"I was born with a reading list I will never finish."Maud Casey
Chats & Quotes
Funny, mémorable, or poignant exchanges between characters, and quotes or one-liners from books, movies or series.
Stretched out
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Don’t Trust Blondes
"She tricked us, so she can use it to keep tracking down her damn sister! I should have known better than to trust blondes by now."Regina Mills (Lana Parrilla) in OUAT (S4E10)
Faith: Regina and Snow
[After Elsa leaves with the necklace that could have saved the town] Regina: Time for a hope is speech, virtue is a blind faith. Snow: It seems Elsa's blind faith is what's screwing us right now. Regina: coming from you it's terrifying.
Backstory, Influence, and Assumptions
"Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues to influence the character’s worldview, attitudes, decisions, and actions."Larry Brooks
Nick and Hank on Kipling
Nick: Guess who signed this one Hank: Who? Nick: Rudyard Kipling Hank: Rudyard Kipling. Jungle book Rudyard Kipling? He was a Grimm? Nick: Apparently his sword was as mighty as his pen.
Roots
"You brought roots to a sword fight."Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) in Sleepy Hollow
Doublecross them
Laying Pipe
"Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe."John Gregory Dunne
When Elsa finds Anna’s necklace
Elsa: It's a sign Emma, a sign we're gonna win. Regina: [sighs] is everyone into this "hope" thing now.
Worn Out Spines 