@allisonwyss

I use the characters themselves to convey this: their literal voices (loud, low, etc.), their personalities (reserved, goofy, style of humor, etc.), their body language, & this last one especially—the dynamic of the interaction between characters; e.g., how A & B say & hear vs B & D. I have a keen sense of how my people look, sound, & move. Inflection isn't necessarily easy but it flows directly from this.

#WritingCommunity #Writing #WritingConversations #Subtext #Inflection

Something must have been off with my connection the past few days--I thought everybody hated my question--but it turned out I just couldn't see the replies. Hope I'm not too late now that I see them!

#WritingCommunity #Writing #WritingConversations #Subtext #Inflection

In my subtext class, we talk about inflection--how meaning changes based on _how_ words are said. This seems pretty obvious & I think about how we do it in real life & how actors do it. But then there's a moment of--wait!--how do we make inflection felt in writing?

So: Just describing it, of course. Emphasis through rhythm & punctuation choices. Gesture. What else?

How do you play with inflection in your dialogue?

#WritingCommunity #Writing #WritingConversations #Subtext #Inflection

My online summer classes--two live, one asynchronous--in case you know anyone interested! (They'll be good. I'll make sure of it.)

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingCraft #FlashFiction #Flash #Subtext #MagicalObjects

Dieses Mal gibt es eine volle Packung im @tabulaludo.podcast . Wir haben gleich drei Spiele für Euch. Das Partyspiel #subtext und das Solo-Spiel #zitrushain bekommen ihre Erstbewertung zum Deduktionsspiel #rearwindow haben wir ein Update nach einer zweiten Spielerfahrung

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UUj8V8eG8aDwFFEmPY9LK?si=g-xVvf3uTlaqpZJSoUDEzg

Von und mit @Fizzblizz und @mad_jump

@pegasusspiele @boardgamecircus @funkogames
#brettspiele #brettspielsüchtig #brettspielliebe #boardgames

Unsere Spiele im Januar
@mad_jump
@fizzblizz
#samarkandbazaar
#subtext
#rearwindow
#dungeonsdiceanddanger
#echoesdievioline
#diesiedlervoncatan
#escapegameadventure (ohne Bild)
#skyjo
#tickettorideamsterdam
#tickettoridesanfrancisco
#tickettorideeuropa
#twilightstruggle
#eastindiacompanies
#7wonderduel
#7wonderduelagora
#livingforest

So, like, we can all agree that #RedDeadRedemption is a story advocating for liberalism, right? There are a WORRYING amount of people who hold it up as a bastion of conservative values. Methinks many people have missed the point...

#VideoGames #Progressive #Subtext

This time I wrote about Megan Gidding's The Women Could Fly and a moment that is small but truly thrilling. It's about subtext and landscape and a weirding of the way energy flows within a passage.

Also, the book is magnificent.

https://bit.ly/WomenFlyLandscapeReflect

#WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon #Bookstodon #ReadingLikeAWriter #Landscape #Reflection #Subtext #Magic #Writing #TheLoft #TheWomenCouldFly

- to say nothing of how, still in drag, sherlock and watson get into a fight in tight quarters, where they're literally wrestling on top of each other atop a train seat and, at one point, watson is straddled by sherlock from underneath as he literally rips sherlock's shirt off, baring RDJ's naked chest
- there's even a shot where watson's head is caught between sherlock's knees 😏

like i said, no complaints. 😄

3/3

#lgbtq #movies #quiltbag #subtext

o, homoerotic #subtext; lemme count the ways:
- sherlock's obvious jealousy that watson's getting married, literally barging into john & mary's honeymoon
- sherlock in drag and then, later, requesting that john lay with him (to avoid gunfire, sure, but come on)
- sherlock and john literally waltzing together
- sherlock asking john if adventures with him are better than honeymooning with his new wife would've been
2/2

#movies #lgbtq #quiltbag

@allisonwyss

No.

#SUBTEXT 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 #POWER

How much of Black literature are you aware of? Have you read any novel by Toni Morrison?

Subtext is a weapon that white people have no first clue how to operate.

And this is really important:

It also means that writers of privilege can get away with using more subtext (and fewer explicit explanations) because there's a cultural expectation that readers with less privilege will do (or have already done) extra work to understand that privileged writer's culture.

#WrtingCommunity #Subtext

I think a lot about how subtext is a double-edged sword.

It asks the reader to invest more fully in the story and when the reader is able to do so, it creates an incredibly rich experience. A relationship between reader and story forms. It's more alive and more immersive.

But subtext is also exclusionary to any reader who doesn't have the particular cultural experience that the subtext relies on.

#WritingCommunity #WritingCraft #Subtext

Everyone keeps saying to tag your posts and to add subtext to images- I really want to do it but I'll be damned if there's any hint of how to do so. Anyone have a guide out there somewhere?

#help #subtext #howdoImastadon

A colleague had to cancel a long-ish meeting today and was very apologetic. Instead of flinging my arms around them and thanking them with tears in my eyes, I just said we could try again in January #subtext #joy #work

DM/GM phrases that bring the panic:

“What’s your hit point max?
“What’s your AC?”
“… as far as you can tell.”
“We’re still in initiative. No, you can’t see any more enemies.”
[says nothing, but rolls dice]

What other good ones have I missed?
#PlayerPanic #dnd #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #gaming #subtext #gaming

Did a #script consult for an early-career #playwright looking to go to #graduate school to study the craft.

Something I tried to hone in on was the removal of #subtext within his text. It got me thinking about how often I let my own characters speak what they're thinking. Perhaps it's better to write your characters with their subtext and then to cut it out?

As my first script consult, I only ask myself: am I doing all of this wrong?
#playwriting #dramaturgy

Yae Miko and Layla being together constantly in second act, "playing with fungi together," the subtext is just bursting at the seams, this couple is so very gay. Layla's gay panic when they met, Miko just outright saying she was interested in Layla...it's the most textual lesbian subtext yet. So gay ❤️ #GenshinImpact #subtext #lesbians

Me: Wot?
Them: Read between the lines!
Me: 1½ point lead.

#letterpress #typography #subtext

17.34: Developing Subtext https://writingexcuses.com/2022/08/21/17-34-developing-subtext/ #High-ContextCulture #TheoryandTechnique #Low-ContextCulture #MasterClass #Season17 #Context #Subtext #Dialog