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Before every phone call, I felt very agitated, it was hard to breathe, my hands were shaking. Once he answered, I felt nervous because what if he was busy? So what I did from the second day was to text him first to see if he wasn't busy and he wanted to talk, that definitely helped with my anxiety.

I kept the calls short. I asked him about his day, I told him about mine, and we told each other good night, and that was it.

The day that our call was 11 minutes long, I had a situation that day so I extended.

I’m not going to share the common tips you find online. I’m going to share a top-secret tip that I learned from creative writing class. Well, it’s not really top secret but I like the way it sounds :)

Let’s get started!

What if…

Suppose…

Why?

You’re probably wondering what kind of tip this is. I don’t blame you. Let me explain by filling in the blanks.

What if a high schooler goes missing?

Suppose they show up 10 years later at their high school.

Why?

You got it! Ask yourself these 3 questions anytime you’re bored with you’re current WIP or need to brainstorm. I find this EXTREMELY helpful.

(In the sense of “I mean like” “You know like”)

We have THREE main ways of saying “like” in sentences, cause we thought “lol why only have one?” They’re used generally orally by an individual, LIKE A LOT (and sometimes written when texting friends)

You will be granted access of me and my best friend’s conversation screenshots in order for you to see them used.

1. GENRE

This one is used the most, including me to the despair of my parents lol.

Translation: “like sometimes he’s talking and at some point there was something that triggered him” “like fuck I’m looking at this rock it’s crazy”

2. EN MODE

A kind of “like” used when you want to present a state in which you were in.

Translation: “It’s so funny that you thought about what you wrote like oh yeah I wasn’t clear let me phrase it better”

3. JE SUIS LÀ / J’ÉTAIS LÀ

It’s used in the sense of “I’m like” and “I was like”

Translation: “Yeah I was like calm down”