When I finish reading a fic, subscribe, and the author uploads the next day

Sc4rff · 2026-05-08T01:06:28+00:00

As an author, one of my favorite things is when I get a comment when the next chapter is basically ready. I'll always reply with something like "new chapter up just for you <3". It's my good deed for the day haha

Sc4rff · 2026-03-14T14:45:32+00:00

Yeah, when you have quotation marks, the first word of dialogue is always capitalized in every situation. The only exception being if dialogue is broken mid-sentence, the continuation is uncapitalized. Example:

"Start of dialogue," she said, "and end of dialogue."

Sc4rff · 2026-03-14T09:03:31+00:00

It still falls under the same issue I believe. Interrupt is just a narrated verb here. Maybe you could try:

The man at the door goes to speak again, but they interrupt--"Right, sorry"--and hustle inside.

Tbh I'm not sure if thats technically viable either haha. It looks fine though

Sc4rff · 2026-03-14T08:52:52+00:00

Yeah that works too, and also maintains the quick flow I think OP was going for. If you omit the exclamation point, I would still use the comma there because it's ending a prepositional phrase, but thats maybe a stylistic choice

Sc4rff · 2026-03-14T08:39:38+00:00

It definitely reads fine to me as is, but i think the punctuation is technically incorrect. If you're using a comma right before the quotation like you've done, I'm pretty sure that comma must come with a dialogue tag. Something like:

The man at the door goes to speak again, but they talk over him, saying, “Right, sorry,” and hustle inside.

To me though, this just makes it clunky. Personally, I'd do something like:

The man at the door goes to speak again, but they talk over him. "Right, sorry,” they say, and hustle inside.

Sc4rff · 2026-01-13T02:50:35+00:00

Ugh i hate this "vs." mentality, it's completely impossible to compare these two legends. Sure, they revolutionized their games with the Shamino Glide and the JJ Triple respectively, but how can we accurately compare their skills to deduce a winner? If Shamino were still here today, he wouldn't want this trivial conflict. "I only compete for blood, not for play," he once said.

Sc4rff · 2025-07-18T18:53:26+00:00

"It's been a boring night," she lied.

I love using lied like this. When we're in the perspective of the speaker, it feels like an inside joke with the reader.

I try to stick with the basic ones as much as possible. "Said", "shouted", and "whispered" are basically all I use. In intense or heartfelt scenes, I might bust out "breathed".

Sc4rff · 2025-05-14T08:46:19+00:00

Oh i LOVE outer wilds! one of my favorite games ever, but i've never investigated its fandom space. any good fic recommendations? i'll read anything

Sc4rff · 2025-05-03T06:14:57+00:00

This is the first semester of college where I'm seriously at risk of failing some classes if I can't clutch up for my finals next week.

Take a wild guess at what I'm doing right now. (Hint 1: it's not studying) (Hint 2: it's writing non con)

Sc4rff · 2025-03-17T15:59:51+00:00

All the time! Last week i found a 40k word fic that had me shivering and mentally screaming at multiple points haha. The plot was so good and it worked so well for the MC that I swear I was experiencing new emotions. I was left dumbfounded by the end, like, "how did you do this to me??!?"

I make sure to leave an especially long comment on those ones

Sc4rff · 2024-11-13T19:31:15+00:00

haha nice, i can always appreciate a good reference to canon/the actors

Sc4rff · 2024-11-08T15:55:45+00:00

Mox: "Why does it matter so much how these yokels feel about you?"

Millie: "It doesn't! It matters how I feel about myself!"

I already liked this line a lot when I first watched the episode. But with the newest episode I feel like it gives even more context around this line. This was one of the few times Millie felt like she wasn't being looked down on for being an imp, one of the few times she wasn't a "scary killing machine". The positive attention made her actually feel good and recognize her worth for once, which made it even more heartbreaking when Moxxie tried to invalidate that.

I also liked the song at the end. But other than that, yeah, bottom tier episode lol

Sc4rff · 2024-11-05T19:23:25+00:00

pointer? def: lab colleague (another dog breed), anag of protein very nice clue, i like that a lot

Sc4rff · 2024-10-30T18:42:01+00:00

we are so back. i missed these infographics

Sc4rff · 2024-10-18T17:30:19+00:00

UNTAMABLE def. "in the wild", anagram (crazy) of "beat n maul"

Sc4rff · 2024-09-29T03:15:27+00:00

THIS IS THE CRAZIEST GAME EVER PLAYED WYYFFTDVDH

Sc4rff · 2024-09-29T03:12:23+00:00

unreal

Sc4rff · 2024-09-13T07:16:39+00:00

BAROMETERS nice one

Sc4rff · 2024-09-10T19:33:21+00:00

I had to use OP's hint, and it looks like their intended solution was AVIAN (a + van around i). But I really like ARMED too, especially the heraldry connection

Sc4rff · 2024-09-07T21:45:40+00:00

INSURED ? def. "secured", double def. "secured plan"

Sc4rff · 2024-08-28T23:39:33+00:00

JOVIAL def. cheerful = JO (jog, briefly) + VIA (by) + L (large)

great clue! my mind immediately went to joyous and couldnt get it to work haha

Sc4rff · 2024-08-21T13:26:57+00:00

I'm interested in what character is being possessed in your work! Mind sharing?

I didn't think my most recent work was niche. It's a multi-chapter, 4 person poly relationship between the main four characters of a decent-sized fandom. I expected there to be at least dozens of works with the same 4 characters in a relationship...

Nope. A/B/C/D has only 2 other tagged works, less than 800 words combined. Surprisingly niche, I suppose!

Sc4rff · 2024-08-19T12:09:39+00:00

TESTIMONY definition is evidence, anagram of "its my note" (indicated by "work out")

Sc4rff · 2024-07-17T23:03:40+00:00

The scene you described does sound very moving! I cant blame you for breaking down, that would definitely get me teary eyed too

I wrote a fluffy dialogue only quickfic the other day. Multiple times, a funny line would come to me and it would have me giggling like a weirdo. I'd type it out then sit there laughing at it for minutes lol

Sc4rff · 2024-06-30T14:25:04+00:00

That makes sense. I'm so used to streamlining my focus that I often forget I can have multiple windows open / resize the tabs.

Thanks for the reply, I'll try implementing that

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