Tumbling Like Alice

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unicornempire: “pepperjohnrogers: “ I’m finally caught up and have some extra inventory, so I think it’s about time for a giveaway! Winner: 20 buttons of your choice! Runner Up: 6 buttons of your choice! Consolation Prize: Even if you don’t win, you...
pepperjohnrogers

I’m finally caught up and have some extra inventory, so I think it’s about time for a giveaway! 

Winner: 20 buttons of your choice!
Runner Up: 6 buttons of your choice! 
Consolation Prize: Even if you don’t win, you can still get 20% off everything in my etsy shop by using the coupon code “TumblrApril” during checkout. 

To see all the designs you’ll be able to choose from, check out Pepper’s PIns on Etsy. 

We have buttons for Supernatural, Sherlock, Avengers, Wreck it Ralph, Parks and Rec, and X-Men, and designs for Doctor Who and Teen Wolf in the works. 

Details:

  • Giveaway ends Friday April 12th
  • 20% off coupon valid through April 30th. 
  • Likes and reblogs both count. 
  • No more than 3 reblogs a day.
  • Following not required. If you want to follow me, awesome. I’ll probably be posting more giveaways and new button designs in the future and following me is a great way to find out about them. You should also consider following UnicornEmpire, who does all the beautiful art for these buttons. 
  • Winning entry must come from a real blog, no “giveaway blogs”. 
  • Do not delete or alter the text of this post
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Woo!

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tonystarksnipples: “downtoncaitlin: “ “ I have a story to go along with this. My 6th grade English teacher was insane. Like, certifiable, I’m fairly certain. She was nice enough, but she was crazy as shit. One day, about February-ish, we come to...
downtoncaitlin

I have a story to go along with this.

My 6th grade English teacher was insane. Like, certifiable, I’m fairly certain. She was nice enough, but she was crazy as shit.

One day, about February-ish, we come to school and she’s standing outside of her classroom (like she did every day between classes) wearing all black and sobbing into a kleenex.

Naturally we were worried.

I had her 3rd period, I think, and I remember all of the classes were sworn to secrecy about what the fuck was going on. When we got there, she had candles all over (against the school rules, but hey, who gives a flying fuck, right?), all the lights were out, and there was a tiny coffin up at the front of the room, right in front of the blackboard. (Yes, that classroom had a blackboard. Cower before my antiquity, younglings.)

Okay, so that ruled out any of her family members being dead.

Once we’d all gotten settled into our seats, she came striding in, still tearful and noisy, to announce:

“S-s-s-said is DEAD!”

What the ever-loving shit, Mrs. Hester. What the ever-loving shit.

The rest of class was a dramatized funeral (read: we had to write essays and read them in front of the class) and the announcement, heralded by these sheets, that we were not allowed to use the word “said” any more, as it had passed away.

Apparently she does this every year.

every teacher should do this

tonystarksnipples

But refusing to let students use the word said is actually really harmful to writing abilities??

Like, using a different descriptor for how something is said /on occasion/ is good, because it adds variety, but if you spend all your time trying to find the right verb and make it your main focus, and you don’t spend any time on actual description, you lose so much in your writing.

You can say, “Character A exclaimed” and that works I suppose.

But you could also say, “Character A said, voice filled with such passion and gusto, all who listened could not help but take note.”

Using a synonym works on occasion, but “said” is an important word simply because it’s invisible. Sometimes, it just doesn’t matter how Character B said something, it just matters that Character B said it at all.