cloudstation:

That post that’s like “stop writing characters who talk like they’re trying to get a good grade in therapy” really blew the door wide open for me about how common it’s become for a character’s emotional intelligence to not be taken into consideration when writing conflict. I remember the first time I went to therapy I had such a hard time even identifying what I was feeling, let alone had the language to explain it to someone else. Of course there are plenty of people who’ve never been to therapy a day in their life who are in tune to their emotions. But even they would have some trouble expressing themselves sometimes. You have to take into account there are plenty of people who are uncomfortable expressing themselves and people who think they’re not allowed to feel certain ways. It also makes for more interesting conflict to have characters with different levels of understanding.

ranuunculus:

all too common

Wikipedia Entries to Read in the Dark

fortinbrasftw:

5 Wikipedia Entries for When You’re Feeling Possibly Receptive to the Idea That Ghosts Might Exist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchen_Tunnel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moberly-Jourdain_incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenheim_Poltergeist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor’s_Grove_Cemetery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Morgan

5 Wikipedia Articles for When You Want to Take Your “Walking Dead” Costume to The Next Level

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptibility
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Felix-Mentor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_Vampire_Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy

5 Wikipedia Articles for When You Find Yourself Wondering About the Historical Accuracy of ‘Hocus Pocus’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moll_Dyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Sherwood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Talbye_Trial

5 Wikipedia Entries for When You Start to Wonder if Your Pet Knows Something You Don’t

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Wood_Mystery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(therapy_cat)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(ghost)

5 Wikipedia Entries for When You’re a Complete Anglophile, Even on Halloween

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borley_Rectory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Glamis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

5 Wikipedia Articles for When You Decide Your Little Cousin/Nephew/Sister Isn’t Appropriately Scared of Monsters, and You Need to Remedy That ASAP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lick_Monster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melonheads
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

5 Wikipedia Entries for When You Want Something Mystifying to Discuss on GChat All Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Shud_Case?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_pass_accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia

5 Wikipedia Articles for When You Feel The Need to Brush Up on All Things “The Devil,” (As One Does From Time to Time)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil’s_Footprints
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Thunderstorm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Devil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil’s_Chair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil’s_Tramping_Ground

5 Wikipedia Entries For When You Feel The Need to Prove That Women Can Be Heartless Murderers, Too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Báthory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Dyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_bell

5 Wikipedia Articles For When You Find Yourself Scoffing at This List Because You’re Still Not Sufficiently Creeped Out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_of_belmez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis