#wayofthewarrior

Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō, was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. 

Born: 11 June 1659, Saga Domain

Died: 30 November 1719 (age 60 years), Yamato, Saga

He never participated in active battle. Though a samurai, Tsunetomo lived in an era of peace under the Tokugawa shogunate, which limited the martial experience of many warriors.

His teachings were not widely known during his lifetime.Hagakure gained significant recognition centuries later, especially during the militarization of Japan in the early 20th century

.He opposed the growing bureaucratization of samurai life. Tsunetomo was critical of how the samurai class became more administrative and less warrior-like under Tokugawa rule.He viewed death as central to the samurai way.

 One of Hagakure's famous lines is: “The Way of the Samurai is found in death,” stressing preparedness for death as the highest discipline.

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1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

I used to care more than I do now, when everything HAD to be Times New Roman. And that is still my go-to font, but every now and then I end up with Calibri or Arial instead, for no discernible reason. I've also used Garamond a couple of times, when I want to be fancy ;D

So I don't think it's all that important to me exactly which one I write in, but there are also ones I would NEVER use.

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

Maybe the adverb thing? I LOVE adverbs (as anyone who's read my fanfics can attest to). But I also do quite a few intentional sentence fragments. And choppy paragraph breaks.

Or perhaps I should go with "repetition." I repeat things A LOT in my writing, sometimes saying almost the exact same thing for no other reason than rhythm or emphasis. Which some argue makes the text wordy (they're not wrong) and pretentious (not wrong there, either xD). But I like how it reads.

Oh! I also do a LOT of telling instead of showing. I mean, not all the time, but, if you think about it, since I write in such detail, I DO tell the reader what to feel quite often, as opposed to showing it through the character's emotions. Or I do both, rather. And it's kind of funny to me that people love my writing so much since it does, in fact, go against the "show, don't tell" rule quite often.

I also don't give a shit about supposedly "forbidden" words and phrases. People will chuckle in my fics, they'll toe their shoes off, and, by god, if I can make it fit, they will be releasing a breath they didn't even know they were holding. Because no one can tell me what to do. It all depends on what fits the narrative and the story. Which is also why I sometimes avoid more common expressions if I feel they don't fit the character or setting (you have no idea the amount of Britcisms and American slang I've had to erase from Who Holds the Devil that might be in MY vocabulary, but probably wouldn't be in Ga On or Yo Han's x'D)

Long story short: It might be easier to list the rules I actually follow.

I think the only rules I'm pretty adamant about are formatting ones. But that's where my compliance ends. The actual writing, sentences, and word choices are a chaotic free-for-all based solely on what I think sounds and feels good.