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“Wow,” she mocks. “You’re a real prince amongst mortals, there, Zaxton.” She snorts. “What kind of name is Zaxton anyway? Paxton, Jaxson, Saxton even, but I’ve never heard of a Zaxton.”
Tip: if you give your MC a ridiculous name, it may be wise to avoid scenes where characters point out how silly the name actually is.
“I’m not,” I state emphatically. “I graduated top of my class from FIT (Fashion Institute of Design) with a degree in fashion design. I want to be a designer.”
I love the thought of someone using the abbreviation for their school (presumably well known in their field) and then immediately verbalizing the whole name of the school. Absolutely how humans talk.
“Don’t. I’m a fucking asshole.” He grabs my chair and spins me around to face the mirror and the pre-loaded trays of makeup and hair-styling equipment. I’m also greeted by two women, one small and curvy with short fire engine red hair and the other average height with pin-straight brown shoulder-length hair and heavy bangs. “These goddesses are two members of our in-house style team. Sonia (the redhead) does makeup and Eloise (the brunette) does hair. Ladies, this is Lia—”
Yes, this is how I routinely introduce people, by verbally noting their hair color. Other people might use a hand gesture or give directional clues like "on the left" or they may give a space to allow the person being introduced to say "hi" or raise their hand, but Zaxton has found what is certainly the most normal way to do this.
Central Square was the perfect mix of boy band pop and fierce rock band.
Authors will just get out there and describe some new made up type of music and then not explain anything about how it supposedly works.
You know the worst part of attraction? It’s how insidious it can be. How Machiavellian when it infiltrates.
If someone said this in front of me, I would offer them $100 if they could explain how attraction is actually Machiavellian.
