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?
Unfortunately, the story I did the best on worldbuilding was one that I spent too much time on worldbuilding and not enough on actual writing, so I guess I'll have to tell you about it. =D
Red!AR is an alternate reality (AR) based on this chapter cover for Bleach.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tenebris and I were pondering over why Ichigo wore gloves (he had been wearing gloves for a couple of covers now), and I specced a fantasy world around the reason - he has to keep his dark side in. Which evolved into how Ichigo got his dark side, and the answer became blood rituals and his mom dying in a magic circle, and then the rest of Red!AR came naturally.
So! A short version - the guys in that image are all mercenaries, each with their own magic. Which is pretty wide-ranging, almost X-men like in the range. We've got elementals - ice (Hitsugaya), fire (Ichigo and Renji) and earth (Chad), we've got people with outrageous powers like luck (Ikkaku), and we've got Ishida, who is like an apothecary and a pyrotechnics expert all in one. Oh yeah, and we've got fucked up - when Ichigo takes off his gloves, people die.
They work for this pretty seedy guy called Urahara, taking on any jobs that comes their way. Occasionally, that means running errands for Matsumoto, who's a goddess avatar. In this particular world, goddesses (and gods, but we don't see as many in this story) walk the earth through humans (aka avatars) that channel them. As far as goddesses go, Matsumoto's goddess is pretty minor. The major goddess has two avatars - Rukia and Orihime. Rukia channels the dark side of the goddess, Orihime the light side.
As with any verse that has multiple goddesses/gods, someone's always not happy that the lead goddess is the lead goddess, which means that goddesses and gods take sides, and sometimes humans are caught in the clashes in between.
Otherwise it's your pretty run of the mill fantasy - villages, taverns, festivals, plots to kill goddess avatars - oops! did I say the last part aloud? *wink*
I really hope to stop plotting this AR and actually write it someday.
Rest of the Questions:
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!
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?
Unfortunately, the story I did the best on worldbuilding was one that I spent too much time on worldbuilding and not enough on actual writing, so I guess I'll have to tell you about it. =D
Red!AR is an alternate reality (AR) based on this chapter cover for Bleach.
tenebris and I were pondering over why Ichigo wore gloves (he had been wearing gloves for a couple of covers now), and I specced a fantasy world around the reason - he has to keep his dark side in. Which evolved into how Ichigo got his dark side, and the answer became blood rituals and his mom dying in a magic circle, and then the rest of Red!AR came naturally.So! A short version - the guys in that image are all mercenaries, each with their own magic. Which is pretty wide-ranging, almost X-men like in the range. We've got elementals - ice (Hitsugaya), fire (Ichigo and Renji) and earth (Chad), we've got people with outrageous powers like luck (Ikkaku), and we've got Ishida, who is like an apothecary and a pyrotechnics expert all in one. Oh yeah, and we've got fucked up - when Ichigo takes off his gloves, people die.
They work for this pretty seedy guy called Urahara, taking on any jobs that comes their way. Occasionally, that means running errands for Matsumoto, who's a goddess avatar. In this particular world, goddesses (and gods, but we don't see as many in this story) walk the earth through humans (aka avatars) that channel them. As far as goddesses go, Matsumoto's goddess is pretty minor. The major goddess has two avatars - Rukia and Orihime. Rukia channels the dark side of the goddess, Orihime the light side.
As with any verse that has multiple goddesses/gods, someone's always not happy that the lead goddess is the lead goddess, which means that goddesses and gods take sides, and sometimes humans are caught in the clashes in between.
Otherwise it's your pretty run of the mill fantasy - villages, taverns, festivals, plots to kill goddess avatars - oops! did I say the last part aloud? *wink*
I really hope to stop plotting this AR and actually write it someday.
Rest of the Questions:
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!
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