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kittydesadeHrm. The next two exercises are partner exercises, soooo...
A: いらっしゃいませ。
B: あのう、 りんごを下さい。
A: いくつ さしあげましょうか。
B: みっつ 下さい。
A: いらっしゃいませ。
B: あのう、 えんぴつを下さい。
A: 何本 さしあげましょうか。
B: 五本 下さい。
A: いらっしゃいませ。
B: あのう、 スペイン語じしょを下さい。
A: なんさつ さしあげましょうか。
B: にさつ 下さい。
A: いらっしゃいませ。
B: あのう、 オレンジを下さい。
A: いくつ さしあげましょうか。
B: ふたつ 下さい。
A: いらっしゃいませ。
B: あのう、 このＫＭＦＤＭＣＤを下さい。
A: なんまい さしあげましょうか。
B: にまい 下さい。
1. Tell us about your favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite character to write? Least favorite?
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 favorite 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. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite 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 favorite 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. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
Thus far, without a doubt, Nameless. With Martine coming in a close second, but, Nameless. He is my half-Sluagh, he is an uncouth bastard, but god I love him. He will not shut up and I love that about him.
One of these days, I'll finish editing the damn story and actually get it into print. (I think just being scared of what happens if it gets into print and no one likes it or wants to buy it is a big part of that.) His story, called The Long Road, is the story of his life up to the modern day and does jump around a tad. Despite it being about a half-Sluagh, the supernatural really plays very little foreground role in the story. Mostly it's just about a guy making his way through the world and several centuries worth of time, which is the mainly remarkable thing about him.
He lurches around, getting into trouble with his werewolf friend and fighting his way out of it again, bedding women and the occasional young man, taking odd jobs here and there to survive or sometimes living off the land or coming close to starving many times. And despite his uncouth, hard-bitten, really crude and gross and disgusting and kind of horrifying exterior, beneath that he is deeply, truly loyal and loving with those he cares about. His friend, primarily. He also, despite being unsettling in that deep-down way you can't quite pinpoint but god you want to get away from him, is very safe. Around people who are too innocent to know better (unless they come into the areas he frequents, bars and such), around children especially.
His voice is very strong, very clear. I love writing him, even if there are times when he (and he's the only character of mine that does this!) just casually blurts out things that make me go OH DEAR GOD EW. I love his voice, I love his personality, I love almost everything about him. And I love the fact that he doesn't make me want to go squish him. He's his own person, he's a vivid character, very colorful, and a great deal of fun. And wise, in his own way. Right now, he's definitely the one I love playing with the most.
I promise, after I get through with another Big Bang or two, I'll get back to that. Really. Pinky-swear.
Did get my makeup today. Did not get my leotards which, at this point, I
Sigh. Back to work. And then probably to more writing and emailing people and so on, but mostly, back to work. And. And and, running across the street to the other wig shop to see if they have a slightly more outlandish color that at least won't look quite so... Seriously, folks, I do not look good as a platinum blonde.