What in the world is the difference between some of these? Here are some links below to help further identify your character:

Words to Describe Someone’s Voice ~ With definitions of each

An Article About Describing Voice ~ Includes some thought-provoking questions to ask yourself and some exercises

Voice Types ~ Describes and gives examples of types like soprano, alto, etc.

Panix.com Character Chart ~ An extremely in-depth character chart; scroll down to the Voice Quality category for examples of some of the many types of voices, ranging from aphonic to glottalized to yawny.

Vocal Qualities ~ Directly from the above link, for those who want to head straight for the quality types.

Vocal Impressions ~ Lists listener comparisons with examples from celebrities, such as Morgan Freeman and Marilyn Monroe. (example: “She sounds like… diamonds dipped in caramel.”)

Speech Patterns ~ With examples from different well-known folks

Gender and Speech Patterns ~ An interesting article about the observation of speech between men and women

Speech Accent Archive ~ A very broad archive that includes different audio samples of accents ranging from Afrikaans to Ancient Greek to Korean to Zulu. Can search by geography as well.

Speech Impediment (Wikipedia) ~ Includes links to different pages such as stuttering, cluttering, muteness, and the social effects.

What Makes A Man’s/Woman’s Voice Sexy? ~ Just what it says on the tin.

Other Words/Synonyms for ‘Said’:

Synonyms-Antonyms.com ~ Listed according to usage

TheCaveOnline ~ Includes categories and meanings for each one

550 Alternative Words for Said (HubPages) ~ Includes adverb / phrase modifiers

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Have more ideas/links? Have a question? By all means, submit your input and questions to The Writers’ Helpers!

-J

👏 fictosexuality 👏 is 👏 valid 👏 + 👏 nothing 👏 to 👏 be 👏 ashamed 👏 about 👏 real 👏 people 👏 gross 👏 anyways 👏

Instead of making fun of people who do things at an older age that are normally done younger ( like getting their diploma or GED, learning to drive, even learning to read ) how about you:

don’t

Reminder to myself and all self shippers

Don’t feel forced to stick to the canon.

If you want to take into account just one part of your f/o’s story, do it. If you don’t want them to be dead, keep them alive. If they are married/engaged/whatever, make them yours.

Even if they are a villain who want to destroy or dominate the world, they love you. Even if they are a king/queen and you a simple civilian or servant, you’re their queen/king. Even if they’re an evil creature, they’ll protect you.

Don’t feel unworthy of their love and adoration just because of the canon.

If you want to mix different stories and universes, you can. This is all about your imagination. Do whatever you want. Create your own universe.