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[kentandfrank]

hi, so sorry to bother you. i'm working dystopian story which is a love story between an enslaved human and the robot he serves. it's set in the year 3064, but it has a retro-sci-fi inspired sort of vibe. do you have any songs you'd recommend for inspiration? thank you!

Hello my love! I know this response is late, but yours truly left tumblr for a period of time. My recommendation is putting this playlist on shuffle - it’s a 1000+ song playlist of black alternative artists, and I feel like you’ll get a varied set of vibes from it. 

[kentandfrank]

I'm trying to evaluate a character shard/conflict. If you are familiar with the concepts of internal shard: main character's actual conflict in a story from the Save the Cat series, would you say that the following would work: having the shard be that a character has never completely healed from her father's death and it has caused her to not trust others. Trying to do everything herself. She seems social and trusting on the outside, but doesn't let people get really close to the her real self.

Internal Shards 

That kind of internal conflict is absolutely realistic (trauma does change the way people behave). As long as you make sure to show this as a hinderance somehow in the plot, like this inability to truly trust gets in the way of the external goals being reached (ex. teamwork becomes a struggle), then you’re golden! 

I would say just make sure the seeds of this issue are planted as early on as possible so the audience can really believe/care when it becomes a bigger hurtle to overcome. Hope this helped! ⚔️ Franky

[kentandfrank]

i need inspiration. can you throw together a playlist for me that is meant to inspire without being so niche that it forces me into a particular idea?

Here’s what we’ve thrown together!

Happy to help, lemme know if I can do anything else!

- Kent of Kent and Frank Creative Consultations

[kentandfrank]

Welcome to kentandfrank, the consultation firm of your dreams - 

We help you with

naming characters

naming places

titling WIPS

playlists

simple WIP covers

major plots

characters/dynamics

magic systems/fantasy focus

world building mechanics

theme/message

And you just give us a follow and drop us a line on what you want! 

Hope we can be of service, 

- Kent of Kent and Frank Creative Consultations