Xek Rychtevorik, author and artist.

We’ve done lip biting to death... Let’s evolve.

⟢ PEOPLE DON'T FINISH SENTENCES! IMPORTANT! they interrupt themselves, they trail off, they start talking about eggs and somehow end up confessing their deepest fear about becoming their mother. Your dialogue should derail like a drunk train conductor took the wheel. "I was thinking we could—no wait, did you feed the cat? Because last time you said you would but—actually never mind, what I meant was—" SEE? HUMAN. Beautiful chaos.

⟢ Contractions exist??? USE THEM. Nobody says "I am going to the store" unless they're an alien spy or your grandmother leaving a voicemail. It's "I'm gonna" or even "gonna hit the store" or if they're really casual "store run, back in 20"

⟢ LISTEN TO ME! Said is NOT dead but said is also boring sometimes. Yeah yeah, "said is invisible," the writing teachers chant while burning incense. But you know what? Sometimes people mutter, snap, whisper, drawl, bite out their words. Your character just found out their partner sold their vinyl collection? They're not "saying" anything, they're HISSING like a Victorian ghost

⟢ People repeat themselves when emotional!!! "I can't believe you. I just—I can't believe you did this." Not poetic. Real. That's the point!!!

⟢ Subtext is doing heavy lifting, what people DON'T say matters more than what they do. "Fine" is never fine. "Whatever you want" means "I will remember this betrayal forever." Your readers are smart; let them read between the lines

Day 20 of #schmaultober2025 "Carol's Place" @thefalloutwiki

Atom steals the show during some downtime at Carol's Place. The trio made a pit stop at the restaurant for a cup of coffee while out in the capital wasteland where they had just picked up some old belongings from Beckett's childhood home in the capital wasteland. Like the ham he is, Atom decided to give the photographer quite the scare. Perhaps he heard the word "mutfruit" from the kitchen.

Characters pictured (foreground): Atom, Graves, and Beckett

Characters cameoed (background): Jasmine, Charon, Tobias, Elena, Gabe

Wip. Hope you like pain. And being sad. This one’s 18 pages I think. I also got a third job so I’m not moving as fast as I’d like but to anybody standing by, here’s an update… sometime this upcoming week for sure. Hope ur ready to cry, I wrote the damn script and still ball up in tears during ever go over

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🔴 ENDS: AUGUST 1 🔴

🟢 RESULTS: AUGUST 3 🟢

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