“You Will Never Be Happy If You Continue To Search For What Happiness Consists Of. You Will Never Live

There’s just something about love, and time differences, talks in person, and long distance, that aches so much like this: like when Billie Eilish said “midnight for me is 3:00 a.m. for you” or when Shawn Mendes said “I’m three hours back seems like your always six ahead” or “All it’d take is one flight and we’d be in the same time zone” or Taylor Swift said “Words, how little they mean when you’re a little too late - We wake in lonely beds, in different cities” or Lizzy McAlpine said “Someday we could be in the same city.” or Lorde said “It drives you crazy getting old. - I want 'em back, the minds we had - You’re the only friend I need, sharing beds like little kids, laugh until our ribs get tired, but that will never be enough.” Head and the Heart said “A year from now, we'll all be gone. All our friends will move away. - Been talkin' 'bout the way things change, And my family lives in a different state.” or Avery Lynch said “I wish I could remember what it feels like, to touch your skin. And what your voice sounds like in person, I know FaceTime can distort it, and I miss it. I wish I'd fall asleep with you. - I know I'm more than lucky just to have you. If you're here or not. But it's hard to comprehend the amount that I would give, To have you in my arms, just in my arms. And I'm sick of kissing you in my head. Tell me, when can it be real instead? 'Cause I would do anything to be close to you again… And it's hard being here half empty. When somewhere different is my favorite part of me.” or FINNEAS said “I was strung out in Austin for nearly a week, Anxiety like we were kids. I've been thinkin' too much and it's ruined my nights, But it's hard when it isn't, to let yourself slide - And my heart doesn't slow down when you kill the lights - I never learned to call it quits. If I could see the future, I never would believe her. - I'll wait for years, but I won't wait alone. - Can I take you out? To a concert Six months from now?”

Your future self is hating you for the poor decisions you’re making today.

“Let me say this thing about us, the hopeless romantics: we’re the most real kind of people. People may say we’re out of world; they may say we persuade perfection and fairy tales, but that’s simply not true. Hopeless romantics are the kind of people who find happiness appreciating the smallest things and the simplest touch of a hand. We’re the people who fall in love with long nights, the freezing air and the beating of our hearts. We love to write poetry, even if we don’t seem to find the right words for it. People may say we want too much, but that’s simply because they don’t dare enough to dream and see the actual beauty of romance. Romance is so much more than ‘I love you’s and kissing in the streets. Being a hopeless romantic means finding something to hope for, something good and kind of wonderful. It’s the kind of courage everyone expect to have, but most of them cannot find. Hopeless romantics are vulnerable yet strong people who allows themselves to create the most unexpected scenarios in their heads, the ones that thinks the tomorrow can be the greatest days of their lives. In a world full of ceticism, broken words and cold shoulders, I want to be something lightful, a softer soul, a hopeless romantic. And let me say this: I’m not afraid of wanting a little bit more.”

— an infp hopeless romantic that wants to love, and to be loved.

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Dramatic irony

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First vs Third Person narratives

Guide to showing vs telling

How To Write Saucy Betrayals

Internal Conflict and the Lie the Character Believes

Mundane scenes are important

Narrative distance

Pacing and show, don’t tell in writing

Passive vs active voice

Tips for Writing a Difficult Scene

Tips on Introducing Backstory

Using Flashbacks in Fiction

What Is Showing vs. Telling Anyway?

Writing fight scenes

Writer's Guide to Time jumps

Writing intimacy in a scene

Writing sexual tension: will they or won’t they?

Writing The Opening Scene

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