Raphael Ross

it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?

the thing that gets me about people who act like children’s lives are tiny and uncomplicated and that they can’t possibly have problems worth melting down over, besides the obvious ‘you are not the arbiter of what’s important’, is like. The children are not. Allowed to do any of the things you deem worthy of importance. Like they’re not allowed to do that stuff. You can’t complain about them acting like middle school drama is their whole lives when middle school drama is inescapable for them and they’re not allowed to do anything with their time besides be at middle school

you really could be DEPRESSED for MONTHS and the only thing people will notice about you is how easily you get irritated

Ants have the most badass lives of anything in the animal kingdom, life as an ant is like warhammer

@merthwyn

“when i was little” brother you are 5’3. so you must mean yesterday. or five minutes ago.

“i'll be there shortly” yeah. we know.

pick up that non-fiction book

Usually when the electrician goes 'hey.... there's something you should see' it's because someone set up shoddy wiring. This time it was because he pulled two snakes out of my wall

seeing a parent cradle the head of their hurting adult child always gets me. nothing can get between that. someone’s baby is never above being cradled and lifted and kissed, especially when in pain.

and the sequel: you’re never above or too old to get a blanket draped over you while you sleep

@birds-in-posts

Black swan (Cygnus atratus)

@elodieunderglass

Oh it’s lovely to see this again thank you!

love when the mutual takes the mutual bait. yes that post was for you. yes it was about our lil guy. thanks for falling for it. I love you