self-prompts (plans)

For the purpose of getting myself to write short stories in my original setting, as I go down the list of prompts.

Objectives: Write a snippet daily to these prompts, use them to explore my characters and universe, and do not stress if I miss a day.

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001. siblings

None of my characters currently have siblings! Except I don't know much about them yet, so--

--so I wrote it and came back and filled out details.

title: big sister
setting: during academy, after classes.
warnings: none.
characters: Berkant and Odette.
word count: 340
notes: Leaving out a summary as there's just not much here. It's a single scene, and I doubt I'll keep it for canon purposes - I can't see a reason for them to room together this early, and I obviously don't understand Odette at all yet. What I learned here, however, is that Berkant can fall asleep while studying, Odette has a deceased younger brother, and while angels use them as hosts, they don't merge. (Also I need to define more of how that works.)

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my universe (still nameless)

With luck, by the time November rolls around, I'll have a name for this universe of mine. Right now I just know it by the name of its primary characters: Eriol, Berkant, Lars, Odette.

Right now, it's still in flux. I'm out to find out more about it and the characters so that when I do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) I'll be prepared, instead of getting caught flat-footed like I did last year.

This includes figuring out:

- outline
- characters / backstories / relationships
- setting / world-building
- plot
- themes
- getting myself to write to a schedule again

And I have some progress on all of this, but not yet enough. Hence this journal.

(Note: I'll post about other things here, but for now this is the primary purpose of this space.)

002. enemies

Enemies! A good prompt. A solid prompt. Most of the enemies in my imagined plot are faceless, so the characters can conflict with each other. Do I want an antagonist? Do I need one?

I think I do.

title: click
setting: post-fall, pre-death, while eriol and berkant are on the run from demons. (tag used it 'plot-era', as it's set during the main plot of my theoretical outline - compare/contrast with academy-era, which ought to only show up in flashbacks)
warnings: threats of violence, nothing explicit.
characters: Eriol, Berkant, Melchom. Mentions of Lars, implied Odette.
word count: 555
notes: This turned out better than I expected! I now have a named villain who's all kinds of cruel, a moment where Eriol utterly loses control (this doesn't happen often for her) and all kinds of plot established. Also demonology!

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