I don't believe there's a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month. - Firefly The post S41E8 – Writing Emotions: Happiness appeared first on Writing Roots.

"That was before I'd met him. Back when he was captain of the Black Pearl." "What? He failed to mention that." "He plays things closer to the vest now. And a hard-learned lesson it was. See, three days out on the venture, the first mate comes to him and says everything's an equal share. That should mean the location of the treasure, too. So, Jack gives up the bearings. That night, there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die, but not before he'd gone mad with the heat." - Pirates of the Caribbean The post S41 Bonus – Playing it Close to the Chest appeared first on Writing Roots.

“You still blush too easily when confronted,” Jasnah noted. “I’m sorry.” “And apologize too easily as well.” “I’m… uh, indignant?” - The Stormlight Archive The post S41E7 – Writing Emotions: Guilty and Apologetic appeared first on Writing Roots.

I’m being extremely clever up here, and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed. What’s the point in having you all? - Doctor Who The post S41E6 – Writing Emotions: Smugness appeared first on Writing Roots.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you. - Taken The post S41E5 – Writing Emotion: Vengeance appeared first on Writing Roots.

Westley: To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose. Prince Humperdinck: And then my tongue I suppose, I killed you too quickly the last time. A mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight. Westley: I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right. Prince Humperdinck: And then my ears, I understand let's get on with it. Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain means." It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever. - The Princess Bride The post S41E4 – Writing Emotions: Physical Pain appeared first on Writing Roots.

Nobody knows what a boggart looks like when he is alone, but when I let him out, he will immediately become whatever each of us most fears. This means that we have a huge advantage over the boggart before we begin. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The post S41E3 – Writing Emotions: Terror and Horror appeared first on Writing Roots.

Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do. - C.S. Lewis; The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe The post S41E2 – Writing Emotions: Courage appeared first on Writing Roots.

The wealth of this world isn’t in the ground, it’s all around us. The Na’vi know that and they are fighting to defend it. If you want to share this world with them, you need to understand them. - Avatar The post S41E1 – Writing Emotions: Reverence appeared first on Writing Roots.

Launching a new book is kind of scary; you spend such a long time alone with your characters, and then, in one sudden moment, they’re running wild into the hands of strangers. - Nanette L. Avery The post S40E8 – The Post-Launch Mindset appeared first on Writing Roots.

Question any thinking person as to why he 'never reads novels', and you will usually find that, at bottom, it is because of the disgusting tripe that is written by the blurb-reviewers. - George Orwell The post S40 Bonus – Crafting a Book Blurb with Jessie of Book Blurb Magic appeared first on Writing Roots.

There’s a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. - Vince Flynn The post S40E7 – The Pre-Launch Mindset appeared first on Writing Roots.

We all try to do the best we can. We will never please everyone. All we can do is try to write with empathy and honesty. And listen to the people around us, acknowledge mistakes we make, and keep trying to improve. - Anindita B. Sempere The post S40E6 – Why to Get a Sensitivity Reader appeared first on Writing Roots.

No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills, and strengths and make the world sit up and take notice. - Rob Liano The post S40E5 – Writing an Author Bio appeared first on Writing Roots.

I'm always pretending that I'm sitting across from someone telling them a story and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished. - James Patterson The post S40E4 – Meeting Target Word Counts appeared first on Writing Roots.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page. - Sidney Sheldon The post S40E3 – What Makes a Good Chapter appeared first on Writing Roots.

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. - Chuck Klosterman The post S40E2 – Finding Motivation to Edit appeared first on Writing Roots.

I edit my own stories to death. They eventually run and hide from me. - Jeanne Voelker The post S40E1 – Accepting Imperfection appeared first on Writing Roots.

Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky. - Andrew Bird The post S39E9 – Using Subtext in Dialogue appeared first on Writing Roots.

"[The sorting hat] only put me in Gryffindor," said Harry in a defeated voice, "because I asked not to go in Slytherin…" "Exactly," said Dumbledore, beaming once more. "Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - JK Rowling The post S39 Bonus – Giving Your Characters Choices appeared first on Writing Roots.