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sansloii · 14 days

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Dissect your own writing style. What do you do most often? What do you want to take away from other writers (tag them if you want)? What is something you want to break out of?

when i started eons ago (2011/2012-ish), I had major issues with splicing-- where i felt the need to reply to every single thing in a response. even though it seemed like my muse was thoroughly engaged with whoever they were interacting with, it made my writing quite awkward since i would jump from one topic to another--from one focus to the next--and it didn't really flow well either. it wasn't pleasant to read and if i went back to re-read it, i found it very tedious. i would scan it, which is even worse because if i'm not properly re-reading it, why would anyone else, you know? i also struggled with many of the things most people did, which included dumping a thesaurus ( not to the point of purple prose ) into my writing and praying it would make it better.

anywho, i mention splicing first because it was the driving factor in me reshaping how i wrote and everything else either came after or changed with it.

style and structure

my current writing style is divided into three parts: Reaction, Thoughts, and Response. how these three are arranged are completely dependent on how the prior post in the thread left off but more oft than not, they are in that general order; my outlines ( when i do write them ) are in a similar order too. It has its upsides ( it makes it easier for me to direct a thread or a response to something because there's a structure ) and downsides ( if I'm not willing to compromise on structure here and there, it makes it difficult to frame my writing properly ). overall, though, it's helped me--as frustrated as i get with getting things down

reactions and thoughts tend to either take 2/3rds of a reply and a response takes up about 1/3rd. the reason why reactions and thoughts are bundled together is because, to me, they're more or less blended together by default and trying to section them out like "here's a reaction. then a thought" interrupts the flow of my writing. instead, they're layered together so it allows me to maybe going back and forth when a muse is reacting and/or thinking about what's happening in a moment. the response is, more oft than not, interacting with the other character if it wasn't included in the previous section and active dialouge. i've been guilty of having my muse say things, do things, and think things that don't push anything forward so at the end of a reply, i make sure to evaluate whether or not my muse has done anything of substance if needed.

things i've noticed i do a lot are:

repetition for emphasis ( e.g: he tried over and over and over again )

including phrases/descriptions/entire sentences that a partner used not necessarily in that thread/ask, but in another in order to make a connection between the muses a bit more apparent

splitting dialouge with an icon or with a singular line of thought

splitting dialouge with action that's not "he said, she tells, they laugh", etc. if i can

if there is a theme that is going to prevail throughout the entire response/ask, it's usually established in the first or second paragraph

i'm sure there are other things that i do but these are the few i've noticed because they're more of an active choice i make.

dialouge

something i also do that's not necessarily visible in my writing is that i repeat my dialouge to myself with the general mannerism of whichever muse is talking. so take for example, mikah and kurama ( @un1awful ). these shits do nothing but make jabs at each other if they're not actively engaged in something serious. as a result, they're very dialouge heavily. mikah's words have to be concise and sharp ontop of conveying bits and pieces of their ego because of who they're dealing with ( like here ). mikah's not threating kurama--so it can't be too aggressive or too insulting... but it also needs to convey that they want him to shut the fuck up without them outright saying "shut the fuck up", you know?

on the flip side, we have Andris, who also has ego and is also sharp.... but the way he is sharp is different. he has that "customer service" type of voice--very even and is intentional about what he says and how he says it. any bite he has tends to be a bit subtle. for example, here when he addresses seth ( @starpoacher ), he's teasing back but he's also still a little annoyed about seth barging in, hovering over his shoulder, etc., hence the use of "sir chef" instead of Seth's name. it comes and goes quickly because... it's seth and he will ultimately get over it, but that's how he tends to convey things.

it's a little awkward repeating dialouge to myself but it also helps me identify better ways to say something or to figure out if something is not quite right about a phrase my muse says. my muses also have different cadences when they speak so repeating them in that cadence does help when it comes to placing it in a reply and knowing where i can break it up, if needed.

what i want to take away from other writers + what i want to break out of

i require the ability to proofread better.

i don't think i'm the only one that thinks faster than i type and so, i forget words/sentences/etc. and don't catch it until i circle back for a second read... after i've posted it. it doesn't happen a lot but when it does i cringe so fucking hard.

i also have a bad habit of writing too much and not being willing to cut things out even if i don't like it, which stems from the mentality that "longer is better" and it's not. longer without substance is not better. longer with tedious language is not better. longer to the point of... not quite knowing what the point of the reply was is not better.

