50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)

show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

AU where instead of killing Comet, Toffee and Moon have to get married to keep the peace between monsters and mewmans but have very different ideas about running Mewni and bicker about it constantly. (and Toffee is better at politics than he is at Royal stuff)

I've had this idea for a while but fuluv's recent art of them has literally injected me with so much shipping energy that I haven't stopped thinking about them for days and decided to finally draw this

HOLDING ON TO DUST

Chapter 1 "As part of the peace treaty with the monsters, Queen Comet offers her daughter's hand in marriage to Archduke Batwin, but the night before the wedding, the Archduke is killed in a riot at the monster camp, resulting in a last minute change in groom. As if marrying a stranger weren't enough, Moon's new husband-to-be points out several discrepancies in her mother's peace treaty and the two of them find their marriage drawn into a world of conspiracy and betrayal where they can only rely on one another. But how can love bloom when even trust struggles to take root between them?" Written by Dollface1992 (1992https://twitter.com/FMarrionette) Illusrtrated by Me/FireMoon (https://twitter.com/FireMoonXD) Original Fanfiction: archiveofourown.org/works/41351805/chapters/103692090

i can’t put it into words but. you kill your brother and then you spend the rest of your life trying to resurrect him. but you fail, and all you really end up doing is killing him over and over again.

you killed your brother because he loved a world you hate. you can only resurrect him because you’re in this world and not your own.

you’ve spent centuries trying to return to your world, a feat that is only possible with the gifts of this world. but they aren’t gifts, are they? you took them. this world hates you.

you become the ruler of this world you hate and make it bend to your will. you quite literally consume it for power, and it destroys you. it turns you into a monster.

you use the gods and the stars and the people of this world to create a way home. your home doesn’t exist anymore. it has been centuries. you don’t exist anymore. you are a witch hunter, and in order to go home you had to become a witch.

you never go home, killed at the threshold by the god of this world. your last act is to attempt to kill your brother.

your brother makes it home.

Strip Tease Appreciation

Have no choice.

a quick eclipsa

sketchin the queen

ok how are you people putting commas in your tags

??? WHERE

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enjoy

ik they were probably taken to the boiling isles by a witch but i just think it would be so funny if they fell into a lake and philip thinks they drowned and are in hell

drawing images is so hard in this world