#characterandwritinghelp

The Prospectors:

It's the year 2091, and The Prospectors Inc exist to unearth the world's wonders. For Cirro and Nimbus of Air Sector, the sky is the limit when professional ruin leads them to the journal of their late mentor, Stratus.  The old man's writings take them high above the Airondack Mountains, to the sky bound city of Cael and its winged people known simply as the Alatum. Much like their reputation on the ground below, the duo's airship crashes and burns—casting them into the custody of surly guardian Kite and Nightingale's governing council. With Cael's officials watching over them like hawks they discover the wonder, mystery and disappointment wrapped up in the Alatum's existence. But what seems a heavenly discovery turns south when the pressures of duty and success drive a rift in Air Sector's bond. It's a divide that Cirro and Nimbus must learn to bridge without the aid of wings to carry them, before both land and sky are mined bare in the name of greed and the craze for power.

LISTEN: (x)

1. Hot Air Balloon - Owl City

2. Counting Stars - One Republic

3. Touch the Sky - Julie Fowlis

4. What If - Five For Fighting

5. What If This Storm Ends - Snow Patrol

6. In My City - Ellie Goulding

7. So Far Away - Crossfade

8. Let My People Go - Prince of Egypt

9. Monster - Imagine Dragons

10. Friends Never Say Goodbye - Elton John

11. Which To Bury, Us Or the Hatchet - Relient K

12. Pompeii - Bastille

13. Illusion - VNV Nation

Branson Holling has spent his life seeking that one story-line that can capture the hearts of readers and secure him in their minds as a timeless author. But upon enrolling into a demanding university program, he is forced to accept that while his grammatical skills are notable, he lacks the creative instinct necessary to compose a novel piece of work. His quest for a plot takes him through the age-old forests of Appalachia into the world of The Curator of Memories, and his league of servants known simply as the Recorders: secretaries who document and file away the memories of earthbound souls. Branson forms a partnership with a young Recorder named Henrietta Dupree, and the pair are thrown into the heart of the Curator's storm where legends of the past, ghosts of the present and the fate of their futures collide. 

Listen Here: (x)

Yes!! It's a ton of fun to come up with! And because it requires a painful amount of analysis, research, and critical thinking, I have the perfect excuse to procrastinate on the actual writing! Hooray! *runs around in circles, flailing arms about*

Putting more effort into the actual story also gives me a self-satisfied sense that I went the extra mile, and that's always nice.

Peculiar descriptions

I love describing the mundane with a strange twist.