Polycoria - a medical condition of having multiple pupils in one eye.
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Is your description dull? Does your figurative language fall flat? Are you forever stating the obvious in the quest to depict your world? Never fear! Here are some resources on effective description to help you put the punch back in your writing.
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motivation for moving beyond your writing habits: On Editing (posting this for future reblogs)
- You are not a bad writer. Editing is painful for everyone. It is painful for me, it is painful for you, it is painful for every writer you’ve ever liked or admired.
- Your writing is not shit. Your drafts are a deluge of ideas and enthusiasm. They are messy,…
Paul Newman photographed by Gene Lesser, April 1962
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reference for writers: If you make your character left handed...
Some everyday things you can include in your writing to make your character more beliveable:
• Most knives and scissors have the edge on the opposite side. We use ‘blunt’ or customized blades most of the time. May sound as a little thing, but really annoying. This also…
let's scream in his face anyway: youcantcancelquidditch: the assassination of franz ferdinand was...
the assassination of franz ferdinand was actually the most hilariously botched assassination attempt of all time though like i can’t even explain to you how badly it went i mean there were six guys and the first one chickened out and the second one forgot to…
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