i've curbed a little bit of that through reading the threads and asks answered by others ( @un1awful, @rexpyre, @nezumivc103221, @bloodxhound, @royaletiquette to name a few ) and it's less to take from them and more to just... see how they write, i guess? and not necessarily things that i'm involved in but thing threads or asks i catch that are interesting to me. it helps to take a step back and not think so much about how i write things for a little bit and just... read something else--something that i have nothing to do with. in a way, it helps me be a little more objective with my own writing.

as much as i like my style and the way i write, seeing it over and over again makes me crave variety. i want to see how other people describe things or get from A to B. to that point, varying sentence structure is another thing at the back of my mind that.... i have a love-hate relationship with. on one hand, i can write something and be perfectly fine with it. on the other, i look at it and wonder why i have multiple long sentences like "[action/thought] and [action/thought]" right next to each other. it's that or a bunch of short sentences bundled together. sometimes, it's even a long and short sentence but they don't flow well like that... so they both need to change. i get though it somehow but not without some difficultly

Unprompted | @eternasci

#eternasci #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#ツ ┊ ⧼ catwalk talk ⧽ ⇹ ( ooc. )#.i believed i answered everything #.and anything i didn't? yes i did #.thank you for the ask :) because woo-wee it's been a hot minute since i've analyzed my own writing #.and it took me a hot minute to reread things and pick them out

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sansloii · 1 month

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I love your writing! All of your characters are so complex and compelling!

thank you for the kind words :)

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#🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#ツ ┊ ⧼ catwalk talk ⧽ ⇹ ( ooc. )

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sansloii · 2 months

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Hey Dadderick--

“...Roderick. My name is Roderick.”

Unprompted | @soraeia

#soraeia #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ everything's hotter in hell ⧽ ⇹ ( r. )#.roderick knows what you are doing Rosa #.he sees you

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sansloii · 29 days

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☺ ( Cassie @ Hatty)

“I am not going to compliment a man that has deluded himself into thinking he is correct when he insults me. He believed his lie even though he knew it was not true and honestly, I'd find his conviction impressive if I didn't think he lacked basic decency.” she states, “Why should I offer anything — even in jest — when asking him to genuinely apologize is too difficult for him? He gets nothing, as he deserves.”

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#🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ little sunshine ⧽ ⇹ ( c. )#⚜ ┊ ( imperial au. )#.cassie is just 'we're not doing this. i'm tired'#.the vibes of the festival are still weighing down on her so she is #.testy #.and won't cooperate

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sansloii · 23 days

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☺ - royal au Vega to royal au Astra! (fatestouch)

“I am lucky to have Astra at my side. He is unlike anyone I've ever known… and ever will know.” — and though his words are spoken simply as fact — as his truth — there is an underlying possessiveness to them. “He truly is my other half.”

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sansloii · 7 months

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What’s Dakota’s greatest achievement? Is there something in her life that she dreamed about, accomplished but the result didn’t meet the expectations?

That's an interesting question, honestly, because Dakota now views her “greatest” achievement — which is not only getting to the authoritative role she holds now, but also creating and maintaining a little protective cushion for herself and her sister — has left a very bitter taste in her mouth because it's paired with her greatest failure. it isn't like she wanted to turn to a life of crime and danger and all that when she was a teenager. it didn't really excite her ; it was out of necessity. that isn't to say that she isn't proud of where she is now and herself for managing to survive in spite of everything, but more to say that — in some ways — those achievements have a pyrrhic stench to them.

for example, Cassandra did have that safety net for a time. Dakota made sure that regardless of where she was in Koko's sphere of influence, she was well-protected. she wasn't kept in a cage and Koko didn't try to control her; she just let the young woman be. she was fine with getting her hands bloody if it meant her younger sister never had to. And Cassie didn't.

Unfortunately, Koko's growing influence and reputation made her a target — it made Cassandra a target as well. as soon as Cassie stepped out of Koko's little bubble of protection ( courtesy of Mikah ), bad actors capitalized on that opportunity and now, Cassandra is dead. That “safety net” only worked when Koko could easily get to her and the moment she couldn't, it was paper thin. And so now all that she worked towards to protect herself and her sister…. was practically for nothing. all that effort, all those years, all that blood, sweat, and tears — invalidated in a flash because Cassie stepped outside the city.

she wanted to get them away from their abusive parents — she did that. she wanted Cassie to have the peace of mind that she didn't get in her late teens and early twenties — she did that with some hiccups. she wanted both she and her sister to want for nothing — she did that! and her reward for such an achievement and for her consistency was to bury her younger sister.

