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Whitetip reef sharks sleep in cuddly
piles, just like kittens or puppies.
Although sharks don’t enter a fully-
unconscious state of sleep like
mammals do, they like to snuggle
while switching between states of
wakefulness and restfulness. SourceSource 2
A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP.
a bad romance starts with “ra ra ah ah ah. ro ma, ro ma ma ga ga, ooh la la”
Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:
OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–
There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! 🙂
One of my favourite things is that my little 8yr old brother loves classic murder mysteries/detective stories. That might sound bad but here’s why:
He and I love watching Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries (his all time favourite show) together.
Now, normally his favorite characters in other shows are all men. But in this show, he loves the women most.
He loves miss Fisher. She is independent, rebellious, strong and brave. She fights against her gender constraints but isn’t afraid of being feminine. When I asked him who he would be if he could be any character in the show he said Miss Fisher. And that is coming from a boy who is often scared to wear anything even resembling a dress or makeup until I make promises that no-one else will see him being ‘girly’ (he’s a really sporty kid but he loves dressing up and making characters and getting us to film him).
He absolutely ADORES Dotty. He likes how kind and smart she is and would “like to marry her one day”. He likes that when things are tough she is strong and compassionate and always defends her friends. He cheers her on when she says no to people who try to tell her she can’t go on adventures, or work, or marry who she likes.
He also loves the men, but not quite so much.
He likes Hugh, and how he is always sweet and respectful to Dotty, but he doesn’t like it when he tries to stop her going on adventures.
He likes Jack, because he’s a good man, a good policeman and and ‘very good friend to miss fisher even though his boss doesn’t like it.’
He is growing up watching a show based in his home country, about men and women who are amazing role models. He gets to see strong women on TV and he gets to see men who make mistakes, and who get over their prejudices in the face of love.
This is why strong female characters/protagonists are important. This is why flawed male protagonists are important. This is why my little brother who is arguably ‘too young’ for murder mysteries watches them. Because otherwise he doesn’t get that experience.
If dialogue is accompanied by a gesture performed by the speaker, you do not always need to include “he said” or “she said.” As long as you paragraph your dialogue correctly, it may be obvious from the context.
BEFORE:
Julie looked at her plate in disgust. “I hate broccoli,” she said. “What’s wrong with broccoli?” Lisa asked.
EDITED:
Julie looked at her plate in disgust. “I hate broccoli,” she said. “What’s wrong with broccoli?” Lisa asked.
AFTER:
Julie looked at her plate in disgust. “I hate broccoli.” “What’s wrong with broccoli?” Lisa asked.
EXERCISE:
Go through a page of dialogue in your WIP and see how many “he said” or “she said”s you can remove. You’d be surprised how often they’re unnecessary!
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