Words to replace said, except this actually helps

champion-ofthe-sun:

imagines–assemble:

msocasey:

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO
Acknowledged
Answered
Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK
Added
Implored
Inquired
Insisted
Proposed
Queried
Questioned
Recommended
Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY
Admitted
Apologized
Conceded
Confessed
Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE
Advised
Criticized
Suggested

JUST CHECKING
Affirmed
Agreed
Alleged
Confirmed

LOUD
Announced
Chanted
Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL
Appealed
Disclosed
Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT
Argued
Barked
Challenged
Cursed
Fumed
Growled
Hissed
Roared
Swore

SMARTASS
Articulated
Asserted
Assured
Avowed
Claimed
Commanded
Cross-examined
Demanded
Digressed
Directed
Foretold
Instructed
Interrupted
Predicted
Proclaimed
Quoted
Theorized

ASSHOLE
Bellowed
Boasted
Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK
Babbled
Bawled
Mumbled
Sputtered
Stammered
Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER
Bargained
Divulged
Disclosed
Exhorted

FIRST OFF
Began

LASTLY
Concluded
Concurred

WEAK PUSY
Begged
Blurted
Complained
Cried
Faltered
Fretted

HAPPY/LOL
Cajoled
Exclaimed
Gushed
Jested
Joked
Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED
Extolled
Jabbered
Raved

BRUH, CHILL
Cautioned
Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG
Chided
Contended
Corrected
Countered
Debated
Elaborated
Objected
Ranted
Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE
Commented
Continued
Observed
Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY
Enunciated
Explained
Elaborated
Hinted
Implied
Lectured
Reiterated
Recited
Reminded
Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME
Confided
Offered
Urged

FINE
Consented
Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS
Croaked
Lamented
Pledged
Sobbed
Sympathized
Wailed
Whimpered

JUST SAYING
Declared
Decreed
Mentioned
Noted
Pointed out
Postulated
Speculated
Stated
Told
Vouched

WASN’T ME
Denied
Lied

EVIL SMARTASS
Dictated
Equivocated
Ordered
Reprimanded
Threatened

BORED
Droned
Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME
Echoed
Mumbled
Murmured
Muttered
Uttered
Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN
Exaggerated
Panted
Pleaded
Prayed
Preached

OH SHIT
Gasped
Marveled
Screamed
Screeched
Shouted
Shrieked
Yelped
Yelled

ANNOYED
Grumbled
Grunted
Jeered
Quipped
Scolded
Snapped
Snarled
Sneered

ANNOYING
Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER
Guessed
Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM
Hooted
Howled
Yowled

I WONDER
Pondered
Voiced
Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS
Recalled
Recited
Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH
Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD
Scoffed
Snickered
Snorted

BITCHY
Tattled
Taunted
Teased

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Horray!!

Prompt 25. “I can’t believe you talked me into this.” with Ennoshita and Yachi. Thanks! :)

sushiwrites:

It’s been years! I’m so sorry! I want to have the rest of the prompts done sometime next week! haha Anywho, I just think that Ennoshita is a natural smooth-talker. He doesn’t even know that what he is saying counts a flirting half the time, so I hope you enjoy!


“I can’t believe you talked me into
this,” Yachi mumbles pulling her knees closer to her chest. Her
voice was quiet, barely audible over the noises the team was making
getting the set ready. Ennoshita’s movies were nothing new to her, by
now she has helped out in countless films. However, this time, he
asked her to be the main lead, and despite her initial reaction to
decline, he had managed to convince her.

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This is so cute!!

Penalty Game!

otomiya-tickles:

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A/N: Omg I loooove Yachi rarepairs and I really couldn’t choose but in the end I am more drawn towards Kuroyachi because omfifui;g.iushig. Do I need to tell you why? Just look a them. So yes, here’s some Kuroyachi tickle fluff, I hope you like iiit!

