30 Writing Meme~ Taken from Morri! :3
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shamanicshayminDay One: Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
I'm working on Matryoshka,a novel I broke 50k with last NaNoWriMo. It's very hard for me to come up with a good or original plot, but I really like what I'm doing with this one. It's inspired by an indie freeware game called Eversion, in which a paranoid and solitary woman saves a mysterious man and discovers there are alternate realities to her own world. The deeper she goes, the more horrific reality is distorted, but it is the only way she could stop an eldrich abomination and seperate the dimensions from merging... why yes, this does get Lovecraftian. :3 I'm not sure how I would peg this. Fantasy? Supernatural? Either way, it's dark, and it's got horror elements of the disturbingly abstract kind. Will there be blood? Sure. But it's more about the mindfuck and freaky imagery than anything else. It's a good thing our protagonist is tough! Traumatized, but tough. I never said it'd be easy! :P
Fanficwise, I'm super excited about a sequel to Rise of Darkrai I'm writing called Spiritomb's Awakening (nickednamed PokeNikki). Heavily inspired by Yume Nikki and other unsettling psychological horror such as I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, it's also being made into a companion fangame on RPGMaker. An Odd Keystone is discovered and it unleashes a Spiritomb with Wonder Guard. When Wondertomb traps Alamos Town in a reign of terror, Tonio is knocked out while trying to find the solution to stopping Spiritomb. Alice begs Darkrai to allow her into Tonio's subconcious to look for him (later Alberto catches up with her). As they enter a phantasmagorific landscape of dreams and horrors, Darkrai has a limited time to protect the sleeping heroes before Spiritomb claims him...
Why yes, they'll go through a lot of hell. Why do you ask? O:D
30 Day Writing Meme
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 characters!
I'm working on Matryoshka,a novel I broke 50k with last NaNoWriMo. It's very hard for me to come up with a good or original plot, but I really like what I'm doing with this one. It's inspired by an indie freeware game called Eversion, in which a paranoid and solitary woman saves a mysterious man and discovers there are alternate realities to her own world. The deeper she goes, the more horrific reality is distorted, but it is the only way she could stop an eldrich abomination and seperate the dimensions from merging... why yes, this does get Lovecraftian. :3 I'm not sure how I would peg this. Fantasy? Supernatural? Either way, it's dark, and it's got horror elements of the disturbingly abstract kind. Will there be blood? Sure. But it's more about the mindfuck and freaky imagery than anything else. It's a good thing our protagonist is tough! Traumatized, but tough. I never said it'd be easy! :P
Fanficwise, I'm super excited about a sequel to Rise of Darkrai I'm writing called Spiritomb's Awakening (nickednamed PokeNikki). Heavily inspired by Yume Nikki and other unsettling psychological horror such as I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, it's also being made into a companion fangame on RPGMaker. An Odd Keystone is discovered and it unleashes a Spiritomb with Wonder Guard. When Wondertomb traps Alamos Town in a reign of terror, Tonio is knocked out while trying to find the solution to stopping Spiritomb. Alice begs Darkrai to allow her into Tonio's subconcious to look for him (later Alberto catches up with her). As they enter a phantasmagorific landscape of dreams and horrors, Darkrai has a limited time to protect the sleeping heroes before Spiritomb claims him...
Why yes, they'll go through a lot of hell. Why do you ask? O:D
30 Day Writing Meme
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 characters!
