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Tips to Writing Arguments- Authoring Advice🤬

Arguments. The conversations that contain yelling, screaming, insults, hurting, frustration, and occasionally…humor.

If you are uncertain how to write one, I have a few tips for you.

A Reason:

Perhaps the frustration has been building in one of your characters for days, weeks, and in extreme cases, years. When the emotions build up so does the level of the argument. 

Emotions that has been strengthening for hours compared to minutes will blow up in a more dramatic way.

So there are many reasoning for the argument. Maybe what the discussion is about isn’t actually what the person is upset about. Two characters may be fighting over who ate the last muffin but in reality one of the characters have been feeling left out and has taken their frustration on a muffin.

Maybe the characters simply hate each other and look for any reason to get under the others skin. There are so many reasons and its all determined on your characters.

Serious vs Trivial:

The serious arguments compared to trivial disagreements have much more emotion behind it. There has to be pain, mixed with other emotions creating a complicated mess. 

Most quarrels are minor, (usually not unimportant), but not consequential. Serious arguments can include physical fighting, hateful words, and revealing feelings they have never shared before. But not all significant disagreements are relationship ruining. In fact it can strengthen the bond. 

Trivial- Develops the situation

Serious- Develops the characters

(Note: This isn’t correct all the time. Serious can develop the situation as well as trivial developing the characters)

Development:

I just touched on it but most if not all arguments should be impactful in some way. Minor or Major. 

Maybe it should foreshadow something that’s going to happen or dawns realization on a character. It can destroy or build relationships, or bring the problems up. They can also show the contrasts between characters.

Anyway that’s all I got! Have a FANTASTIC day, and have fun writing!

Well, for Starters...

Amy and Mark had several reservations as they entered the establishment. A tray of champagne glasses bubbling over with resentment glided by them as they were approached by a well dressed man. "We have smoking or non-smoking seething. Which would you prefer?" Mark looked at Amy. "Well her constant smoking is a factor so put us there in smoking. We wanna make a real meal of this." The well dressed man smugly added. "That's our job, Sir. Welcome to Bickerings, known throughout the country for it's fine quizz-ine." "We could have just had this out at home, Mark," Amy sternly said. The couple were being led to their table.  "If we're going to have a proper argument we might as well do it in a five star row-staurant which is what Bickerings is, "Mark retorted. "Let's just try and have some fun here." Amy sighed as she pulled up her seat. Looking around she noticed a number of sobbing couples and a few others completely in silence. "Spend all this money to just sit in silence. That's a good thing?!" Mark didn't reply as he was already perusing the menu.  Amy picked up hers and began to scan it. "Hmm...infidelity is never rare...that's sort of funny..." Mark saw a chance for first blood. "But it can be well done!" Amy glared at him.  "I'm not sure I have the right appetite tonight. Destruction doesn't look all that appealing," Mark was wondering aloud, not really addressing his dinner date. "I'm going to have the salad," Amy flatly said. "I hear they use some of the finest olive vitriol around for it." A waitress walked over to them. "Hi,  my name is Tiffany, Tiff for short. I'll be waiting on you this evening. If you'd care to look at our specials. We have fresh recriminations, chicken bones of contention and of course our famed Fracas bar which is located to my left or if you wish to argue with me, to your right." Mark addressed her. "I know revenge and all that serving cold stuff, but I'd rather it hot. Any suggestions?" "Well, we could bring it out when your conversation is getting more heated or we could have the meat roasted on a spat!" "Hmmm...I don't know," Mark mulled. "I do have a real beef with this woman but I don't want it overdone. Ro-Misery cooking doesn't do it for me. I'll stick with plain revenge. Straight up." Tiff smiled and handed another menu. "The resign list?" Mark took it while Tiff looked at Amy. "Salad was it?" "Yes, with some rude barbs." Tiff corrected her, "Do you mean Rhubarb?" Amy nodded. "Just a pint of Bitter for me then." "And a drink for you Miss?." "Faultless to a tea, thank you." Their first (dis)course were some insults they skewered each other with. Amy was unhappy with the belittle portions but didn't make any more of a scene than the two were already making.  Their main coarse was intense. Mark had to send back his first piece of revenge as it was raw. He settled with the second piece even if it was a little undercooked. Tapping a nearby table he asked. "We got some wounds here, but no salt. Could we trouble you for some of yours?" Over the meal a lot was aired but this was no mere food fight. This was Dinner breaks all. The sort of argument that chews up a couple and then spits them out. They scoffed at one another before they scoffed down some more food.  During a break in the hostilities and as a palate cleanser they decided to engage in perfectly civil chat. Mark laughed."I've heard such good things about this place. It's way nicer that that old dump we'd go for a little bite, I mean fight. What was that placed called?" "Oh yeah Quarrels. I don't know, it had a nice in your face quality. The Anger-biance there was second to none." It wasn't long, though it felt like an eternity like most arguments do, before they had im-gibed enough drink and devoured enough food for thought and were onto their just desserts.  Having had their fill of each other they got up to leave Bickerings and as they were making their way out, Mark noted, "It's a bit steep. But we've had too many disagreements tonight. We won't dispute the bill." Amy replied, "I hear they like when people do that though!" As they neared the door they came across the well dressed man once again. It was clear he was the Haître d' of the place.  "Finest fight we have ever had! Thank you! My compliments and complaints to your staff." The Haître d' just sneered.  "Well, what else would you expect from a 5 Star location such as Bickerings? We're hardly Fast Feud!"

