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So just to be clear…

Jon ends up exactly where he started except sadder (somehow?)

Westeros is supposed to accept that the two monarchs are both Starks.

And Arya is Christopher Columbus off to “discover” the new world?

why would Jon join the fucking NIGHTS WATCH when there are NO MORE THREATHS beyond the wall, NO MORE MEN to command and the biggest fucking thingof all this coctail of fuckery,

THEY DONT HAVE A FUCKING WALL TO BEGIN WITH

BITCH

Once again, Sandor Clegane proves the age old truth of- why have a man when you can have a dog?

DLC required

Tyrion: I wish Father was here.

Jaime:

Tiefling horns that grow according to their class send tweet.

When you can’t figure out damage and adding bonuses to dice rolls:

For all my writers struggling with weaponry of the sword variety. 

reblog if you ARE AN ELF, SUPPORT ELVES, or KILLED THE ARL’S SON AT HIS OWN FRATBOT PARTY BECAUSE HE’S A FUCKBOY SHEM

He’s so alsbcksjdb

Me when I saw James.

“He ignores you, but you like him. He does nothing yet you fall for him. You miss him, but he never thought about you”

-unknown

I’m writing a book about two characters falling in love while dealing with there different mental health problems. As someone who has mental health problems, I want to be real about it but I’m also scared I’m moving my story too fast. Any tips on how to check if your story is going to fast

The general pacing of story typically relies on the depth of events, which is not to be confused with number of events. They are related, however. You can have:

A story with a lot of events that goes into depth of the events (longer story, slower pace)

A story with a lot of events that does not go into depth (longer story, faster pace)

A story with fewer events that goes into depth  of the events(shorter story, slower pace)

A story with fewer events that does not go into depth (shorter story, faster pace)

None of those are necessarily bad, but the kind of story and specific plot the writer has in mind can help determine which place on the + chart that the story should fall. Ideally, the pacing should actually vary per what the event is, but there will still be an overall trend. A story shouldn’t give as much attention to a pit stop as it would to the climax. 

Here’s a post on pacing individual scenes. (link embedded)

Checking for pacing can be a little tough, since a lot of the skill comes from general experience with many types of stories, which contributes to knowing how things should be and how to get them there. You ask specifically about checking for a fast pace, so here are some tips, but they are in no way a substitute for a beta reader who has fresh eyes and can give you an objective evaluation:

Look at the word count of your scenes, then look at the context of that word count. If your important scenes have similar word count to the less-important ones, your story may be too fast. Important scenes should naturally have more exploration which would slow them down.

Check to see if you’re telling, not showing, specifically for things that matter. Telling speeds stories up, and while it isn’t always a bad thing since some things need to be summarized, too much can make a story too fast. Showing helps make scenes more vivid and interesting, and naturally slows pacing because it takes up much more room.

A bit more about show, don’t tell (link embedded)

Three Signs That Mean You’re Telling, Not Showing (link embedded)

Do you have intermediate scenes between major events? Some stories don’t need them, particularity plot-focused ones, but a romance should be more character-focused and therefore should have intermediate scenes.They’re typically less-meaningful scenes than direct plot events, but can help show the depth of characters and help set up major events in the story, particularly if an occurrence needs some form of set-up to make sense and not seem like it’s overly convenient or coming out of nowhere.

Do you have subplots and actual obstacles? Subplots and other obstacles naturally slow down pacing, so a story without them is going to move along very quickly. The key to working well with subplots and obstacles is that they have to tie into the main plot and they actually have to provide struggle for the characters.They are not to be treated as “filler”.

What’s your ratio of dialogue-description-exposition? A well-balanced story is a well-paced one, and dialogue should only be about 40-60% of the story. Any more and it’s very likely that a story would be read too quickly and fail to . D-D-E should be interwoven throughout a story and each scene.

Can you picture the scene with what you write? Related to the previous point, description helps give the reader a mental image of what’s happening. Only read what you’ve written, not how you imagined the scene to play out, then evaluate if you can properly envision the setting, characters, and occurrences. Not enough description often means too fast of a pace.

Good luck with your pacing!

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Day6 In Three Words

Jae: California chicken boy

Sungjin: He's your dad

Young K: Wild but shy

Wonpil: Walking aegyo machine

Dowoon: Is so done

junhong: i failed my safety course today.

himchan: why? what happened?

junhong: one of the questions was "in case of fire, what steps would you take?"

himchan: and?

junhong: well apparently "FUCKING LARGE ONES" isn't an acceptable answer.

👌

Jongup: It’s weird that we pay money to see other humans.

Yongguk: Are you talking about prostitution, the movies, or airplane tickets?

Jongup: [picking up glasses] Glasses.

ABC of Bang Yongguk ► Q for Quotes

“I want a kpop group that does aggressive concepts” 

“…. But also does soft concepts…”

“… But can still keep their hard image…”

“..BUT CAN ALSO STILL BE CUTE AND SILLY….”

“.. A Group that shows their sensitive side..”

“.. BUT CAN ALSO GO PASTEL WITH FUNKY BEATS I CAN SHAKE MY BUM TOO…”

“… But also releases Japanese albums…”

“… A group that doesn’t stick to one concept…” 

“… A Group with deep meaningful lyrics and hard hitting MVs..?” 

“… A group that writes and produces their own music…”

“ A group that no matter how hard they work and how much shit they’ve gone through are still 100% for their fans and only truly care about their passions and life but still keep us updated and make sure we’re happy and continue to support us as much as we support them”

B.A.P - Rose