: Re: Looking for a better word than "Yikes" I'm trying to find the right word to use in a (serious) comic I'm writing. The character is an eighteen year old American girl, talking to some older

From the context this person is entering without knocking or intentionally playing a joke? In this case she is startled. For that I like these: Eeep! Ooph!, Fuuhh!

For something truly frightening (like something actually scary like her brother with a bloody mask on): maybe turn the word sheâ€™s saying into a sound [â€œIâ€™m juuUUUEEEAAAHHH!!],

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: Re: Looking for a better word than "Yikes" I'm trying to find the right word to use in a (serious) comic I'm writing. The character is an eighteen year old American girl, talking to some older

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: The seller or the trader I'm having difficulty choosing the seller or the trader when describing a character. He is selling things at a flea market and I personally prefer the seller, the sound

: How can you show a character trembling without telling the reader I'm trying to write this scene where the character is trembling but it's unrealistically. "My heart was pounding beneath my chest.

: Alternative to "it is commonly said" I have a sentence I am trying to write that just doesn't feel right. It currently reads "It is commonly said that X, but the truth is that Y." The second

: How do you translate intentional language errors? I am watching and translating TV shows to practice certain languages. I was watching a tv show where the main character speaks English but occassionally

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