Writing Meme Day 1
Handed to me by Sallie~ because everyone loves a good writing meme. Yes, you do. Shush. 31 questions to answer over the course of a month, wai :D
1. Tell us about your favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite character to write? Least favourite?
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 favourite 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. Favourite protagonist and why!
18. Favourite antagonist and why!
19. Favourite 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 favourite 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. And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
31. Question day! You ask, I'll answer.
1. Tell us about your favourite writing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.
Yrae Chronicles/Tsyllaes! As if that wasn't bloody obvious. In the past there's also been Pokémon fanfic, random element girls that lasted two chapters, Emerald Feather (cat girl in the jungle. With swords and magic. Duh.) annnnd that's it? I think? Also have a couple of pirates with Sallie, and some other random characters that don't fit anywhere but float around anyway and who I've rarely/never actually written, and~ the slowly in development Kayani. They're possibly part of Tsyllaes. Maybe. I don't know.
Yrae Chronicles has been the one to stick around, though, because it's the first actual world I've had to play in that's completely mine. I started out, as so many did, with Pokémon, then took my first steps into original fiction with the random element girls. They were real world with magic, so~ still not a lot of originality. Or plot. Or anything. They didn't last long. I wanted something that was all mine, where I could write little snippets that had no real part of anything, but where I knew what was going on, so in came EF. That was just a little island, though. No settlements and not really a lot of culture, still not enough room to move around.
Then along came Tsyllaes. A whole world with history and culture and people and relations and different kingdoms. It had humble beginnings, being little more than ancient Egypt without the pyramids, but Raykin I think is its own kingdom now. And it's FUN. I love writing Raykin, and I've got a full handle on Kazin, now, too. Ask me anything about Raykin and I can answer it. Ask me about Kazin and I know enough about it that I can BS an answer that will most likely stick. Llayad and Tsayth... less so, but they'll get there in time.
I just love this world to teeny tiny little pieces. It's been growing since early year 12 (2003) when I was 17, and since then I've overtaken the twins (who are 20), which was weird but not entirely unexpected, and Nol (who is 23), which is REALLY weird. He was five years older than me when I made him. He should be turning 30 this year D:
... Anyway yes. Tsyllaes will only get bigger. Can't see myself abandoning this place ever <3
1. Tell us about your favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite character to write? Least favourite?
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 favourite 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. Favourite protagonist and why!
18. Favourite antagonist and why!
19. Favourite 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 favourite 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. And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
31. Question day! You ask, I'll answer.
1. Tell us about your favourite writing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.
Yrae Chronicles/Tsyllaes! As if that wasn't bloody obvious. In the past there's also been Pokémon fanfic, random element girls that lasted two chapters, Emerald Feather (cat girl in the jungle. With swords and magic. Duh.) annnnd that's it? I think? Also have a couple of pirates with Sallie, and some other random characters that don't fit anywhere but float around anyway and who I've rarely/never actually written, and~ the slowly in development Kayani. They're possibly part of Tsyllaes. Maybe. I don't know.
Yrae Chronicles has been the one to stick around, though, because it's the first actual world I've had to play in that's completely mine. I started out, as so many did, with Pokémon, then took my first steps into original fiction with the random element girls. They were real world with magic, so~ still not a lot of originality. Or plot. Or anything. They didn't last long. I wanted something that was all mine, where I could write little snippets that had no real part of anything, but where I knew what was going on, so in came EF. That was just a little island, though. No settlements and not really a lot of culture, still not enough room to move around.
Then along came Tsyllaes. A whole world with history and culture and people and relations and different kingdoms. It had humble beginnings, being little more than ancient Egypt without the pyramids, but Raykin I think is its own kingdom now. And it's FUN. I love writing Raykin, and I've got a full handle on Kazin, now, too. Ask me anything about Raykin and I can answer it. Ask me about Kazin and I know enough about it that I can BS an answer that will most likely stick. Llayad and Tsayth... less so, but they'll get there in time.
I just love this world to teeny tiny little pieces. It's been growing since early year 12 (2003) when I was 17, and since then I've overtaken the twins (who are 20), which was weird but not entirely unexpected, and Nol (who is 23), which is REALLY weird. He was five years older than me when I made him. He should be turning 30 this year D:
... Anyway yes. Tsyllaes will only get bigger. Can't see myself abandoning this place ever <3