My follower celebration plans quickly went from 200 to 300, and now Iām rapidly approaching 400.Ā Damn, guys!! I mean, wow!!
I was already planning to offer character moodbroad/aesthetic things with a three-song playlist.Ā Now Iām thinking as a little extra treat, I might release the original first nine or so chapters of DW?Ā Iāve seen wattpad floating around, havenāt used it before but I was thinking I might post the full chapters up there and post lil posts with a lil excerpt from the chapter and a link to it here?Ā Thoughts?
(The chapters are largely unedited and are probably gonna end up being completely reworked/rewritten once Iām finished with my first draft, since Iām fairly certain I want the story to start out in a different place now, but Iām not letting myself touch them until Iāve finished the first draft!!Ā Theyāre still a nice little intro to the original concept, world, and Clay and Quinceās characters.Ā (Alistair doesnāt show up at all in these chapters))
Tagging DWās taglist to give this a little boost-Ā @transboywrites - Ā @cawolters - @agnesfagen -@requiemesque - @the-real-rg - @balletshoe-punk - @lie-hart - @phloxxiing - @teacupwriter - @newdivinitiesĀ
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Spicy: Dominance - Submission (just a funny little extra taste for those who prefer it ;) )
Iām just gonna do this with my main four (surprise, Miles has been moved up to main character status!).
Quick warning for implied abuse and brief talk of sexual activity/behavior.Ā Ā
Clay S. Calloway
Sweet- Intelligence
Clay is pretty sharp, and also performed well when he was in school. Ā He is good at noticing details in a scene, case, or situation, but isnāt quite as adept at reading and interpreting other people. Ā He is good at adapting his behavior to suit various situations- Serious-faced Law Enforcer Clay vs. Goofy, Loud, Grinning Iām-with-coworkers Clay.
Salty- Pride
He is very confident and charismatic, and, as an extension, rather prideful. Ā He likes to be liked and subconsciously expects respect.
Spicy- Dominance
Clay is a natural leader. Ā As a kid, he was typically the one who got things rolling among his friends and suggested all the outlandish schemes. Ā As an adult in a high positions among the Enforcers, Ā he heads off cases with a calm sense of control and directs his coworkers with confidence.
In bed, he is dominant and has no problem taking control, unless the other person wants to, in which case he can lay back and lay off.
Alistair J. Sheep
Sweet- Courage
Alistair experiences a lot of fear, paranoia, and anxiety, and while there are many places in his life where he bends to their will, there are also many where he grits his teeth and shoves through it. Ā Heās a fighter and a soldier, capable of defending himself despite the holes in his armor and the limited use of his right leg. Ā
Salty- Cynicism
That fear, paranoia, and anxiety, result in a lot of wariness and a standoffish disposition. Ā Alistair is difficult to befriend as he often outright avoids and prevents bonding with other people, and views them with great suspicion. Ā Why would they want to know anything about him? Ā What did they want? Ā What did they know? Who was watching?
Spicy- Submission
While heās rough and sharp-tongued and full of resistence normally, Alistair is almost aggressively submissive in the bedroom. Ā He throws himself down and demands to be pressed into the floor and treated roughly.
Quince B. Heller
Sweet- Patience
Quince has always been a patient person, willing to sit and wait for something to happen or to hear anybody out. Ā He rarely gets irritable regarding delays or somebody taking too long. Ā He enjoys stillness and quiet. Ā
Salty- Naivety
Quince is naive in that, at least at the beginning of DW, he still believes Felicity will change and doesnāt fully grasp what is happening to him and has been happening to him for the duration of their relationship, really. Ā Heās in denial, and lacks self awareness. Ā In fact, he lacks a sense of identity and simply ghosts through his day to day life, often in an alcoholic haze. Ā
Spicy- Submission
Unfortunately, the trait of āpatienceā has been pushed to the extreme during his years of marriage to Felicity, as he is hardly capable of standing up for himself at all or resisting the will of others.
Miles J. Crawford
Sweet- Kindness
Miles is very kind, compassionate, and gentle. Ā Unlike Alistair, he is open, laidback, and easy to befriend. Ā He often does things especially for other people, but normally people he is especially close to.
