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FORMATTING TIP FROM A SEASONED FIC WRITER

Dear new tumblr writers, I have an important formatting tip for you. It's an absolute must if you don’t want people to hate you, and that is to use the read more function.

Now, you may be asking yourself, what on earth is the read more function? Well, it's simple. Using this feature will create a line that hides everything below it with the text keep reading. Essentially, it's a way to shorten your post, so people don't have to scroll through a wall of text to get to the next post. It makes browsing tags a more pleasant experience. If you click the blue keep reading, the rest of your fic will appear. I've attached an example from one of my own fics below, so you know what it looks like.

The next question you may be asking yourself is how to create it. It hasn't always been easy, especially on mobile and the app, but there's a specific button for it these days. On the app, when you're writing a post, it’s always present at the bottom (pic 1 below) while on desktop, you have to jump to a new empty line/paragraph for the options to appear (pic 2 below), but the symbol is the same.

If you use this feature, more people are likely going to read your fic. Some people will not read your fic out of spite if you don't use this function, myself included. It sounds petty because it is. I recommend adding it after about 250-300 words, but do what feels right.

Happy writing!

tragic prince

vaniatober days 13-16. prompts were witch, bat, book, statue

Posted by Steven Payne to Facebook group British Medieval History:

People in the Middle Ages valued sweet smelling breath and bodies, seeing them as desirable, so there is a great deal of evidence from the period of tooth pastes, powders and deodorants. Contrary to the typical Hollywood depiction of medieval peasants with blackened and rotting teeth, the average person had teeth which were in fairly good condition, mainly due to the rarity of sugar in the diet. Most medieval people could not afford sugar and those who could used it sparingly. Archaeological data shows that only 20% of teeth had signs of decay, as opposed to 90% in the early twentieth century. The main dental problem for medieval people was not decay but wear, due to a high content of grit in the main staple, bread. For deodorants, soap was available for the wealthy, but a variety of herbs and other preparations were also used. Soapwort is a plant native to Europe and Asia which, when soaked in water, produces an effective liquid soap. Mint, cloves and thyme were also extensively used by simply rubbing into the skin, and alum (hydrated potassium aluminium sulphate) was an effective deodorant. I am trying to keep to 14th century technology on my pilgrimage to Canterbury, which gives me various options when looking at hygiene. In the middle ages people generally cleaned their teeth by rubbing them and their gums with a rough linen cloth, or the chewed end of a stick. There are various recipes for pastes and powders that could be put on the cloth to help clean the teeth, but I have chosen simple salt to whiten them and to aid fresh breath. I will also be using the stick method, and will be taking along a supply of liquorice root sticks for that purpose. I also have a few blocks of alum, which when rubbed into wet skin has a deodorising effect. Alum, like beeswax, was used extensively in the middle ages for a variety of purposes, also being useful: * in the purification of drinking water as a flocculant * as a styptic to stop bleeding from minor cuts * as a pickling agent to help keep pickles crisp * as a flame retardant * as an ingredient in modelling clay * as an ingredient in cosmetics and skin whiteners * as an ingredient in some brands of toothpaste The photograph shows my wash kit including home made olive oil soap, salt for the teeth, a block of deodorising alum, cloves, a boxwood comb made for me by Peter Crossman of Crossman Crafts and some liquorice root sticks, all on a woollen ‘towel’. Note that the cloves are kept in a ventilated box….this is because insects hate the smell of cloves and so a perforated box will keep them out of my kit and food bag when I am sleeping rough. TIP: If you steep some cloves to obtain the oil and put the liquid around the doors and windows of your house, it keeps spiders and insects out.

i never really had the chance to redraw shitpost templates (i refuse to call them "memes") when i was younger and they were at least somewhat relevant, so i think now's a good time to start <:D

Polished Rhodochrosite Stalagmite Slice - Capillitas Mine, Andalgalá, Catamarca, Argentina

Soma Cruz painting

"finally… i clearly understand… everything. i am… dracula."

aria of sorrow was the last game i beat in 2024, so i wanted to make a piece to celebrate! i hope i can draw more this year :)

Ummmm if I give you 6116 potatoes can you make a fanart of kix my boy 🥺🥺🥺

kix always deserves more fanart so i'll ignore my usual aversion to requests and i shall take your 6116 potatoes <3

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