Meg Taylor

Maybe not so much for plot - but I like to go on a walk around the neighborhood and find details in the mundane that can help either start a story, ie describing how a character describes a statue), or build upon an idea, ie watching ant piles (inspo for conflict). Sometimes characters will populate themselves into the world as you start to set the scene!

I think said is quite a useful word, because it is such a common tag reader eyes naturally graze over it and look for the character tag. An alternative that I use to 'said' or 'replied' etc. is to associate dialogue with descriptors, especially in characters with nervous ticks. Ex. S shoved his hands in his pockets. "Well, that's not how I would do it."

The stranger reaching out to Sammy like The Creation of Adam, this story is almost a parable. And the rhythm of the sentences, from long and winded prose to choppy quickly processed thoughts. I enjoyed this.

I don't know how to describe it, but this is what it feels like to be on that little-red-android-app, whom shall remain unnamed. Several of these lines made me laugh out loud: "My lips are plumped with filler to perfection. The cleft of my chin matches the arc of my bubble-butt." "Oh run, mortals. Flee. Your god is here; a chiseled man." Fun satire. From Greek Mythology Nerd to a Chiseled Greek God Amongst Morals.