Summary: Karasuno plays a game against Fukurodani, the deciding match in their tournament with Nekoma in which the winning team will decide the penalty for the losers. Yachi is dead nervous about this, and when he notices, Kuroo teases here with sweet tickles as they share a loving moment together. They have started dating a while back after all<3

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“Alright! Karasuno vs Fukurodani, 2nd set, go!”
The whistle sounded through the gymnasium and Yachi just returned to her safe
spot for the audience above the court, after providing the boys with drinks and towels during their short break. She clamped the railing and watching the
game in excitement. The tension. The tension!

Karasuno had gotten together with their
Tokyo Power School friends Nekoma and Fukurodani for a friendly tournament
as a closure of this school year.

Before that, they had a three-day training camp
leading up to this: the deciding tournament in which the winning team could
subject the losing team to the so called Japanese Batsu Game, or also referred to as
Penalty Game. This involved the managers too, so Yachi was dying from nervosity
up here.

What if Karasuno would lose? They had already lost one set. She didn’t want to do
anything embarrassing, and since it was Fukurodani and Nekoma, either one would
probably come up with the most evil penalty game ever. An embarrassing dance? Maybe sing an embarrassing song? Nooo. Not that. Not in front of –

“Heh, nervous sweetie?” Yachi’s face
immediately exploded upon hearing her boyfriend’s voice, and she looked up to
see Kuroo joining her.

“Ah y-y-yes,” she squeaked, and her inner
Yachi immediately scolded her for being this tense towards her boyfriend of
three months. To her it was still unreal that she had started dating Nekoma’s
captain, and with him living in Tokyo they couldn’t see each other that
much.

Kuroo stood next to her and leaned over the railing,
and Yachi blushed when she noticed he chose to stand with her rather than his
teammates who were gathered down on the side of the court, still drinking and resting from their
game while they glanced at Karasuno and Fukurodani’s match.

“Well, of course if we claim victory, we
won’t go easy on you guys with the penalty game,” Kuroo sang, and he
gulped when Yachi immediately looked as if she was dying.

“Just kidding just kidding! I mean -” Kuroo
waved his hands in front of his flustered girlfriend, but she was already
shaking because of the nerves.

“R-relax baby!” Kuroo placed both hands on
her sides to stop her from her frantic shaking, but this caused her to jolt and
squeak before she collapsed against him.

“Eh?” Kuroo blushed and squeezed her sides a
little to help her keep her balance, but Yachi reacted even more and only when
giggles poured from her mouth, Kuroo grinned. Ahhh…

“Oh! Ticklish? Hehe isn’t that fortunate?”
he chuckled, and he squeezed her sides some more, making her squeal and
struggle in his grip.

“N-no dooon’t!” Yachi kicked and struggled
involuntarily. Tickling just did that to her body, but Kuroo didn’t seem to
mind. She managed to turn in his hold and wrapped her arms around the railing,
leaning over it as if she was ready to leap off in a desperate attempt to escape.

“What are you doing? You’ll fall!” Kuroo said, still in his playful teasy voice, and he grabbed her sides right where her shirt had moved up, and he pulled her back down again, wiggling his fingers ticklishly at the same time.

“KYAhaha! S-stop Kuroo-kun hehe!” Yachi squealed as her bare sides were being tickled now.

“Don’t move, it’ll be okay,” Kuroo told his thrashing girlfriend teasingly as if he wasn’t torturing her with tickles right now.

Down on the court, the Karasuno
players looked up at their manager who was laughing her head off.

Not being able to see Kuroo’s hands that took control
over her body by tickling her sides mercilessly, they cocked their heads in
confusion. Asahi was just about to serve when he looked up as well.

“Yacchan, she’s laughing at us,” he mumbled.

“Probably despair,” Tsukishima commented
dryly.

“I bet Kuroo’s telling her the horrible penalty they have planned for us,” Tanaka grunted, but Noya jumped up and yelled:

“As if we’re gonna lose!”

“That’s right! Don’t worry Yachi! We won’t lose!” Hinata
yelled as well, and they continued the game and the noises of the game were back to exceeding Yachi’s pleas.

Yachi blushed like crazy and continued to laugh as she tried to jump
away from her teasy boyfriend, but he gripped her sides and kept her in place.
She gasped when his fingers wiggled towards her front, running across her tummy
and slipping underneath her shirt.

“UWahah it t-ticklehehes! Stooohohop!”
Yachi squeaked, but Kuroo only chuckled and continued his attack on her.

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So cute!!!

*Wild fangirl appears* *Uses attack ‘Do you have any KuroYachi headcanons?😏’*

hq-rare-pairs:

I will admit, I have been converted because of those two comics of them, and the great tag we have of them, so:

  • Study bugs study together. They even exchange color coding tips. Kuroo has a great system for science, especially for biology and chemistry diagrams. Yachi excels in highlighting critical points for English and literature
    • Yachi shows Kuroo her notes for managing the volleyball team, and Kuroo starts using some of the charts and stuff
  • Yachi used to be really intimidated by Kuroo’s smirk and, you know, their 38 cm height difference. But once Kuroo realizes how intimidating he is to Yachi, he tries really hard—poor guy—to be not intimidating anymore
    • he slouches slightly when he’s speaking to Yachi, not so much that he towers over her, but so that he leans slightly closer to her to listen to her speak. he smiles, genuinely when he sees her, gives her a little wave before trying to speak to her
  • Kuroo treats Yachi like a princess, as in he picks her up and twirls her around. Then hugging her close, he nuzzles their noses together while Yachi is still giggling
  • He lets her try to draw a portrait of him one time, because she was studying the way his hair works. He has the sketch kept in his drawer, along with all the other doodles she’s drawn while she’s visiting him
  • Kuroo showing Yachi around in Tokyo. They go to modern art and design museums. Kuroo listens really intently to everything Yachi says, and he gives really perceptive and intelligent comments
    • then they go to a science museum and Yachi listens to Kuroo nerd out
  • He keeps her close when they’re on the train, his hand on Yachi’s back as he pulls her to him so she doesn’t start freaking out
  • Yachi and Kuroo taking the CUTEST, purest selfies together. Kuroo has the biggest, cutest grin in all of them and Yachi always gushes about his smile when they look over the photos.
    • Sometimes Kuroo snorts and remarks that he looks kinda stupid but Yachi immediately tells him that he doesn’t, then leans over and gives him a kiss
    • They also go to take sticker photos together and use all the cat stickers.
  • Kuroo always makes sure he has a bag of fugashi at his place when she visits
  • Yachi’s mom immediately falls in love with Kuroo the first time he goes over for dinner. Because let’s face it. Kuroo is a sweetheart. and he’s great with adults. the absolute best boyfriend to bring home.
    • Yachi’s started cooking for herself and her mom from an early age, so when Kuroo comes over for the first time, she prepares dinner: mackerel pike
    • The next few times he comes over, he always come like half an hour earlier than they agreed so he can help Yachi cook

Character Development: Appearance

riona-is-writing:

Your character’s appearance is pretty useful for a reader. This doesn’t just include hair and eye color, but accessories, how they view their own appearance, and body language. The character’s appearance helps your reader to not only visualize the character they’re reading about, but also to let them know something about the character. Here’s a list of the different components in a character’s appearance:

  • eyes (color, shape, emotion, etc.)
  • hair (color, style, wavy/curly/straight/etc., long/short)
  • skin (color, texture – like is it smooth, pockmarked, covered in spikes, etc.)
  • build (height, weight, muscle, type of body)
  • body language (how they stand/move)
  • clothing – normal (e.g. what they’d wear while out and about in public or in general)
  • clothing – dressed up (e.g. when they’re trying to be fancy)
  • clothing – comfortable (e.g. when they don’t care about what they look like, only comfort)
  • footwear/accessories (shoes, bags, hairthings, jewelry, tattoos, etc.)
  • how do they feel about their appearance (e.g. are they proud of it, ashamed, or just don’t care?)
  • how they see themselves vs how others see them (tied into the one above – like if they don’t care about their appearance and see their appearance as perfectly fine, but other people think that they don’t wear good clothes. In other words, how does your character’s appearance influence their interactions with others?)
  • items/things that they carry around with them or that appear with them that don’t really fit into the accessories category (e.g. Disney princesses and their animals, or the Log Lady and her log in Twin Peaks

