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how can i make my characters empathetic?

Hey there, anon! Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. I have two different ways to answer this: how to make your characters be empathetic and how to make people empathetic towards your characters.

HOW TO MAKE CHARACTERS BE EMPATHETIC 

This one is pretty self-spoken for. There is really only one way that I know of to make a character to be empathetic and it’s to put them in a situation that the character feels sympathy for another or have them care about something and to, eventually, share the feelings of the other character.

This could be just about anything - get creative with it! For example, have someone be treated unjustly, someone be thrust into grief or danger, facing an inner struggle, etc.

HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE EMPATHETIC TOWARDS CHARACTERS

This is actually pretty easy and you can also just repeat the above tips and tricks if you’d like!

However, different examples - and remember to get creative with it - are having your character display a valuable trait (though this is typically more rewarding if done a little before they make a choice that has a negative impact).

In addition, people love to watch real talent. Have your character be particularly good at something but don’t just tell how good someone is with a knife; show us. Show us how long it took, how many hours of pain and getting injured they had to withstand. Show them caring for their knives as if they were children. Show not tell is a very important part here.

Have them wish for a universal change or show them caring for people. For example, wishing for world hunger to go away and helping starving people go hand in hand together. Wishing for equality and going to rallies for pride, black lives matter, etc, go hand in hand. 

Give them something unique about them. Something that will make the reader grow some sort of attachment to them. 

I hope this helped, anon, and if you have any additional questions, please come ask! Happy writings! x

- Mod Lilly

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Singing Strategies - Master The way to Sing

Listen to a broad selection of singers - the extra singing designs you hear the improved for you personally.

The majority of us love to sing, or at the least hum, while in the privacy of our residences and in no way consider essentially producing our singing talents any further than that. ‘Real’ singing is one thing reserved for the professionals. Should you have been hampered by this small gem of an excuse, chuck it away, far away and be hampered no far more. Singing is often a point of pleasure, something that lightens up the soul and you also shouldn’t let qualified considerations interfere with matters on the soul. In short, do not let any individual tell you it’s beyond you. Correct, a lot of people are born with an innately extraordinary voice, nevertheless it is feasible also to develop a reasonably great singing voice via proper vocal coaching. Keep in mind even though that you can build your voice only as far as your all-natural abilities permit, and you can - and should - sound only like oneself. Under no circumstances try out to sound like any on the established singers, on the other hand much you admire them. Produce your individual exceptional style. There is small point in placing all of your coaching efforts into getting to be an ersatz item.

There are different vocal teaching strategies, based around the kind of music you’d like to discover - classical, pop or anything else - and based as well on the singing instructor or vocal coach you chose. Owning the correct teacher makes an enormous big difference in your vocal teaching improvement, so it truly is essential to choose 1 with care. Preferably, obtain a vocal instructor who is well-established while in the music area and features a good numerous years of teaching experience. Search for a sympathetic, generous character too - you ought to delight in the procedure of singing, not build a dread about it from an over-critical, impatient instructor. Speak for the other students to discover about their practical experience and viewpoint around the singing classes. For those who have a really busy schedule and cannot discover time for you to commute to a vocal coaching studio, you are able to take singing lessons online. There are numerous websites that offer lessons, reside or otherwise, by way of a variety of interactive media. 

When you begin your vocal lessons, allow by yourself be guided by your instructor on the correct breathing and singing tactics. Should you be going the online route, you may communicate with the instructor above the net and get their feedback on your efficiency. You must also listen to a broad variety of singers - if you’re undergoing classical vocal coaching, do not turn your nose up at pop, folk, reggae, rap, hip-hop and so forth, and vice versa; the extra singing designs you hear the better for you personally - and, don’t forget, practice, practice and practice. It is the only strategy to Carnegie Hall (or Broadway, for that matter), as the hoary joke goes. 

Here really are a couple of singing strategies which will assist you sing greater:

Start your singing session by practicing your warm-up vocal workout routines. These will support totally free your vocal cords and you also will be capable to sing substantially much better therefore.

If you are singing standing up, make sure you preserve a great posture. Possessing the correct entire body posture will improve your capability to sing nicely.

When you’re just commencing out with singing lessons, don’t over-strain your voice. It’s critical to strengthen your vocal cords, so in the beginning continue to keep your practice sessions short, not over 20 minutes daily, then you’ll be able to increase these steadily. 

If you are brief on self-confidence throughout a teaching session - it transpires to all of us sooner or later or the other - sing your most preferred song very first to break the ice after which tackle the others. You can find these somewhat easier then.

