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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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French Travel Language Guide: Part 2
Hello Everybody! How are you all doing today? Check out my new travel post! French Travel Language Guide: Part 2
Hello Everybody! How are you all doing today?
Welcome to my new French Travel Language Guide Post. It’s been a while since the last time I posted part 1. Writing this list was very helpful to me, as I’ve been practicing French again. It was so easy to tell what each word meant. But I need more practice. It’s been a year since I’ve stopped and I still can’t make proper conversation. I am still…
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while im at it neopronoun opposition is weird to me as a swedish person.. the whole debate is so anglocentric that they assume every language landed on the same solution they did, to reuse a plural pronoun as a gender neutral one and then they think any other solution is absurd or unheard of. what do you mean you just made another pronoun up you cant do that!! etc
coz its like here in the 2014 the swedish academy accepted 3rd person pronoun "hen" (as opposed to hon/han) like officially into our word list after it gained some popularity in the 2010s. like that is a NEOPRONOUN that someone just Came Up With in like the 60s and then people just started using it and now its just a recognized part of our language. sure we could've also reused our plural pronoun "de/dem" as a gender neutral one but we just made up a new one instead. and to like imply that mainstream use of a neopronoun is just UNHEARD OF and that neopronouns is something the mainstream could NEVER GET USED TO EVER!!! is... your perspective is very limited to the english speaking world is all i can say
#now like it is pretty cool that the swedish academy did choose to include it in our word list even despite the conteoversy#because ofc there was conteoversy what do yoy MEAN youre CHANHING OUR LANGUAGE????#but like even if that disnt happen the word still gained lots of traction before that and started being used#like smth doeant have to be accepted by the mainstream nevessairly to be valid anyway#some ppl are happy even if only their friends and loved ones r the ones using their neopronouns#so like. bleh#q-rambl3#sorry for the many gender rambles these past weeks#i see so much discourse and it irritates me ans TBIS IS MY ONLY OUTLETTTT
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“food as a love language” prompts ˗ˏˋ ꒰ 🍊 ꒱
-ˏˋ. dialogue ˊˎ-
⋆ “i know you said you weren’t hungry, but i made you something anyways.”
⋆ “you seemed a little off on the phone, so i wanted to make sure you had something nice to come home to.”
⋆ “i heard you reminiscing about it the other day, so i called your mom and got the recipe.”
⋆ “hey, hey- i know you always say you don’t have time to eat breakfast before you leave, so i got up early to make you something you could eat on the go.”
⋆ "you know i don't mind that you can't help me while i'm cooking. wanna help me plate it up now?"
⋆ “of course i remembered what you like, why do you think i always have it made fresh when you come over? i’m not actually a psychic.”
⋆ "well you said you were craving [insert food] and it's too late to run to the store to grab it so yeah, i made it for you."
⋆ “come on, i can see you’re starving. just let me make you something, you know i don’t mind.”
-ˏˋ. actions / scenarios ˊˎ-
⋆ practising cooking a dish from their friend/partner's childhood in secret before serving it to them for the first time
⋆ gently reminding them to eat
⋆ always having the ingredients for their comfort meal on hand in case they have a bad day
⋆ navigating around their sensory issues with food while cooking for them without being asked
⋆ dropping off food for them during a stressful day
⋆ being patient as they teach the other how to cook
⋆ learning how to prepare food from their home country for them
⋆ wordlessly setting a meal down in front of them after they come home at the end of a long day
#this is a superior way to show love fight me 🔪🔪#prompts#food as a love language#food as a love language prompts#fluff prompts#otp prompts#imagine your otp#platonic prompts#love language prompts#prompt list#writing prompts#writing exercise#dialogue prompts#soft prompts#rp meme#fluff writing prompts#otp meme
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No more discourse over maia arson crimew's use of neopronouns and labels. If someone asks you how you identify and you can say 'as an enemy of the state' with no exaggeration whatsoever, you get to call yourself whatever the fuck you want
#also personally i love queer people making space for themselves in language that didn’t make room for them itself#maia arson crimew#maia crimew#tsa#tsa no fly list#bingle
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food as the love language prompts, part 1
hey guys! this is a various prompt lists about food/baking/cooking. feel free to rb this list, use it in your stories and like this post. no credit necessary <3 enjoy your writing!