Unprompted | @nezumivc103221

#🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#⚜ ┊ ( d. headcanons )

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sansloii · 6 days

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ღ

attraction rating | @eternasci

#eternasci #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#.I picked Wynn because he's nice #.I hope that was okay

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sansloii · 10 days

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‘ღ’ for Evan

attraction rating | @lured-into-wonderland

#lured into wonderland #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#.i am spraying Evan with a water bottle as we speak

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sansloii · 12 days

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ღ but also wally.

attraction rating | @rexpyre

#rexpyre #.smiles in 'Wally painting portraits of Ig'#.come pick on him Ignis :) free real estate #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )

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sansloii · 15 days

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☺ ☺ //okay, okay, Nezumi wants Wynn and Dakota to give him attention

Wynn to Nezumi

“Nezumi is… one of a kind.”

“And I don't say that to have an easy answer, ready to offer. I say it because it's true.” Wynn continues, “It is easy to just… sit here and lay on one sentence after another about… bits and pieces of Nezumi that are… a bit more palatable — such as the ease he has with “switching gears” or “how he handles himself” on such a tight leash. It's easy to point out “oh he's adaptable”, “oh he's resilient”, “oh, he endures”, and anything else that comes with his life. I'm not saying that it's not true — he is all of those things… because he has to be. And he's very honest about that — which is more than I can say for most people.”

“…He asked me, once, if he reminded me of anyone… and I couldn't give him an answer because — to me — there is no one that reminds me of Nezumi. And there's no one that ever could do that.” Wynn pauses, as if he's done speaking… before adding. “…Sometimes I wonder about the answer he'd give me if I asked the same of him.”

Dakota to Eve

“…Such a gentle thing, Eve is. Part of me hopes that the timid behavior that she tends to display is an act… but honestly, I'd believe it she told me it wasn't.”

“I feel like this is an easy response — or a response not worth giving — but….I like her voice…. and her singing. I feel like I'm one of the many that enjoy it and take it for granted but, even still… better to say it as opposed to keeping it to myself and thinking that I'm somehow special for that.”

“She is wasted there — in that bar under Yoming's thumb… And whatever leash he has her on is much too tight — as if he's afraid she might run off or something.” Dakota continues, “It's either that… or he knows someone would scoop her up the moment he turned his head.”

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#nezumivc103221 #asks #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ a scar means i survived ⧽ ⇹ ( w. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ i’ve got heels longer than your dick ⧽ ⇹ ( d. )

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sansloii · 15 days

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ღ 🤡

attraction rating | @royaletiquette

#royaletiquette #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#.there is no way in hell i was putting this in the queue #.i saw the clown emoji and it's like god spoke to me #.but yeah andy's ah #.something special #.again i think you were onto something when you mentioned degradation earlier

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sansloii · 15 days

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❛ i need you . ❜ ( dakota )

“I need you.”

It's three words that, when spoken against her lips in that low voice of his, wrap around her and her in a vice. She likes to think that she has more resilience than that — that it'd take more than a few soft words an accompanying looks to make her weak-kneed….

…but with Ignis, that was the case.

She hated feeling tongue-tied and the telltale heat of embarrassment nips at the shell of her ears. Even as intimately close as they were, him saying that he needed her is what causes her cheeks to actually flush; not the eager hands that pushed and pulled at the thin fabric of her dress or the slow, drawn out kisses that continuously started and ended with one pair of lips chasing after the other. It's neither the ease at which lifted her when backing up into the apartment took too long, nor the smooth hike up of her dress moment she's pressed up against a surface… but a simple sentence.

His nails scratch some at her thighs and snag on the lace of of her underwear, earning a shiver. In that shiver she speaks, asking “Are you asking for permission...or are you telling me?”

— And as she speaks, one of the arms resting across his shoulders eases into his hair. Finger tangling in dark red locks and curling. They don't pull, but they keep Ignis' head in place as she leans in — chin tipped up — and seals their lips together in another impassioned his. It doesn't end with another, though, as when she draws back, it's with a slight smile on her lips. The hints of prior embarrassment still linger in color, but she ignores it in favor of focusing on him.

“If you needed me…” she whispers softly against his lips, the hand in his hair slipping free of it as both hands now drift down. “You wouldn't need to tell me about it… hm?”

— or “ask”, for that matter.

