So, like, I have never watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But, I keep seeing people doing the Tim Curry look in that movie. So, like, put Hobie in that outfit👀👀 The urge to see him in that is strongggg🤭💕
Neither have I, but uhm. ☺️
(I attempted the makeup but couldn't get it right ;-; so I just gave him eyeliner...🤭)
Within the last week, I submitted a journal article, a master's application and a summative course essay. (While working full time, keeping my household functioning and recovering from an insane bout of flu.)
You looked so adorable that you left me no other choice but to kidnap you and take you home as my new pup.. now you’re crawling around wooden floors following the sound of my footsteps echoing through the hallways desperate for some semblance of affection, even just a fleeting head Pat makes you whine for more
Whoot whoot, more tag games! (I’m sorry guys these are just so fun and are so easy to procrastinate with. ^^’)
Thanks for the tag from @kidsarentallwrite! My apologies for how long this took to answer, and I’ll certainly get to the other tags, soon!
I’ll be doing this with One Siren’s Soul, since that’s really the only wip I’m working on at the moment! (Be aware this is somewhat long, since I had quite a bit of fun with the answers.)
1. When starting something new, how much do you know about the story before you start writing?
With previous wips I would normally outline by going... this happens at the start, these major events have to happen at... some point, and the ending? I have no idea, I’ll figure that out when I get there. Honestly though, that was my philosophy for the entire story. I’ll figure it out when I get there, sprinkled in with a few major plot ideas and a somewhat planned out setting and characters.
Now, for OSS, something entirely different: I. Outlined. The. Entire. Thing. Chapter by chapter. I give about a sentence or two for each PoV, with longer parts for major plot events. Still, a lot of room is left for improvisation and new discoveries as I write. (And yet, the outline has changed dramatically since I started writing.) Overall, the outline as it is now for OSS book 1 is about 7 google doc pages at 11 size font. I know all of the characters extremely well (considering they were previous original characters of mine), and the setting is... ennnghhhh, I’m still in the process of researching. I’ll work on historical accuracy later.
2. What draws you to your WIP(s)? Why did you choose to write that/those over anything else?
The ocean. Yep. Short and sweet. I grew up by the ocean, I literally chose my university because it was by the ocean. I can’t live without the ocean.
I mean, I also really like pirates and action-y movies, and I love attempting to shift that into writing. Writing monstrous non-human characters (my siren children!) is also pretty darn neat.
The main reason, though? The characters. They’re so much fun, there are so many twists in their backstories and their motives, I just... really want to share their existence with other people.
3. Favourite writing spot? Why?
I don’t really write anywhere else but my bedroom desk. This may be because I am lazy, or possibly because it’s really the only private, quiet place I can go around here (without it being too cold since it’s still winter here).
4. Share your favourite line of what you’ve written so far! (Oh stars so many spoilers)
A clang of metal against metal resonated through the wood. I jolted, my eye wide.
Something was happening on the top deck. The noise was almost drowned out by the sea, but I could catch the edges of it if I listened. I held my breath.
The sound rang out again, a clangor of screeching, things whistling through the air, shouts and yells.
The clash of blades.
A gunshot.
I needed to get up there.
5. If you had to choose one OC to bring to life as an actual person, which one would it be and why?
HmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMM. This is. Hard. I would say Colin because he’s the nicest and probably the only one that wouldn’t kill me immediately. (Also we have a lot in common.)
6. Are you looking to get published? If so, do you hope to make it a career?
I have honestly no idea. This is the first wip that I’ve actually made a good attempt at writing (and hopefully finishing!) so we’ll have to see when I get further along. If I were to get published, writing would most certainly not be my career. I’m too much of a science nerd. Plus, moneys. And time.
7. What’s something you would read but would never write (or the other way around)? Any reason?
High fantasy! I really, really love reading it, but for some reason... I just. Don’t think I would enjoy writing it? I’m not entirely certain why, but perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I have a lot of trouble not getting carried away with world building so much that I just... fail to write anything.
8. What’s something you are most proud of about your work so far?
Honestly? That I’ve come so far. And I know, I know it’s not that far, I’m only about halfway through the first draft. But that’s the furthest I’ve ever been in a writing project! It exists! I’ll go back and read sometimes when I’m bored and I just... can’t believe I actually wrote that! I did!
9. Badly describe your WIP(s) in one sentence
Magic thingies are stolen from magic people and someone gets accidentally cursed--now the magic people and the non-magic sailors have to work together to fix everything.
10. Why did you want to be a writer?
How does one... answer this question? Hm. I think it was because... I always have such marvelous worlds and people and adventures in my head. But other people can’t see what’s in my head. (At least, I hope not.) And sometimes I’d love to share them, to be able to enjoy them with other people!
I’ve tried many different ways of conveying these stories to others: drawings, comics, music, acting... but nothing seemed to suit my skillset as well as writing did. I read so much when I was younger and wrote so much that it became, well, the easiest, most enjoyable of the bunch!
Taggin’ taggin’ time: @alinakerrin @inexorableblob and @bookish-actor!
If you’re curious about the wip I was talking about, check out the main page of One Siren’s Soul here!
