Some Susie Quickies Cuz I've Been Replaying Deltarune For The Next Chapter And Oh Boy Is She The Best

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Gravity Falls Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dipper Pines & Mabel Pines, Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramirez/Melody, Ford Pines & Stan Pines, Fiddleford H. McGucket & Ford Pines Characters: Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramirez, Ford Pines, Stan Pines, Melody (Gravity Falls), Fiddleford H. McGucket, Wendy Corduroy, Bill Cipher Additional Tags: Fluff, Nostalgia, Anniversary, Post-Canon Summary:

Time seems to go by so fast.

Minutes into hours, hours to days, months…

…That a year just feels like sixty seconds.

But that time makes memories.

Memories stick.

No matter how painful or how wonderful.

So everyone prepares to return to them.

Those who lived in it.

Those who grew up with it.

Those who return to it.

And those who missed it.

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

Selfie!

Slow but steady progress for Ican'tshow, mainly the general plot and character expansions.

Preach

When you sit down to write, and the entire scene plays out perfectly in your mind, but on paper it ends up looking like this: “he smiled, his smiling eyes staring at them with a hint of smile”

the look of love (for writers)

"it's all in the eyes i was once told"

catching the stare of someone across a crowded room

subtle furrowing of eyebrows beyond a blank facade

coldness easing into warmth

a fond mothering gaze

corner of the lip nudged upward

forced glower/glare as they break underneath

batting their lashes, playful

a boisterous laugh

intrigue piercing the stoic

proud smugness at the other's success

lingering glances

a childish joy bursting through

pupils dilate

eyelids shut in a look of peace, calm and trust

look of longing/betrayal

"there was once a time when they were mine"

terseness

features fold into a scowl

an urgent flinching back

coldness returns (as though the warmth had never come)

lips part then purse

invasion of shock

slow stare at the floor

the ripple effect of a swallow

frustrated breath/sigh

bitter laugh in reminiscence

dread tearing through the seams of their composure

look of hatred

"darkness"

mean smirk- teeth bared grimace- scowl

dismissive gaze

gaze of contempt/impatience

threat lowering the voice

sardonic goading grins verging on manic

rolling one's eyes

flicker of irritation in the eyes

stares stubbornly ahead despite distraction

gritted teeth, clenched jaw

fierce biting remarks

even measured complexions betraying no thought

strangling oneself back from violence

utter apathy

murderous silence hanging in the stare

snobbish laughter

smiling at another's downfall

Me: "Well I need to fix this part, time to fix it."

Also me: Adds on to the scene prior to the one I was attempting to fix.

Me: "God dammit." Not that I don't mind what I added, it felt like a nice addition that I didn't even realize I needed, but it's annoying sometimes when your brain pulls you away to something else within the story.

Reblog, click the picture, and prepare for battle.

Teachers are all DONE!!!

Not counting Neil, everyone here references someone! Can you guess them all?

It’s here, guys.

The inspiration for this story belongs to @smz-s-mz Sans and Papyrus(and Lesser Dog) belong to Toby Fox Aliza belongs to sourapplestudios

TW: Description of severe injury, mentions of cannibalism

(Horrortale Flowey isn’t in this because I had no idea how to write him in and he leaves before Aliza goes to Waterfall anyway)

Enjoy! :)

No more Limits.

Stop the traffic.

Find The Exit.

(Oc owned by me, Design drawn by Marnie on Bluesky)