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004. lovers

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 06:19:03 GMT

Here I go again - let's see if I can do this without too much stalling!

Lovers. An interesting prompt when my mind is currently focused on world-building, and creating a setting that feels more interesting to me than what I've got? The thing with a world is that I want something that's weird and interesting and yet grounded enough that I could connect to it.

Later: I've come back with some resolutions and a desire to see these two out. This prompt isn't fully checked out, but this is how they meet, and they are destined to fall for each other given time, so.

title: slip and fall
setting: right after berkant's fall, on Earth
warnings: N/A.
characters: Berkant, Lars.
word count: 431 words.
notes: The prose needs polish, but this is better. This is a start. I'm keeping this.

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003. best friends

Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:19:05 GMT

The question is, whose? I want to say Lars, as he's had about zero development since I started here, but let's see what inspires me...

From the future: weeks later I've written this in three sessions and I'm not happy with it. Yes, it gives me a new character. Yes, it gives me some new things. No, I don't like how young everyone is. Perhaps as a starting point, but not...not for how things go. I need to think about it.

Also it ends abruptly because I decided I needed to move on.

title: prophetic dream
setting: during the college years, set early in the plot, if it remains plot
warnings: N/A.
characters: lars, lotte, eriol, charsa.
word count: 1,203 words.
notes: Ye gods this got too long. Lotte is new, this plot introduction angle is new. The club idea is new. I'm not sure I like any of it, but I'm keeping Lotte.

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002. enemies

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:17:22 GMT

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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my universe (still nameless)

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 07:24:28 GMT

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.)

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001. siblings

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 06:04:35 GMT

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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self-prompts (plans)

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 05:43:41 GMT

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.

( write to these )

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self-introduction (rambling)

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 23:14:48 GMT

I don't know what to put here yet! It's been a long time since I had to start a journal like this fresh - but as self introductions go, this one is terrible. Ahem.

I'm junkstars, twenty-three, and I have an interest in writing, art, and playing video games. I'd like to use this journal to write about myself, write out ideas and plans for an original piece I want to write, and as a vehicle for checking out communities.

I'm currently reading, among other things, Intruder by CJ Cherryh, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman, and manga by Shirow Masamune. I'm playing Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Unchained Blades, and Conception II. I'm watching Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (the live action show), Slayers, and Vampire Princess Miyu TV.

...As the above could tell you, I'm currently binging on media thanks to some stress going on, and hopefully I can readjust my schedule in the following months so there's more writing crammed in there.

I believe that's everything for a first entry. Thank you, and good night.

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