Writing Healthy Relationships

Writing Healthy Relationships

By thecaffeinebookwarrior, in How to Write a (Healthy) Relationship: An Illustrated Guide

So ask yourself these questions:

Do your characters have any shared interests or hobbies?

Do they actively take interest in their partners’ hobbies?

Do they crack each other up, tell each other jokes?  Exchange playful jibes that aren’t pointed or hurtful?

Do they do the above more than they fight and bicker?

Would both your characters feel comfortable with their partner seeing them at their most comfortable (e.g. stuffing their faces with Nutella and watching bad reality shows)?

If so, would they join in?

If one partner feels hurt, neglected, or insecure, will the other partner take notice and attempt to comfort and reassure them?

Can they confide in each other?

Do they share the same goals, desires, and core values?

Vocab dump: some Norwegian words/phrases I’ve picked up lately

jeg er hjertens enig - I wholeheartedly agree

en ond sirkel - a vicious cycle (lit. an evil circle)

å duge til - to be good for/to become of («Hvis han ikke snart får bedre karakterer, kan det være det er alt han duger til» - “If he doesn’t get better grades soon, that may be all he’ll be good for.”)

en herregård - a manor

i fullt firsprang - at full pelt

dødens kjedelig - deathly boring

molefonken - downhearted

å få tennene å løpe i vann - to make one’s mouth water (lit. to make the teeth run in water)

en ulykkesfugl - a person with terrible luck

å lirke - to pry

et brøkdels sekund - a fraction of a second

sprutrødt - bright red

en/ei trommehinne - an eardrum

plettfri - immaculate

sitt vanlige jeg - his/her/their/one’s normal self

innbilsk - conceited

en/ei agurksak - news of little to no importance that somehow manages to get media coverage (typically because it’s been a slow news week) (lit. a cucumber case)

Please correct me if I’ve made any mistakes!

You are allowed to write a better world than you see.

Write soft academia. Write loyal friends. Write healthy relationships. Write good parents. Write siblings who get along.

You can have a plot even when your characters love each other. You can have tension even when people are kind.

Normalize smacking down needlessly shitty people.

Places to read stuff in Norwegian!

Klar tale -> Simply written news articles designed to help people still learning Norwegian

NRK.no -> The national broadcaster, they have a wide variety of articles both on current affairs and topic pieces

Dagbladet.no -> A Norwegian newspaper, as far as u could tell they didn't ask you to subscribe

Forsking.no -> All sorts or articles about all fields of science. These are really interesting and will help you find specialist vocabulary.

Historie.no -> Articles about history, also very interesting

jus24.no -> I came across this one but don't actually read it that much, but it's about legal happenings.

Store Norske Leksikon -> A bit like Wikipedia in a way, lots of articles about things both do with Norway and things not to do with Norway. (How the hell do explain this)

Wikipedia -> I've talked about this one before but I'll never stop recommending it. You can find anything here and it's brilliant for both practicing reading by reading something your familiar with, and for learning new vocabulary.

A collection of notes I’ve made whilst studying Norwegian 🇳🇴