Of course, not all of this information will appear in your writing (unless you’re working with visuals, like film or comics), but it’s good to keep in mind as the author.

When you do describe your character’s appearance in writing, remember:

SHOW, DON’T TELL.

I know, you’ve heard it all before, but it’s pretty important. 

For instance, if you have a tall character, instead of saying

He was tall.

say

He carried himself the way many tall people did – slightly bent down so that people could talk face-to-face with him.

or

He was always accidentally hitting his head on doorways that were too small for him, or on strings of lights at parties hung to accommodate people much shorter than him.

From these descriptions, the reader knows that not only is your character tall, but also how his height affects him and others around him – he’s courteous and tries not to loom over people, and his surroundings aren’t built with his height in mind, indicating that there aren’t many tall people where he lives.

By showing, not telling, you’ll be giving the reader more information about your character and in a way that develops character/the story.

However, there are times when you shouldn’t spend a lot of time on description. If it’s not important to your character or story, don’t feel bad if you say something very simply. And if your character isn’t the type to notice appearances that much, then it wouldn’t make sense for them to suddenly notice appearances with no explanation.

For example:

We have two characters noticing the same guy. The first character is a girl who loves art and poetry; the second character is a girl who likes math and science.

Character 1: “The stranger had deep blue eyes, like the depths of a still pond. I kept peeking at him all through second period, dying to pull my sketchbook out and start drawing.”

Character 2: “The stranger was good-looking, I guess – all the other girls were cooing over him in first period English today. I wasn’t really listening; problem number 87, part b, was a bit of a challenge.”

To the first character, description with colors and metaphors are important, and so it makes sense that she would describe the stranger this way. But to the second girl, who isn’t very poetic, it wouldn’t make sense, so all she would say is “he’s good-looking and the other girls like him,” and the reader can fill in the blanks.

In conclusion, remember:

  • not all of your character’s appearance is going to make it into the story
  • try to show, not tell

Something I struggle with, these are nice tips. Thank you!

Sentence & Dialogue Drabble Prompts

vball-baes-bball-babes:

just-call-me-mrs-captain:

Send a number and character to my ask box 😉
Specify ‘sentence’ or ‘dialogue’ with the number.

Sentence:

  1. “I was just kind of hoping that you’d, y’know…fall in love with me.”
  2. “When I said ‘Whatever helps you sleep at night.’ I didn’t mean this.”
  3. “You know…that’s not what an apology sounds like.”
  4. “I love you from the bottom of my heart, but I don’t trust your cooking. Stay out of my kitchen.”
  5. “I am under no obligation to make sense to you.”
  6. “I taught you how to pick locks, and this is how you use that skill?”
  7. “There are only so many times I can watch you break before I start to crack.”
  8. “We wouldn’t be having this conversation if you had just listened.”
  9. “We need to talk about your life choices.”
  10. “Stop getting crumbs all over my bed.”
  11. “I’m sure that sounded different in your head, but please never say that again.”
  12. “Well, if you had woken up properly the first time I kicked you, I wouldn’t have had to do it four more times.”
  13. “We shouldn’t be here.”
  14. “I think I broke him.”
  15. “If we get arrested, it’s your fault.”
  16. “All I know is, one of us is right, the other is you.”
  17. “Don’t. Move.”
  18. “I will be the first to tell you I’m a terrible liar.”
  19. “So why did I have to punch that guy?”
  20. “You’ve got to stop saying that.”
  21. “You just give off the impression that you want to murder everyone you look at.”
  22. “You’re lucky you’re cute…”
  23. “Are you always like this or is today a special occasion?”
  24. “Why are you hiding behind me? What did you do?”
  25. “Oh, so you’re on their side now?”