character a makes character's b favorite meal after a long day (at work, at school, etc)
going to the local farmer's market to get their food
making their groceries together
doing the groceries list
surprising the other with their favorite treat
trying a new recipe (could be a total success or a total fail)
sharing a family recipe with each other
trying a recipe from another country
making a birthday cake
stopping by a chocolate shop
memorizing the other's coffee shop order (and surprising them with it)
owning a bakery/chocolate shop/coffee shop
character a is a barista and character b is a regular client. character a has character b's order memorize and they write their number on their cup one day
going on a farm/orchard to pick up their own fresh fruits and/or vegetables
making bread together
attending a banquet
going to a special dinner event (e.g. medieval times)
ordering some take-out or delivery from their favorite restaurant while having a movie night or a night in their living room while watching tv
sharing a box of chocolates
eating their favorite chocolate bar
doing the breakfast
making a lunch
making the dinner
baking some pies
doing a weird shaped food (e.g. using a cookie cutter with a special shape)
making some pancakes or waffles
doing a breafast in bed
eating some ice cream in a parlor
sharing the ice cream pot they have in the freezer and having a small talk
going on a fishing trip and eating the fish from it
making some smore's in front of the bonfire
going to a local food festival
listing their favorite recipes to make a cook book about it
almost burning the kitchen or the whole house because of a recipe gone wrong
character a comes back home to a very good smell while character b is cooking something
waking up in the middle of the night for a midnight snack
#food is my love language#prompts#prompts list#prompt list#writing prompts#writing inspiration#writing ideas#writing prompt#story prompts#story ideas#story prompt#reposting this again bc it didn't show in the tags somehow#fic prompt#otp prompts
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Today, q!Missa:
When Roier said Philza's name, he yelled in front of everyone at . "Long live! I love you!"
Missa said he didn't like alcohol, and he threw away all the alcohol they gave his, except the one Philza gave his and that was the only one he drank.
He guided Philza on the dance floor, making them both dance in sync.
Although Missa was so confused and scared by all the information, when Philza said that he would not rest until he found their children, Missa replied "I will be with you, we will find them."
When Mouse called Philza smart, he added whispers "Yeah he is… and handsome"
When everyone is running in the dark, not sure where to go, he ran in the opposite direction to everyone, and said "I'm gonna follow Philza I don't know about y'all take care but I'm going with Philza".
I fight alongside him despite his lack of experience. "I'm not even scared when philza is here!"
When Phil was gonna go off on his own, Missa clung to him. "Where will you go? No, no, I want to go with you. Forget it guys, I'm on a date."
He got angry at himself for becoming clumsy around Phil. "With that I endure life- I endure for life. 'Missa! Speak well! You make me nervous Philza-'."
When he was infected with the virus and thought he might die, he shouted "No, I'm going to die, I have to do everything I want to do before I die… Philza, give me a hug!"
For the first time in a long time, Missa said goodbye properly and promised to return.
And he did it!
But-
#qsmp#qsmp missa#qsmp philza#q!missa#q!philza#pissa#All this is canon there are clips of each moment#I didn't expect to suffer so much with today's lives#Missa said it was the worst things that could happen on September 15th and he is right#English is not my first language so it was very difficult to write all this but I needed the list of times he showed how in love he is
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I was inspired by @jezifster's recent question about non-gendered royal titles, and I put together this graphic to serve as a jumping off point for people writing monarchies in SFF !
Obviously this non-exhaustive list contains mainly western titles, all in English. Feel free add any on additional gender neutral terminologies that you can think of, including those from different languages and cultures!
A small addition: I'm not a linguist or historian and put this list together based on some quick googling! While you're free to flex the usage and meanings of these words however you choose, researching the real-world context of each term before using them in your own writing is a best practice.
#writeblr#non-gendered language#gender neutral terms#royalty#nobility#language#fiction#dnd#ttrpg#fantasy#science fiction#im sorry lol i just love making lists#worldbuilding#lgbtq
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Kara's love language
It is rather easy to find scenes of Flirty!Lena (or Katie I-can't-help-it McGrath).
But how does Kara flirt / show her affection?
My answer is simply:
Whenever she brings / shares food. 🍕🍩🥰
(and, yes, there are plenty moments Kara shares food with her beloved sister and her at the time boyfriend Mon-El - she even receives food from James and others, but bottom line is food is Kara's love language)
(Even RedDaughter is aware!
...which makes me think 50% of Kara's diaries are about food and food places and whom she shared them with...)
(someone pointed out how you can see her abs through her dress 👀.
...so I suppose sometimes she brings herself as a snack?)
(…sometimes Kara on a TV is the real snack…)
Been talkin' 'bout yourself, Kara?
Girl's got a big heart stomach.