The way her hands smooth down his clothed chest is measured, but — much like her guard dog — the way she pulls and tugs at Ignis's is not. His top is pulled free from where it'd been tucked into his pants, fingers immediately working on clasping his belt buckle and pulling it free

“Don't just say that you need me, Ignis…” Her hands tug free his belt and behin to make quick work of the button and zipper on his pants. “Fuck me like you need me.”

the enormity of my desire | @rexpyre

#rexpyre #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ i’ve got heels longer than your dick ⧽ ⇹ ( d. )#👿 ┊ ⧼ the most fun you can have without laughing ⧽ ⇹ ( usfw. )#usfw cw

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sansloii · 17 days

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‘☻’ - regular verse Vega to Astra :) (fatestouch)

“He lets his emotions get the better of him time and time again. He complains up and down about how I'm stubborn or how I don't listen... but he is also stubborn in the must infuriating of ways.” he grumbles, “Everything I do is a slight against him and disagreeing with him is tantamount to insulting him more oft than not. He wonders why I question his judgement even as given me countless reasons to question it.”

free compliments | @fatestouch

#fatestouch #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ death is not the end ⧽ ⇹ ( v. )#.again #.vega would legit rather chew glass #.instead of admitting that he is wrong #.big surprise

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sansloii · 19 days

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☺ but also lawali 👁

“The amount of times I've lost track of the time when he comes to pay me a visit at work is in probably well into the double digits by now. It only happens when it's slow and I don't have that many guests to take care of but I kinda… expect it at this point.” The bartender then holds his hands up, but the expression on his face is far from remorseful. “Which I shouldn't… and I know Ignis is probably busy with — you know — his job. If I'm being totally honest, I don't think my boss likes it too much when I'm distracted like that even when it's slow.”

“But Ignis is just…” Now here, Lawali pauses. He lowers his arms to his lap as he searches for the right words to string together. His lips part one or twice, they purse together, and he shakes his head the tiniest bit… but doesn't seem to come up with anything right then and there. It, in fact, takes him several more minutes before he's able to say anything of substance — something that he didn't find… embarrassing, that is.

“We just… click, I guess? I don't really know how to word it better than that but he's, um… a friend worth having — the type of person that just sticks to the front of your mind when you think of someone important to you. Like you could tell them anything about yourself and they probably do the same without even thinking about it. That's how Ig is for me.”

free compliments | @rexpyre

#rexpyre #✖ ┊ ⧼ i only bite a little bit ⧽ ⇹ ( l. )#🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#.lawali is trying not to be awkward and still says the quiet part out loud #.Ig's just a friend :) he says with half his chest

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sansloii · 20 days

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☺ for miss koko uwu

“He's my favorite.” bubbles up into her throat in an instant, sitting on her tongue with a thoughtful expression on her face. It sounds childish — playing favorites and saying it like that — but that's the first thought that comes to mind. The mob boss stays silent for a couple moments and a thoughtful expression eases on her face as she mulls over the rest of her words. Ultimately, though, she leans forward to rest her arms on her knees with small smile.

“…You know that feeling you get when you're around someone and you know they're like… your person. It seems so vague, right, but… that's the feeling I get with Ignis. He's my person and I know that I'm taken care of.”

“And, trust me, I hear the whispers — the little conversations my men think I don't catch. Things like “Oh how can she trust him? He used to be this, this, and that.” or “He was a cop and it's a bad look and draws too much attention.” or — and this is my favorite — “She has a type…”. All are fair criticisms and I don't mind them.”

“But I know Ignis is a good man.” she says, resting her chin on intertwined fingers. “And probably a better person than I have ever been or will be, if I'm being entirely honest. He had every opportunity to betrayal me, to arrest me, or sell me out to his superiors at the time; and it's not like he didn't understand who I was and what I did after a while. Even then, he stayed loyal.”

— And, right now, she is certain that he would never leave.

“So… he's earned my trust and every, single thing that comes with it. I'd be a fool not to covet it.”

free compliments | @rexpyre

#rexpyre #🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ i’ve got heels longer than your dick ⧽ ⇹ ( d. )#.and as usual #.ig is koko's favorite so she gives reasons why

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sansloii · 29 days

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☺Evan and Ezra for Roderick! ;u;

“I don't think there's much I can say about my sons that I haven't already... said to them, in some fashion. I could.. sit here and talk your ear off about how endlessly talented Ezra is or... how quick-witted and sharp Evan is. I could list off accomplishments and achievements that I've watched them power through and you know... I'm just glad I could be here to help them through it.”

“Both of them got dealt god awful hands... you know — as far as life is concerned. Nothing makes me happier than seeing them whenever I get to see them and just knowing that they're okay. Or that they know that they can come to me if they're not doing alright. I just wanna be there for them for a long as this life will let me.”

free compliments | @soulsxng

#🗪 ┊ ⧼ you all are some chatty cathys! ⧽ ⇹ ( asks. )#✖ ┊ ⧼ everything's hotter in hell ⧽ ⇹ ( r. )#.roderick loves his sons #.evan doesn't see roderick as his father but to roderick?#.evan is his baby boy #.and so is ezra--especially ezra

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