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Report | 10/16/2014 1:43 pm

ur welcome

Report | 10/14/2014 10:36 am

Serafiella

That is sort of how things ended up with some of these corporate people. They have last names, and if terrible enough, nicknames, but that doesn't mean a lot of people know them on a first name basis.
But yeah, I think any survivors would have a variety of names to call your character. xd

Report | 10/14/2014 10:13 am

Serafiella

That is where the editing is really coming in handy. Even some secondary characters, after now knowing how the series plays out, are able to be fleshed out more.
I went, for example, from a man whose name I forgot I even gave him (as he's usually referred to by last name). He went from Joshua Collins, right hand man of the main villain, fond of tasers, to Frederick (Fred) Joshua Collins (I couldn't just leave his old name to die!), lifelong best friend of the villain because they grew up on site, fond of tasers (if he can be called that at all) because he killed someone once so he doesn't like guns or other killing weapons, gaming addict, and liker of Swedish Fish and other gummy candies.
With each review and edit, people grow into more full characters.

Report | 10/14/2014 9:41 am

SHlZUCHAN

quick join my sausage fest post in fourms!

Report | 10/13/2014 6:06 pm

Serafiella

I am glad to stick to a slice of sci-fi. Magic can get really complex~
Maybe those could be worked into your "apocrypha" of sorts? No reason to dump them entirely, they sound interesting.
I know some of my characters' sections need to be revamped, but I don't want to ditch them entirely, because it's vaguely important to know the start of some event, before it becomes the norm.
Such as, past a certain point, after this scientist has tricked some hybrids into helping him take over, them as the leaders, him in the shadows, and they've been defeated, the public doesn't like hybrids so much, so he's able to manipulate the public and starts a program to mark the humans/hybrids visually different (in this case, a clearly visible tattoo on the hand to be required by law). This way, even if people sympathize with the hybrids, he and his shadowy company can seek them out for capture with ease, because they're all marked.
In the case of the section where this all starts, it's important to see people trying to resist the change, and how this system is unavoidable, to lay down the plot for the next set, who are already then living in a 'caste' system where they must try to avoid showing off their markings if they wish to make a living. To just say "and one day it was decided we would all be marked" is different from watching it unfold, and seeing the initial refusal from both humans and hybrids to abide by it, only to realize that the shadow company and current public stigmas are too strong to resist.

Report | 10/13/2014 5:34 pm

Serafiella

I started it when I was 14. Thus, some of the oldest work sounds 14 years old. It's not terrible, it just needs to not sound young.
Editing can be the worst, but there were also some time skips I can fill in with new chapters, which is fun~ Fleshes people out more.

Report | 10/13/2014 1:47 pm

Serafiella

Same. I ended up with at least two pairs of people with the same names, so over time, people have changed, but in having to focus on them and rename them, it's also allowed them to grow more distinct as characters. As long as it's just me editing, there's no pressure, as long as the plot skeleton I wrote out in the originals holds up well enough with my revisions.

Report | 10/13/2014 12:07 pm

Serafiella

Enough sense for me to not be too confuzzled, yes.
Even my own story gets confusing sometimes cause it's been years since I wrote a section. The first 5 (the first book) I know pretty well by heart, but by mid-second-book, it gets muddled.

Report | 10/13/2014 11:48 am

Serafiella

That's a lot to digest from one paragraph, but it does sound fun. biggrin

Report | 10/13/2014 8:39 am

Serafiella

Probably would end up as YA just cause I don't have much a need for anything that'd push it to adult fiction.
Follows the lifetime of one mad scientist across several different character viewpoints as he tries to keep his work secret, fails, his company tries to take over the world, and so on.
So you follow one girl over the course of a few months where something big happens, then 5 years later, it might be her friend, or sibling, or somebody completely random.

Report | 10/12/2014 5:39 pm

Serafiella

Right.
Now just to finish typing/editing...
(I was a bored kid in school, got good grades, but was bored. Wrote a story over 1000 pages long. Now I'm trying to get the first 'book' of that sorted.)

Report | 10/12/2014 1:12 pm

SHlZUCHAN

been doing avi arts- and getting gold- idk whats like rich on gaia anymore haha

Report | 10/12/2014 12:42 pm

SHlZUCHAN

uhhh hi

Report | 10/12/2014 12:23 pm

Serafiella

I try...but until I start handing it out to publishers, I'll always worry about rejection. sweatdrop
It is just my brain's way, finding the loopholes to everything. Even if I write well, it might not be the sort of thing a company wants at that time.

Report | 10/12/2014 12:04 pm

Serafiella

At least with ghost writing, nobody knows it's you~?
I may come up with a pen name before I ever try to publish anything. That fear of rejection...

Report | 10/12/2014 11:12 am

Serafiella

Meanwhile, I, just like when I write, make too many future plans to get much done. xd
I've got one big story that's at a point where it just needs edits and a few more chapters to fill in the blanks, but I've got lots of new stories floating around in the early development stages that never get touched after the first month. Seems the same with my Gaia clothes~

Meanwhile-meanwhile, Korra did okay this week. Some honest messages about how frustrating it is to be disabled. They write better when they have to focus on only one person, it seems like. Which is a shame overall, but I can at least be proud of them this week compared to the stupid that was the season opener.

Report | 10/11/2014 1:58 pm

Serafiella

Interesting~ I have learned things today.
It is pressure from my wallet, now that a credit card tempts me sometimes to get GCash.
If I can settle on one look, then there's an array of items I can avoid, because they won't fit my ideals, rather than "hmm, I could build a creepy avatar around that eventually if..."

Report | 10/11/2014 1:42 pm

Serafiella

I just thought it would be easier to just have all the super-necessary parts of the base saved as one outfit. sweatdrop That way even if you "get nekkid" you just click that outfit and are back to your 'true' base.
I'm trying to find more of my own style now, and trim my invo some. Sometimes it's hard to try and settle down toward one character.

Report | 10/11/2014 1:37 pm

Serafiella

You do seem a bit more visible. The squid is cute, not sure if I could see it before.
People with ABs must really benefit from the outfits system, yeah?
Just remember, there is always a difference between being alone and being single.

Report | 10/11/2014 1:13 pm

Serafiella

I just don't let it bug me too much. If I don't find someone who likes my weirdness, well, then, I probably wouldn't like their weirdness either. I've lived alone most of my years so far, what's another four or five times that much?
Eh, don't worry about it too much. But always keep it ToS friendly. wink

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