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List of Vocal Sounds for Smut

I present to you a - probably quite incomplete, I’m sure I’m missing a lot of speech sounds - reference list and a bit of a guideline for the different ways one can describe the sounds your characters make whilst writing smut. I’ll definitely be referring to it, because I sometimes get stuck on exactly how to describe a particular noise. (aka, “he can’t groan again, he just groaned last paragraph”)

Sounds (noun, both independently and describing speech): breath/breathe, gasp, moan, groan, pant, whimper, whine, shout, yelp, hiss, grunt, cry, scream, shriek, sob, growl, curse, sound, sigh, hum, noise, squeak, snarl, howl, roar, mewl, wail, choke, keen, purr

Sounds (noun, describing speech): rasp, husk, drawl, plea, murmur, whisper, beg

Descriptors (adjective): loud, hushed, quiet, low, high, high-pitched, little, tiny, soft, deep, unrestrained, restrained, strained, breathy, rough, sudden, short, drawn-out, sharp, harsh, hard, thick, smooth, thin, heavy, impassioned, insistent, hungry, passionate, repeated, filthy, debauched, sweet, slow, deliberate, guttural, languid, surprised, husky, distracted, happy, pleased, satisfied, wordless, cut-off, bitten-off, contented, hoarse, extended, long, depraved, aching, choked, strangled, broken, helpless, shuddering, shaky, trembling, urgent, needy, desperate, wanton, shattered, pained, eager

Combine a descriptor and a sound for best effect - for example, “needy moan,” “pleased hum,” or “sudden scream.” You can even use two: “low, rough grunt,” “sweet little cry,” “desperate, filthy noise,” as long as you don’t repeat a word that means the same thing, unless you really want to emphasize it. Avoiding repetition is pretty key here. You don’t usually want to say “hushed, quiet gasp” except on rare occasions when it’s very important how soft the sound was.

Use your own common sense, as well; some sounds and descriptors don’t generally work well together. “Deliberate shriek” probably wouldn’t work well, and neither would “languid grunt,” but again, this is all very situational - play around! Have fun.

Feel free to add to my lists, use for your reference or pass them around. It would be fun to see a randomized generator made, too, I’m just too lazy to do it myself. ;)

#writing reference

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September prompt list from me and @lan-barbie ~

September 2023: Dark Academia

1. rust

2. poetry

3. library

4. scribble

5. hallway

6. shelves

7. skull

8. eccentric

9. teacup

10. quill

11. bookmark

12. dog-ear

13. clandestine

14. ink

15. candle

16. smoke

17. frayed

18. blaze

19. thrifted

20. violin

21. philosophical

22. ash

23. sleuth

24. lecture

25. pleat

26. wax

27. charcoal

28. parchment

29. mist

30. spite

#prompt list

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Every month, I post a list of prompts to Twitter, made with @lan-barbie (a.k.a. TitanPandora). If you would like to use it, go write (ha) ahead! Or draw, in whatever order, using the words themselves or just inspiration from them… The only rule is to have fun! 💚

#prompt list

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🔥👀

#gap the series

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Do not resist me.

#gap the series

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yall DO realize that when tags on ao3 are like "abusive relationships" "homophobia" "racism" "consent issues/r*pe" they are there to protect you, right? you do realize that those tags being there lets you know that an author RECOGNIZES when something is wrong and is explicitly tagging that because it's a story that discusses those things right? you do realize that the author is not *shudders* condoning those things, right?

#anti antis #anti censorship #ao3 is a gift

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follow me for more piping hot takes, like: 

Hey, Maybe If You Hate Something A Lot, You Should Just Not Engage With It

It’s Okay To Just Dislike Something, You Don’t Have To Make Your Loathing It Your Entire Identity

Fandom Should Be Fun But It Seems Like It’s Making You Miserable; Maybe You Should Step Away

or how about this banger:

Just Because I Think You’ve Gone Overboard With Your Frothing Hate Doesn’t Actually Mean I’m A Fan Of The Thing In Question

#fandom etiquette #anti antis

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this scene was so beautiful and powerful i love it 

#not me series #not me #seanwhite #I love them all #offgun

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i’m so happy how the show ended this was perfect with these 2 i just loved the whole show so much 

#genuinely crying #my babies #seanwhite #offgun #FINALLY GLASSES KISSES #not me #not me series

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omg they are so cute and in love i love White clinging to Sean 

#seanwhite #offgun #not me #not me series

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seanwhite + holding hands on their mission

#seanwhite #offgun #not me #not me series #babies

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okay too much tumblr drama again, time to back away ✌️

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sean + hearing white’s name for the first time

#seanwhite #offgun #not me #not me series #so sweeeeet

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– i don’t think i can live without him.

#seanwhite #offgun #not me #not me series

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I post fic for OffGun (in various forms) every single day.

Check it out, if you feel like it. 💚

#offgun #seanwhite #pickrome #khaithird #maerex #etc #fic

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All I know is that I don’t want this person in front of me to disappear again.

(Not Me, ep. 12)

#seanwhite #offgun #not me #not me series

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“I want you to tell the truth.”

#seanwhite #not me #not me series #offgun