Salty- Emotion
He is what some would consider soft, and it does have the potential to bite him in the rear end. Ā He is likely to give people second, third, or even fourth chances, making him more likely to get hurt in the long run. Ā He prefers to avoid hurting people so may attempt to go for courses of action that might not harm others even emotionally, but also might not be effective in the long-run regardless. Ā
Spicy- Dominance
Miles has a calm, mild sense of control about him. Ā He is decisive, takes action, and is often an effective mediator among his coworkers and friends. Ā (Plus he eagerly fills the role Alistair desires him to play.)
And tagging the rest of the DW taglist since this is the first actual description of Miles Iāve posted here: @agnesfagen @the-real-rg @balletshoe-punk @lie-hartĀ
I was tagged by @elliswriting and Iām already soooo amused, gonna do it for Alistair naturally.
Hi my name is Officer Alistair James Sheep and I have short dark chocolate hair that is wavy and parted on the right and a full close clipped beard (my boyfriend thinks it's smoking hot) and rich walnut brown eyes like muddy pond water and a lot of people tell me I look like Jack Falahee (AN: if u donāt know who he is go watch da hell out of the 1st season of How To Get Away With Murder).Ā I did serve in the war but I wish I hadnāt because I have major fucking PTSD now.Ā Iām bisexual but Iām really confused so I think Iām just gay.Ā I have pale white skin.Ā Iām also a cop, and Iām with the Police Department of Port Cassandra in California where Iām an officer (Iām twenty-eight).Ā Iām paranoid (in case you couldnāt tell) and I wear mostly my uniform.Ā I love the general store and I buy all my cigarettes there.Ā For example today I was wearing my giant police hat with my matching navy police shirt, grey police jacket and navy police pants, my badge and black police shoes.Ā I was wearing half an hour of sleep on my face, gun in its holster, lit cigarette and protective sarcasm.Ā I was running a red light trying to get to a crime ASAP.Ā A lot of other drivers stared at me.Ā I put up my middle finger at them.Ā Ā
Tagging:Ā @livingdeadwriteblr, @farrradays, @requiemesque, @storyteller-kaelo, @knightsofeclipse, @cawolters and anybody else who canāt pass it up!
Also tagging the rest of DWās taglist bc I think you guys should see this:
Ā @agnesfagen -Ā @the-real-rg - @balletshoe-punk - @lie-hart - @phloxxiing - @teacupwriter - @newdivinities - @omgbrekkerkaz(ask to be added or removed!)
Original under the cut in case you need it for reference
Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (thatās how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u donāt know who she is get da hell out of here!). Iām not related to Gerard Way but I wish I was because heās a major fucking hottie. Iām a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale white skin. Iām also a witch, and I go to a magic school called Hogwarts in England where Iām in the seventh year (Iām seventeen). Iām a goth (in case you couldnāt tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Hot Topic and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow. I was walking outside Hogwarts. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. A lot of preps stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.
Wow so an outrageous, radical idea I canāt stop thinking about: I split DW into two different wips, with miles/alistair and clay/quince as the main characters respectively.
Iām thinking the Clay/Quince wip would maintain the Daydream Walking title (for now) and would be futuristic fantasy/murder mystery/drama, (I would have to make some heckin decisions, like is there still timetravel involved??)
And the Alistair/Miles wip would be 100% historical fiction/murder mystery/romance, also most likely without the cocaine element bc itās just not workin for me idk, Iām not feeling it.
Iām feeling a strong pull in this direction so like 99% Iām going to do this. Iāll make new wip intro posts and Iāll be keeping the taglist for both of them, so please please let me know if you donāt want to be on the taglist for one or both of these!!
@livingdeadwriteblr - Ā @cawolters - @agnesfagen -@requiemesque - @the-real-rg - @balletshoe-punk - @lie-hart - @phloxxiing - @teacupwriter - @newdivinities - @omgbrekkerkazĀ (and of course, give me a yell if you want to beĀ added!!)