No, nothing is happening. My parents are not fighting. I can't understand what they r saying. No one can hear it from outside. Everything's fine...

Another rant about my friends on the others are.

In my last post I gave them nicknames, I already explained D1, now gonna talk about the other 2.

D2, this person is annoying bc whenever I tell D1 about the 'pfp crisis and with the aesthetics' she always intervenes and says I am over exaggerating and gatekeeping the characters.

And yes I am only bc you don't know them and don't even like the characters. Like D1 doesn't even know or hates the characters so that what makes me angry when she uses them.

Also I hate talking on the gc whenever I want to state my opinion on something bc D2 always defends D1 and vice versa whenever I have different opinions with them. This is why I hate talking there bc no one has the same preferences or opinions as me and if I don't like something they do, it ends up in an argument which is like a 2 vs 1.

Now with C, I have nothing to rant about her bc she's actually nice but she doesn't talk on the gc a lot so I always have to defend myself.

Back to D2, last week, I said I am sad that the live action of snow White is coming on my birthday and she was like I can't hate a movie that didn't come out. And I was like I am still gonna do that. And then it went to an argument of the main actress playing snow White and omg she kept defending her to me when I said I just don't like her.

Then I commented to them, the snow White dress they were using in the live action looked ugly, D1 got involved and started bashing me about the dress.

And was arguing about the dress to me and was like 'omg you don't like snow whites dress' and I was explaining to her that I don't like the one they used for the live action.

This is why I hate speaking in the gc with my opinion on anything like the holiday truly sucks and I ain't even looking forward with school bc most of the arguments has been happening on the gc

If you read about my rant about D1 and her using my favorite characters as aesthetics with her pfp. Majority of the images she gets from Pinterest and this is weirding me out that most of the pictures she used (I think all) for her pfp were on my Pinterest boards.

Like nearly all of them, she doesn't have any Pinterest boards with Mari / pinkie pie/ madoka/ Fluttershy/ my melody. Like the exact same pictures are on mine.

This is just weird

I finally made a motion graphics version of my thing. It’s alive! It’s also terribly compressed, but eh. I can still say I did a thing in After Effects!

This was a pain to make, though. Predominantly because of file sizes. However, feel free to use it for whenever you’re in an internet argument (although you are automatically losing by virtue of the fact that you are in an internet argument. Never forget that.)