Anyone mad at me for not adding all the Mon-El & Kara scenes involving food, will just strengthen my point >.>
#supercorp#kara danvers#love language#lena luthor#supergirl#food#none of the pics or gifs are mine!#the hungry-Lena-TM gif is easily my fave#list would be longer but I cannot make gifs myself so I need to rely on what the fandom provides#lots of thanks to all the gif-makers!#apparently that IS a skill
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my favourite nicknames, romantically, platonically, or in a rivalry
qin ai de (Mandarin Chinese; darling)
(and with that I have to add:) dorogaya (Russian; dearest)
beloved
mon petit chou (French; my little cabbage)
Chang noi (Thai; little elephant)
media naranja (Spanish; half an orange [my other half])
lapachka (Russian; sweetie pie / paw)
Liebling (German; darling)
(mi) corazón (Spanish; (my) heart)
mi vida (Spanish; my life)
ma puce (French; my flea)
mon saucisson (French; my sausage)
gioia mia (Italian; my joy)
koibito (Japanese; beloved person)
Kretenu (serbian; you idiot)
aeini (arabic; my eyes)
aein (Korean; sweetheart)
slanchitse (little sun; my sun)
ya amar (Arabic; my moon)
love
muruseni (finnish; my crumb)
albi (Arabic; my heart)
elskede (Danish; beloved)
mia kara (Esperanto; my dear)
mea aloha (Hawaiian; loved one)
neshama sheli (Hebrew; my soul)
hyati (Arabic; my life)
jann (Hindi; my life)
shagua (Chinese; fool)
irog (filipino; beloved)
kokhana [кохана] (Ukrainian; beloved)
habibi (Arabic; my love)
sayang (Indonesian; dear)
Schat/schatje (dutch; treasure/little treasure)
zirochka (Ukrainian; little star)
please correct me if I've gotten any wrong! or feel free to add your own in the replies and I'll add them to the list.
#nicknames#writing prompts#lyralit#writing#prompt list#romantic#platonic#rivalry#nickname list#languages#writers#writers block#writing help
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funny ways to say “in the middle of nowhere”
Collected funny ones under this post + contributions to this one (my selection). Most involve ass(holes), have god/the devil, (nonsense) names of villages…
🇩🇪German: in the ass of the world/ the pasture- am Arsch der Welt/der Weide; where Fox and Hare bid each other good night - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen (old-fashioned), where the dead dog lays - Da liegt der tote Hund, in Buxtehude/ (Kuh)kaff, in der Pampa, in Timbuktu
🇮🇹Italian: in assland - in culonia/culandia, in the wolves’ ass - in culo ai lupi, in the ass of the word - in culo al mondo; 🇫🇷 French in the asshole of the world - dans le trou du cul du monde
🇨🇿Czech: Where foxes bid good night to one another - Kde si lišky dávají dobrou noc
🇩🇰Danish: where the crows turn around - Hvor kragerne vender on Lars diarrheas field/on the field of Lars Shitpants - På lars tyndskids mark
🇳🇴Norwegian: far damn from violence - langt pokker i vold, “huttaheiti” (gibberish)
🇸🇪Swedish: out (there) in the spinach - ute i spenaten,“tjotaheiti” (see above, maybe originally from Tahiti)
🇪🇸in Spain: in the fifth hell/pine tree - En el quinto infierno/pino, where Christ lost the sandal/hat/lighter - Donde Cristo perdió la alpargata/gorra/mechero;
🇲🇽 Mexico: Where the devil farts - Donde el diablo se echa un pedo, and sometimes someone answers: “Y nadie lo escucha” And no one hears
🇹🇼in Taiwan: where birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't shit - 鳥不生蛋狗不拉屎的地方
🇵🇱Polish - where crows turn around - Gdzie wrony zawracają, where dogs bark from their ass - gdzie psy dupami szczekają 🐶; Where the devil says goodnight - Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc, where (black) pepper grows - gdzie pieprz rośnie, (mostly in the context of running as far away as possible or chasing someone away)
🇦🇺Australia: woop woop or "in the middle of woop woop' 🇳🇿 NZ: wop wops
🇻🇳Vietnamese: holy forests, poisonous waters - rừng thiêng nước độc / where mountain passes are windy/cloudy and winds swirl in vortexes - đèo heo hút gió or đèo mây hút gió (rarely used)
🇨🇦🇫🇷 Québéc: Saint clin clin des meuhs meuhs (actual village name…)
🇸🇦 Arabic (Saudi dialect): in the castle of wadren في مقلاع وادرين (an old castle in the middle of desert)
🇮🇱 in Israel: Israel: at the end of the world, take a turn left - סוף העולם שמאלה
🇫🇮Finnish: behind God’s back - jumalan selän takana, in the devil’s ass - helvetin perseessä;
🇬🇷 Greek: at the devil’s horn - Στου διαόλου το κέρατο;
🇧🇬 Bulgarian: on the ass of geography - На гъза на географията
🇮🇸 Icelandic Out in an asshole - úti í rassgati;
🇧🇷 in Brazil: in cock’s house - na casa do caralho;
🇦🇷 in Argentina: in the pussy of the parrot- en la concha de la lora 🦜;
🇪🇪 Estonian: in the bear's ass - karuperses 🐻
🇺🇸 USA: bumfuck Egypt
🇧🇪 in Belgium (Dutch): in a farmer’s asscrack - in een boerengat
🇺🇦 Ukrainian: in the devil's swamps в чорта на кулічках, where the crow won't carry bones куди ворон кісток не заносить
#langblr#language blog#idioms#funny idioms#foreign languages#language facts#my selection#my fav is the german one <33333#polyglot#have had this in the drafts for more than a year i guess#mine#my lists
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Italian Travel Language Guide: Part 6
Hello Everybody! How are you all doing? Check out my new language post! Italian Travel Language Guide: Part 6
Hello Everybody! How are you all doing today?