Dialogue:

  1. “If someone gets nosy, just shoot ‘em.”
    “Shoot them?”
    “Politely.”
  2. “Can I ask a dumb question?”
    “Better than anyone I know.”
  3. “Shut up.”
    “I didn’t say anything!”
    “Don’t care. Shut up.”
  4. “How long have you been standing there?”
    “Longer than you’d like.”
  5. “Do you even know how to drive this thing?!”
    “Considering the fact that I almost flew us into that building, I’m going to assume you know the answer.”
  6. “This is bad.”
    “You said that already.”
    “It seemed worth repeating.”
  7. “You’re really drunk right now.”
    “No I’m not, you’re just blurry.”
  8. “Come here.”
    “Why?”
    “Just come here.”
    “No. You’re gonna hit me.”
  9. “Don’t you have to be stupid somewhere else?”
    “Not until four.”
  10. “Well, this is a nice change of scenery.”
    “It’s a jail cell.”
    “I was being sarcastic.”
  11. “You don’t have to do this.”
    “I wish that were true.”
  12. “What now?”
    “I don’t know, I didn’t think we’d get this far.”
  13. “You look…”
    “Beautiful, I know. Can we move on?”
  14. “You’ve gotta stop doing that.”
    “What?”
    “Saying things that make me want to kiss you.”
  15. “When did you become so smart, oh wise one?”
    “Since I stopped listening to you.”
  16. “I thought you forgot about me.”
    “Never.”
  17. “Give it to me.”
    “Only if you promise not to kill anyone with it.”
  18. “Do you trust me?”
    “No.”
    “You’re smarter than you look.”

I love these! More prompt ideas!

I know I’m slow right now but I’d love more of these if anyone’s willing to send one/some in. Can even be character x character, crossover if you want!

akaashiikeiijis:

A few kuroyachi domestic au headcanons because I’m kinda stressed and I need to be distracted for a while (more like I should study but my mind refuses to work)

• Kuroo painting Yachi’s nails and trying his very best to draw a small cat designs on her nails
• Attempting to tame Kuroo’s hair pt 1: they use Yachi’s hairpins. All of them. They don’t succeed
• they treat every outing like a date, be it a walk to the grocery store, shopping for socks, meeting during lunch breaks
• Whenever Yachi is stressed and jumpy she goes to Kuroo and leans against him or puts her head on his lap while he strokes her hair and asks her what’s wrong
• whenever Kuroo is stressed Yachi puts her hands on either side of his face and pulls him close till their foreheads touch and tells him to only focus on her voice and nothing else. She also runs her fingers through his hair because it calms him down.
• Attempting to tame Kuroo’s hair pt 2: they use gel. A lot of it. Gel can’t wash off. Help!!! “I will be slick shady forever!” “WE- WE CANT LET THAT HAPPEN EEK!!!”
• Yachi and Kuroo leave sticky notes on each others’ laptops or notebooks to remind them to take care, or drink water or a simple I love you or even a cute animal doodle
• Kuroo and Yachi baking cookies with anime openings playing in the background, each of them trying to mimic or dance to it. (Sometimes they mess up the batter)
• Sharing baths!! Lots of bubbles!!! They end up giving each other small soapy kisses
• Yachi effectively scaring Kuroo at times especially when Kenma is over and playing horror games
• Lazy mornings with Yachi pulling Kuroo back to bed because you’re warm and it’s nice and I just want you to be here. Kuroo agreeing and kissing her hair affectionately while Yachi cuddles closer
• Kuroo and Yachi adopting a black kitten
• Kuroo and Yachi…guys…pls