Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language
We are always told to use body language in our writing. Sometimes, it’s easier said than written. I decided to create these cheat sheets to help you show a character’s state of mind. Obviously, a character may exhibit a number of these behaviours. For example, he may be shocked and angry, or shocked and happy. Use these combinations as needed.
by Amanda Patterson
Or send “Restrained?” for a randomly generated number.
1. Locked in the trunk of a car 2. Tied to a chair 3. Chained up to the wall 4. In a cage 5. Behind prison bars 6. In a room with a locked door and barred windows 7. Hand-cuffed to an object of their choice 8. Hand-cuffed to one other person (or each other) 9. Stuck in a hole underground 10. Trapped in an attic 11. Trapped in a tomb or mausoleum 12. Stuck in the back of a police car 13. Stuck in an elevator 14. Locked in a vault 15. Strapped to a table
Wanda: Why won't you just lie down and die with dignity?!
Agatha: I don't do anything with dignity!
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miscellaneous movie quote sentence starters pt. i.
“ you don’t do things, you stage them. “
“ i used to be a lot of different people. none of whom i particularly liked. “
“ man is too small, before the face of nature. “
“ your suffering is over. now you will find peace for eternity. “
“ you’re in danger. we all are. “
“ when i see people together, they don’t talk, not really. they don’t say what they mean. “
“ was i dead? or was i alive? “
“ ____, the only ghost in this house is you. “
“ it’s like in my dreams! i couldn’t ask for anything more! “
“ we can’t. i’m alive… and you are dead. “
“ we fear death because we love life. “
“ i don’t belong in the world. that’s what it is. something separates me from other people. “
“ well, i’m not waiting around for universal happiness which, believe me, will be boring as hell. “
“ i want to be happy now, in my own way. “
“ you’re a girl who follows me like a shadow. “
“ we humans can’t come to terms with death until it’s too late. “
“ it’s strange. i hardly know you, but i’ve spoken to you as i haven’t done with anybody else. “
“ i hardly see who i love. absence preserves friendship. “
“ personally, i like life most when it’s like a novel. “
“ i may be drunk but i’ve still got principles. “
“ death is also a beginning. you start a new game. it’s a really scary game. “
“ i have no memory. it’s like looking into a mirror and seeing nothing but the mirror. “
“ you have brought me here to die? “
“ i want to understand what it feels like to see something that has not yet happened. “
“ why can’t i just go, lose control? “
“ the joys of love; they last, but a short time. the pains of love last all your life. “
“ we come into the world crying. “
“ even when they die, people don’t really go away. “
“ you like me, don’t you? that’s why you don’t want to see me. “
“ love doesn’t vanish, it simply changes its form. “
“ people smile when they tell the truth. “
“ man is such a worthless animal. “
“ since i am a monster… i will be as lovely forever. “
“ i’m alone all the time. everybody betrays me. “
“ you’ll never survive in this world with such a faint heart. “
“ i wouldn’t leave you even if i died. “
“ you have the fangs of a snake and the face of an angel. “
“ do not get into my life. you’d destroy it mercilessly. “
“ you think in such a way because it’s convenient to you. you never tried to understand me. “
“ it’s a grave illness called female delinquency. “
“ i won’t back down. i won’t be defeated by men. “
“ you have a heart for laughter. i have one for tears. “
“ i won’t be your thing! i’m alive! “
“ you’re like death itself. “
“ you’re beyond saving. i don’t care if you burn in hell. “
“ i understand. i can sense you. how can i put it? i felt a power being born with you. “
“ everything means something, i guess. “
“ nothing in the world can separate us. and tonight we’ll live only for each other. “
“ you think that everything can be seen, and touched, and weighed, and measured. you think you’ve discovered reality, but you don’t even know what it is. “
“ i might be happier if i could just die like this. but i’ll go on living. i won’t let hardship defeat me. “
“ i wish i could go somewhere far away. would you go with me? “
“ it’s a harsh world, you know. it’s difficult to follow a righteous path. “
“ we are in the realm of the dead. “
“ we are in the realm of love. “
“ i love you. i love your sickness. “
“ kisses, to forget i’m alive. kisses, to forget you’re dead. “
“ i feel like something bad is gonna happen to me. “
“ i feel like something bad has happened. it hasn’t reached me yet, but it’s on its way. and it’s getting closer. and i don’t feel ready. “
“ i’d like to take the whole world into my arms and kiss it. “
“ you don’t know what i’m like inside. i’m possessed. “
“ in the middle of all that ugliness and darkness, i knew that it is not the only thing in the world. there is also beauty. “
“ killing is supposed to wrap things up… but no matter how many i kill, they just keep coming. there’s no end to it. “
“ when you love someone too much, your love can snuff them out. “
“ god, the smell… what is it? oh… that’s the smell of blood. “
“ i’m hungry. understand? i’m terribly hungry. i’m sorry, ____, but i must appease my hunger. “
“ you hear me. you can hear me. “
“ why can’t anybody hear me? “
“ you could learn a lot from children. they believe in things in the dark until we tell them it’s not so. maybe we’ve been fooling them. “
“ nothing of life can reach us now… no more contact with the living. “
“ don’t act tough. i know you are not. “
“ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. “
“ you can’t ask me to drop everything i’ve been working for and give up all my ambitions, because your plans have changed. be realistic! “
“ they can’t understand that, all those who hunt us down. “
“ if they knew that we’re a dream, they would love and protect us. because, that way, they could dream about us. “
“ sometimes i think a violent force drags me. “
“ stop acting so humane! you’re not even human. “
“ we’re human-eating beasts, that’s what! “
❤: who is more affectionate in public? in private?
♡: who is the bigger romantic openly? secretly?
❥: who is more likely to plan something big for valentine’s day?
ღ: who is more likely to initiate hand-holding in public?
💕: who is more likely to make huge declarations of love in front of other people?
💘: who developed a crush on the other first?
💝: who spends more time (possibly overthinking) what presents to get the other?
💓: who initiates most physical contact?
💌: who is more likely to send cutesy texts to the other?
💟: who spends time reading their zodiac compatibilities?
💙: who is more protective?
💚: who tends to get sick more often? who is better at taking care of the other?
💜: who said “i love you” first? or, if neither has said it yet, who is more likely to say it first?
💛: who believes in soulmates?
♪ I don’t ever fight, just blow a kiss And I got two fists, but I’m a pacifist I’d rather stay high and just take, take, take the hit ♪
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