Welcome to my new post! Today I am posting the last list of the Italian Travel Language Guide. I am so happy to have this list completed. It took some time and patience to post them all. I was lucky to have the time to translate them all. Now I am planning my new list. So for next year, I will be posting the French Language List.
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ancient greek words for colors:
On the whole, the Greeks were not really concerned with giving names to specific colors. Their color terms were vague, often had more to do with shade than color difference, and drew in a sort of dynamic physicality that is honestly incredibly interesting.
μέλας and λευκός, which were commonly used to refer to black and white respectively, were still more involved with shade than the particular colors that we perceive as black and white. μέλας also meant dark, murky, and swarthy. λευκός was light, bright and clear, referred to any white color from a pure white to a light grey, and could also refer to someone with lighter skin.
χλωρός meant pale green or greenish yellow, but also commonly meant pale or pallid when referring to people and fresh or blooming when referring to plants and liquids (including blood and tears).
πορφύρεος is where we get the color term purple. And when it was referring to clothes or things, it did mean purple. But when it was describing people, especially their complexions, it meant bright red or flushed. This definition originates from the basic meaning of the word: heaving, surging, gushing, coming from the verb πορφύρω.
ξανθός and ἐρυθρός are perhaps the only straightforward terms, meaning yellow or golden and red respectively. ξανθός was typically used to describe blonde (ish) people; Achilles is described as having ξανθή κόμη (golden hair).
γλαυκός was commonly used to refer to the color grey, or simply to describe something as gleaming. When it refers to eyes, it usually describes the color; the most famous example being Athena and her epithet of γλαυκῶπις or grey-eyed (or gleaming eyed).
And now let's talk about κυάνεος. We get the color term cyan from it, and the word is popularly considered to refer to a dark blue. But that isn't exactly accurate. If we look at what this word typically described: hair, people, etc., it is clear that the concept of blue that we have nowadays wasn’t really coming into play. In fact, the more general translation is dark or black, conveying a shade rather than a color, like μέλας. If I were to attribute a color term to this word at all, I would probably say blue-black, or a cool black, to convey the depth of that shade, which is probably what the Greeks were describing.
#ancient greek#vocab#vocabulary#language learning#greek language#greek vocab#classical literature#classics#colors#words for colors#how to describe colors#dys blurbs#i had to make my own list because every other one i've seen has colors that aren't referred to by texts with as much frequency#achilles#athena#the iliad#the odyssey
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flower language prompts ˗ˏˋ꒰ 🐚 ꒱
❀ calla lily (beauty) — “you’re so beautiful.”
❀ aloe (affection, also grief) — “i miss them so much.”
❀ basil (good wishes) — “i just want the best for you.”
❀ begonia (beware) — “just be careful, okay?”
❀ gardenia (secret love) — “i don’t love you any less just because no one else can see it.”
❀ red chrysanthemum (i love you) — “i love you. please don’t forget that.”
❀ red columbine (anxiety) — “can you hold my hand? please?”
❀ daffodil (unequaled love) — “no one will ever come close to you.”
❀ edelweiss (courage, devotion) — “touch them again and i promise, it will be the last thing you ever do.”
❀ candytuft (indifference) — “i said that i didn’t care, but i lied.”
