v quick sketches of the main five in the ww2 book ive started planning! sorry im not drawing much fanart but im trying to distract myself from life and this started as a sort of vent book thing
1; Aveza [surname being debated]. Main protagonist; teller of the story. The book is in her eyes, as it’s in the point of view of her journal.
2; Köhler Twins [names being debated]. Side main characters. Possible love interest(s?). One of them might die.
3; Jack Färber (left) Anastasia [surname being debated]. Supporting characters. Aveza’s allies, as she refers to them. Gay for each other. Jack ran away form her Nazi affiliated parents and Anastasia is jewish
the basic story line follows an undiagnosed autistic girl in the events of ww2 in Germany. sheltered by a hidden lesbian couple, we see the war through aveza’s understanding in her journal. mainly how she tries to process her confusion and feelings for the world.
any suggestions for names/design/aveza’s possible symptoms/etc would be helpful! i might be drawing this for a while in between schoolwork and lack of requests vv
also, @ friends who know who these people represent, shut your fucking traps m8
Aveza: The Kobold tribe in which Aveza grew up was originally enslaved by a dragon that discovered their island. After generations of living under the despotic creature, the Kobolds of the island eventually formulated a plan to revolt and kill the dragon. The plan succeeded, and the dragon was slain. To ensure that they were never subjugated again, the tribe based their lives around being stronger as a whole than anyone that might wish them harm. However, this created a toxic, militaristic society.
Again, super delayed response...but here it is! :) I was tagged by @a-v-e-z-a (thank you for tagging me by the way, and sorry for the delay!)
If you’re interested, click the Keep Reading link below! :)
Where do you publish your work?
FanFiction.net is actually the only place I publish my work now that I think about it. It’s so weird to think about, but I think I’ve actually had it for like seven years now, which is crazy. I’ve actually looked and browsed myself on different problems, AO3 being one of them, but FanFiction.net is the only one that’s really prompted me to publish on it. I think it’s maybe because of the organization of the whole website? And how nice it is to post on there (once I actually get around to posting of course). But yeah, that’s where I publish my work. And my laptop. If that counts. :)
What medium/application/etc. do you write in or with?
Mainly Microsoft Word, as it does have all the tools I need to write. I did use pen and paper when I was younger and didn’t have much access to a laptop (there are actually pages and pages of stories but we’ll bench that part for now lol), but now I just use Microsoft Word.
Do you collaborate with others?
Not really. Mainly because collaboration would involve collaboration of schedules too and that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon haha. But I did ask @a-v-e-z-a‘s permission to use her OC, Hana (which is great by the way) in some of my stories, though I don’t actually think I’ve incorporated her into my FanFiction stories yet (I do have her in a story on my laptop that’s yet to be published).
How much editing do you do before you publish?
If I’m being completely honest...not much. Mainly because when I do have the motivation to write and post a chapter, it’s actually a short burst of time and energy, so I try to post it as soon as I can. Otherwise, I’m too critical of it, and would probably never post anything if I keep going over and over it again. I switch between perfectionist and a just ‘need to get this done’ persona. So I usually write, get out everything on the document (in a mainly cohesive and grammatically correct way), and then I upload it into the document manager on FanFiction.net. Then, before I actually post it, I go and revise that version. Usually, I hit all the main plot points I wanted to hit, and it’s just grammatical consistency at that point. After doing that (which enables me to re-read it), I’ll post it to FanFiction.net.
Do you listen to music when you write?
Not really, either. It’s kind of distracting, I think I do it sometimes (if I need inspiration or just need something in the background to keep me going). Actually, I kind of have the television on when I’m writing (not sure if others do too, but yeah).
How do you decide what to write about?
Ahhh...this one is a complicated question, I must say. My first fandom fandom (if that makes sense) was Digimon, and it was the only thing I felt compelled to write about at the time. Since then, I’ve been somewhat picky on what to write on, since I don’t feel I do those characters justice (and Digimon’s mostly the only fandom I actually read on FanFiction.net, I sometimes read Percy Jackson too, but I digress). I actually have written like a crossover thing between Digimon, Percy Jackson, and X-Men and I may have actually went ahead and posted a couple chapters of it, but that’s about it. If I feel like I have a good plot, and a good grasp of the characterization of the characters, I’ll probably write about it. (Usually that’s only once I’ve read some great characterizations myself first - it actually took me awhile to get to fanfiction writing).
I also have made my own OC’s for Digimon but haven’t written about them because (1) there are too many and (2) I feel like I haven’t fleshed them out enough. Maybe I’ll post something about them someday, or if anyone’s interested in knowing, let me know and we can discuss my OC’s. :)
When do you write?
There’s not a set date and time when I write actually. It’s usually just whenever I have free time (and actually even when I do have free time, writing is something I choose not to do, unfortunately). But yeah, when I have time, and I choose to write due to a burst of inspiration or energy and wanting to post a new chapter, or to write about an idea that came up.
Do you take requests?
I actually haven’t, though I’d like to. It might actually help me in being more creative and getting the writing energy going. I may actually post a separate request for that soon. Though it’s tricky because I’d only write about specific couplings (unless there are no couplings, then I’m all good to go, then!)
Is there any genre or type of story you want to write but are hesitant to?
Hmm...not really (again) - I’ve said that a lot in this post haha. The stories I’ve written are within the realm I’ve wanted to write, and haven’t really been hesitant on writing them. Mostly drama, romance, comedy, and action/adventure is what I write about, but I would like to get a lot better at writing action/adventure scenes. And romance scenes. I find that they’re always difficult to write in some way, shape, or form. Hard to nail without it getting too cliche or too boring to read.
Any inspirational quotes, videos, tricks, articles, etc. that help you stay motivated?
Inspiration from fellow writers for sure! An actual example of any of those doesn’t come to mind for now. But if I think of any, I’ll definitely post them!
And now, I’ll tag anyone other writers out there who would like to put their own two cents in!
