You Ever Have A Moment Where You Spot Another Introvert And Want To Show Them You Empathize But Can't

Me trying to write enemies to lovers

Let this serve as a warning for those who are following my Spinner fic

Them: Oh, your birthday is coming up! Are you excited for a new milestone?

Me, thinking about what I'm going to be for Halloween in five months:

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

Idk there's something really sweet to me about fix-it writers. Like, me and you- maybe we couldnt make it this time, but in another universe, a million people saw the pain of our story and are writing us a happy ending, giving us the chance we never had

When you don't immediately get views, kudos, and comments the second you post the fic you've been obsessing over.

So I'm at this weird medium height. Like short to tall people and tall to short people. I used to hate it but now I'm kind of thinking... maybe there's an advantage here? Like, I am more than likely either taller or shorter than someone. Which means there's always going to be an opportunity for a height differential 😤

And full transparency, I don't care whether you're 5'3 and 130lbs soaking wet or 6'2 and 350lbs on a light day, I will find a way to toss you around like a ragdoll (if you are an anime man of course).

Just rambling I guess.

Let ye find peace

You are released, friend.

"He's..."

"Fine."

There should be an equivalent to asking "how's the wife and kids?" that's like "so how's that fictional man of yours doing?"

Walmart is out here charging 5 dollars for a pool noodle.