When finding out to sing from the right pitch, make sure to put in an equal work in creating your emotive variety. The motive great singers, like Pavarotti by way of example, are fantastic is simply because, aside from a great vocal array, they’ve the ability to connect on an emotional degree with their audience. To accomplish this, try out to relate towards the song lyrics. To do that, know the lyrics nicely firstly. Should you do not know what the words are or, worse, what they signify, how on earth have you been going to convey their that means?

Skincare tips + some myth busting (acne edition) -pt1.

These are not your usual “drink water, moisturize, get plenty of sleep” shit. These are real stuff that worked for me, and they could work for you too. Keep in mind that everyone is different tho. Ur skin might not react as well as mine did.

1. It does not matter which cleanser you use

As long as it doesn’t irritate you and isn’t overly drying, it ok. Don’t bother investing in cleansers with active substances such as benzoyl peroxide or glycolic/salicylic acid, cleanesers simply do not sit on your skin for long enough for those to work. Save that money.

2. You don’t really have to change your pillowcase everyday, ya kno.

Acne bacteria are anaerobic. They won’t survive on your pillowcase anyway. Same goes for your pijamas, bra etc. if you have back acne.

3. Speaking of back acne, wear cotton and try not to carry too heavy rucksacks.

And for the love of god, don’t wear synthetic clothes AND carry heavy luggage at the same time. Will irritate you af. Synthetics do not absorb sweat so it just accumulates on your skin the whole day. Icky.

4. EXFOLIATION

But not the mechanical kind. Damages skin. Get yourself a good enzyme or acid peel, or a cream that contains them. Makes your skin so soft and nice and really helps with getting rid of blackheads and preventing blocked pores. As a bonus, gets rid of flaky skin, if you have it. There are many kinds of acids used for chemical exfoliation, mainly categorized as alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids. They say alphas are gentler, and therefore better for sensitive skin, but also less effective for acne. I’ve tried and liked both, since I don’t have sensitive skin. Both worked for me. Do some research on this to find the best acid to use on your skin. Very important: exfoliate at night and use sunscreens!!! Exfoliating substances make your skin more sensitive to sunlight!

4. Invest in a chemical peel.

Get it performed by a dermatologist. For me, doing it once a month for three or four months saved my skin FOREVER.

5. Ditch lemon on your face…

…and apple cider vinegar. And baking soda. And sugar scrubs. And olive oil. The first two are too acidic. Baking soda is too basic. Sugar scrubs are too abrasive. Olive oil’s chemical composture isn’t suitable for acne prone skin (too much oleic acid. Ur oily skin already has enough of it. Search for oils high in linoleic acid if you want to use oils as moisturizers). Raw honey is good, apparently. Cinnamon and turmeric too. Stay vary with turmeric because according to some studies it makes skin more sensitive to sunlight.

6. You don’t really have to use toner. Invest in some hyaluronic acid serum if you want a middle step between cleansing and moisturizing.

Hyaluronic acid is an amazing humectant, and makes skin sooo well hydrated. I prefer to first apply hyaluronic to hydrate and then seal that water in with some oil-based moisturizer. That + regular exfoliation = soft skin!!!!

7. Retinoids

I used Differin on my back and it cleared me up sooo well and also got rid of my hyperkeratosis pilaris. I had quite bad bacne, and after three months they are pretty much gone. Unfortunately I’m still waiting for post-inflammatory erithema (red marks) to fade buuuut hey, I have no more acne! You should also probably go to your dermatologists to get more information on which retionid you need. Don'tforget to wear sunscreen while you’re on it. Also: you don’t have to exfoliate while on retinoid. You can, if your skin is not sensitive, but it’s not particularly necessery.

8. Topical antioxidants

Literally the most important and least known thing on this list. Lemme get a bit scienc-y.

All acne begin their journey as blocked pores. Blocked pores are those white, bumpy, skin-colored little shits below the skin surface. The most important thing you can do to prevent your acne is to prevent blocked pores. Pores are blocked as a result of sebum oxidation and consequent formation of squalene peroxide, the most comedogenic substance on earth. Bam. You have clogged pore, the perfect breeding ground for acne bacteria, which then triggers inflammatory response by your body and you get a red zit.

But this red zit would’ve never happened if your sebum never oxidized. Substances that prevent oxidation are - you guess it - antioxidants. So get yourself a good product with vitamin c, vitamin e, niacin(b3), or green tea (green tea is especially good, because it also reduces sebum output. It’s not enough to just place teabag on your skin, it wil just sit on your skin and won’t penetrate. Buy a cream). This is where you splurge, ladies. Antioxidants are also good as an anti-aging agent and serve as a protection from envirotmental pollution. Pays to invest in them.

Bonus tip

Sudocrem + tea tree oil = spot treatment!!!

Ok so this is it for now. I hope some of you will find this advice useful. I wanted to include diet/supplement tips in this post too but since this text turned out to be hella long I decided to leave it for another time. Stay happy pals!