[Writing Meme] 2 Answers, 1 Night
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dmjewelleSince I am working tomorrow night I shan't be around to do this meme, so tonight you get some extra reading! Aren't you excited!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
Age: I've noticed my characters seldom fall below 15 years old, but there is this one character in the dragonverse who doesn't have a name or a set design but is the major motivation for everyone else's actions (does that even count as a character). She's a half-dragon of maybe 4, and the last child of Emperor Erinyes (the pioneer of Dragon crossbreeding) out of over a hundred Dragonkin (he had a massive fear he wouldn't have any heirs) and after everyone had this huge fight (political and otherwise) for the throne, the little kid became empress with some help but being human-dragon, she probably didn't live to see her 5th birthday anyway. Oh those crafty dragons. If we're talking about named characters, I can only think of Alannis Valeth - sure she's a 16-year-old reaper working for the Moirae, but her actual age is only a few months old.
The oldest character is easier; anybody who resides in the afterlife is definitely hundreds of thousands of years old. The Moirae I mentioned earlier were sent to ensure God's world was in order, and they precede our physical time AND thrones don't count unless they're sentient so that's as old as it gets.
Creation: Barring the craptacular sailor senshi/friend-based characters I made in my youth and the character which is now my namesake and avatar, the oldest creation would go to the characters in PseudoFF7Verse. The main characters comprise of:
- The Heroine: An amnesiac lance-wielding rebel with a hero complex.
- The Wraith: An amnesiac emotionless green-haired girl who's good at magic.
- The Martial Artist: A country girl working for the evil corp but has no amnesia!
- The Mechanic: A depressive guy whose right arm is a mutatable weapon a la Clover who has holes in his memory.
- The Unaged: An amnesiac conscript found in a nuclear wasteland with mysterious powers.
- The Silver-Haired Girl™: Even more mysterious than the last guy!
They do have names, but I kinda think they're awful now so I'm trying to redesign them...AGAIN. Did you know it's terribly fun to revisit your old charas and see how much you've changed? Try it! :D
The youngest creation would be a youth named Otogi Perlman. Yeah it's a strange name but for a young man who doesn't want to be forgotten and goes about changing that in extreme ways. The name first invaded my head after GOING FOR DIRU KYO YOU PROPHET YOU and the story has been twisting and folding around ever since. I would most certainly like to write this for Nano this year, if anything. Hint, hint.
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6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
I picture myself on a Saturday morning curled up in a comfy chair at Coffee Bean with a cute little netbook, the scrollbar constantly shrinking from the stream of words flowing forth from my fingertips, my headphones drowning out the outside world. Occasionally I will sip my latte and a cute bespectacled guy (maybe with floppy brown hair) across the room will give curious, furtive glances at this cutely mysterious geeky girl whom he has been watching for the past 2 hours but I won't notice until he pulls up a chair and strikes a conversation and so begins a budding romance through love of the written word!
However, reality is this:
- My secondhand notebook is old and huge and can't stay unplugged for more than an hour. Less if I listen to music or turn up the brightness SO I CAN SEE WHAT I WRITE.
- My bed is too damn far from the nearest plug point, so I use my notebook in front of my PC.
- I don't drink latte and tea bags shouldn't cost that much. Also I drink like a camel.
- I am also too cheap to get a cute netbook or headphones.
- I have lousy attention span so I will spend the evening surfing the net and TELLING people I am APPARENTLY writing.
- Words flow better when I hold a pen. Sadly my hand will also hurt writing that much, and word counts are a pain if I'm doing NaNo that way.
- I work every Saturday morning, and it is easier to conquer a country than apply for leave.
- By the time I hit my writing stride, it is TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING.
Feel free to discern my answer from all this~
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1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
Age: I've noticed my characters seldom fall below 15 years old, but there is this one character in the dragonverse who doesn't have a name or a set design but is the major motivation for everyone else's actions (does that even count as a character). She's a half-dragon of maybe 4, and the last child of Emperor Erinyes (the pioneer of Dragon crossbreeding) out of over a hundred Dragonkin (he had a massive fear he wouldn't have any heirs) and after everyone had this huge fight (political and otherwise) for the throne, the little kid became empress with some help but being human-dragon, she probably didn't live to see her 5th birthday anyway. Oh those crafty dragons. If we're talking about named characters, I can only think of Alannis Valeth - sure she's a 16-year-old reaper working for the Moirae, but her actual age is only a few months old.
The oldest character is easier; anybody who resides in the afterlife is definitely hundreds of thousands of years old. The Moirae I mentioned earlier were sent to ensure God's world was in order, and they precede our physical time AND thrones don't count unless they're sentient so that's as old as it gets.
Creation: Barring the craptacular sailor senshi/friend-based characters I made in my youth and the character which is now my namesake and avatar, the oldest creation would go to the characters in PseudoFF7Verse. The main characters comprise of:
- The Heroine: An amnesiac lance-wielding rebel with a hero complex.
- The Wraith: An amnesiac emotionless green-haired girl who's good at magic.
- The Martial Artist: A country girl working for the evil corp but has no amnesia!
- The Mechanic: A depressive guy whose right arm is a mutatable weapon a la Clover who has holes in his memory.
- The Unaged: An amnesiac conscript found in a nuclear wasteland with mysterious powers.
- The Silver-Haired Girl™: Even more mysterious than the last guy!
They do have names, but I kinda think they're awful now so I'm trying to redesign them...AGAIN. Did you know it's terribly fun to revisit your old charas and see how much you've changed? Try it! :D
The youngest creation would be a youth named Otogi Perlman. Yeah it's a strange name but for a young man who doesn't want to be forgotten and goes about changing that in extreme ways. The name first invaded my head after GOING FOR DIRU KYO YOU PROPHET YOU and the story has been twisting and folding around ever since. I would most certainly like to write this for Nano this year, if anything. Hint, hint.
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6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
I picture myself on a Saturday morning curled up in a comfy chair at Coffee Bean with a cute little netbook, the scrollbar constantly shrinking from the stream of words flowing forth from my fingertips, my headphones drowning out the outside world. Occasionally I will sip my latte and a cute bespectacled guy (maybe with floppy brown hair) across the room will give curious, furtive glances at this cutely mysterious geeky girl whom he has been watching for the past 2 hours but I won't notice until he pulls up a chair and strikes a conversation and so begins a budding romance through love of the written word!
However, reality is this:
- My secondhand notebook is old and huge and can't stay unplugged for more than an hour. Less if I listen to music or turn up the brightness SO I CAN SEE WHAT I WRITE.
- My bed is too damn far from the nearest plug point, so I use my notebook in front of my PC.
- I don't drink latte and tea bags shouldn't cost that much. Also I drink like a camel.
- I am also too cheap to get a cute netbook or headphones.
- I have lousy attention span so I will spend the evening surfing the net and TELLING people I am APPARENTLY writing.
- Words flow better when I hold a pen. Sadly my hand will also hurt writing that much, and word counts are a pain if I'm doing NaNo that way.
- I work every Saturday morning, and it is easier to conquer a country than apply for leave.
- By the time I hit my writing stride, it is TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING.
Feel free to discern my answer from all this~
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2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