❀ holly (domestic happiness) — “i never want to leave this bed.”
❀ myrtle (marriage) — “i can’t believe it. we’re really married!”
❀ oak (strength) — “you’re stronger than you think.”
❀ aster (symbol of love, daintiness) — “i’m not fragile, y’know.”
❀ arborvitae (unchanging friendship) — “i’ll always be here for you, no matter what.”
❀ blue salvia (i think of you) — “here. this made me think of you.”
❀ yarrow (everlasting love) — “i don’t think i’ll ever stop loving you.”
#prompts#otp prompts#imagine your otp#flower language#flower language prompts#otp#ot+#ot+ prompts#dialogue prompts#fluff prompts#hurt/comfort prompts#prompt list#writing prompts#writing exercise#soft prompts#fluff#fluff writing prompts#rp meme
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Describing Facial Expressions
-> feel free to edit and adjust pronouns as you see fit.
Eyes and Eyebrows:
His eyes widened
Her eyes went round
Their eyes narrowed
His eyes lit up
Her eyes darted
They squinted
He blinked
Her eyes twinkled with...
Their eyes gleamed with...
His eyes flashed with...
Her eyes burned with...
Their eyes blazed with...
- glowed in his eyes
The corners of her eyes crinkled
They rolled their eyes
He winked
Tears filled her eyes
Their eyes welled with tears
His eyes swam with tears
Tears flooded her eyes
Tears shimmered in their eyes
Tears shone in his eyes
Her eyes were glossy
They were fighting back tears
Tears ran down his cheeks
She squeezed her eyes shut
Their lashes fluttered
She batted her lashes
His brows knitted
Their forehead creased
She furrowed her brows
A line appeared between his brows
Their brows drew together
She raised a brow
His eyebrows rose
They lifted a brow
She wagged her eyebrows
He gave them a once-over
They sized
Her eyes bore into them
He took in the sight of...
They glared
She peered
He gazed
They glanced
She stared
He scrutinized
They studied
She gaped
He observed
They surveyed
She gawked
He leered
Their pupils dilated
Nose:
Her nose crinkled
His nose wrinkled
They sneered
Her nostrils glared
He stuck his nose up
They sniffed
She sniffled
He scrunched his nose
Mouth:
She smiled
He smirked
They grinned
She simpered
He beamed
Their mouth curved into a smile
The corners of his mouth turned up
The corner of her mouth quirked up
A corner of their mouth lifted
Her mouth twitched
He gave a half-smile
They gave a lopsided grin
His mouth twisted
She plastered a smile on her face
They forced a smile
He faked a smile
Her smile faded
Their smile slipped
He pursed his lips
She pouted
Their mouth snapped shut
His mouth set in a hard line
Their lips were pressed into a thin line
She pressed her lips together
They bit their lip
He drew his lower lip between his teeth
She chewed on her bottom lip
Their jaw set
His jaw clenched
Their jaw tightened
A muscle in her jaw twitched
He ground his jaw
They snarled
Her lips drew back in a snarl
His mouth fell open
Their jaw dropped
Her jaw went slack
He gritted his teeth
They gnashed their teeth
Her lower lip trembled
His lower lip quivered
#writing prompts#creative writing#prompt list#body language#writing tips#writing advice#writing resources#writing help#how to write#writing tools#facial expressions#writing#writing blog#writing community#writeblr#writers block#on writing
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When you look up the key features of a civilization, most historians agree that a group of people must implement a system of writing in order to be “civilized.” Reading makes us human.
But what if I told you that humans were never meant to read in the first place? Our brains come hard-wired with the ability to hear and speak language (from a place called Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe) and the ability to understand and remember symbols (the parietal lobe). There is no specific area in the brain that is meant to read; that’s why children have to be taught to read, and why some people have an easier time learning than others. Every time a reader starts a new story, they are taking advantage of a system that is both brand-new and generations in the making. As humans evolved, our brains learned to combine the use of multiple regions and a process called neuronal recycling to “repurpose” the skills we already have. It’s a miracle.
Reading a new book, learning a new language, and even speaking our own language to communicate with friends and loved ones are the results of a multifaceted, living system. Learning that reading and writing are far from natural changed the way I read my favorite books. As a writer, I can treat myself with more patience knowing the lengths to which my brain has gone so I have the chance to write anything at all. As a reader, I value every word more knowing that it has traveled through countless geographical locations and definitions so it can hold that exact spot in one specific sentence.
Ever wonder what goes on in your brain when you read? Our latest reading list by Melanie Hamon is a real thinker!
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