DWās Intro Post for reference and very rough initial descriptions for these wips as two separate works:
In the year 4146, in the futurecity of Astervale, New York, somebody is moving and dealing a new, concentrated form of alcohol.Ā A series of murders pave the way to this discovery.Ā While Enforcer (wizard cop) Clay Calloway comes under fire forĀ āplanting evidenceā among other charges/accusations, Quince Heller struggles through his day to day life under his own alcoholism and the rein of his controlling, abusive wife, Felicity.
In the late 1940ā²s, in Port Cassandra, California, divorcee, veteran, and police officer Alistair Sheep engages in a risky romance with his partner in crime solving, Miles Crawford. While they work to curb/solve the murder and arson plaguing the city, Alistair must fight near constant internal battles, as well.
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So far? Ooof, Fantasy (futuristic), murder mysteries, historical fiction, scifi, adventure, āregularā mystery,Ā āadult fictionā, and I feel the potential for so much more inside me.Ā I just have so many interests and the variety of things I would like to write lines right up with that!
Are you a planner, pantser, or planster?
Iām not 100% sure yet, but Iām feeling a bit more planner than pantser, even though I definitely dove into Daydream Walking with v e r y little planning.Ā (My new wip, The Mystery of Margaric, is receiving a lot more planning attention)
What is your approach to research?
Ahh, people have??Ā Approaches?
I just read and listen and watch things related to what I want to know about, and stockpile especially useful links, sometimes just piled up in my bookmarks and sometimes sorted/pinned into boards on Pinterest.Ā Sometimes I write things down if I need to.Ā Ā
I donāt have the most organized approach oops
What POV is your novel? Why are you writing it this way?
Close second person and just because . . . thatās my favorite way to write!Ā The original chapters of Daydream Walking Iām currently releasing donāt reallyyyy reflect this, since when I wrote those I didnāt have the most confidence and was unused to writing a Story on My Own (I have a big long roleplay background).Ā I was holding back a bit, and Iām still working on breaking out honestly.Ā
I just reallyyy like digging into a characters feelings, thoughts, motivations, etc etc etc.Ā This can also make things kinda . . . lengthy, but I donāt mind.Ā
Do you know how your story ends before you start writing?
Ahhh I would like to have at least a vague idea, yes.Ā With Daydream Walking I had NO clue how it was gonna end, though now I have . . . sort of an idea?
When creating characters, what comes first: appearance, backstory, motivation, personality, something else?
Normally when I start creating a character, I start with name, age, gender/pronouns/sexuality, appearance, and a rough idea/list of character traits/values/motivations/desires/etc, and work on tying in family, background, and the rest of it from there.Ā Ā
What trope do you actually like?
Oh God, I just canāt pick one
How did you come up with your title?
Daydream Walking: I literally donāt remember.Ā I think I heard something on the radio while I was traveling with my family that made me think about those words together and it just Felt right.Ā I also considered Nightmare Walking.
The Mystery of Margaric:Ā While I was messing around with the really really rough concept, I had just been calling it Harlow in Space, but as I developed it a bit more and decided what the story was I actually wanted to tell, I felt the desire to have something a little longer, a little more classic, old-school if you will.Ā Something youād see on an old paperback, you know?Ā So once I knew that I knew I wanted it to beĀ āThe Mystery of ____ā and I went about naming the planet.Ā Initially I wanted the planet to have an H name, probably of Greek origin, but then I didnāt like the idea of the planet and the main character both having names starting with H.Ā So I switched to M, and through some browsing of lists of M-words, I found the word Margaric, which basically meansĀ āresembling pearlā.Ā The word is basically only used for margaric acid and nothing else, so it seemed like the perfect thing to both stand out and also not be a completely made up word.Ā (Not to bash completely made up words, I just donāt feel Iām the most skillful at coming up with them.)Ā (The idea being that the planet looks very pearl-like (pale, blues and pinks and grays, but with a lot more jagged texture than a pearl normally has) from space.)
If your WIP had a theme song, what would it be?
Listen, Iām a music person, a music man, if youāll allow that.Ā All of my everything has up to a dozen or more theme songs.Ā But if I had to pick ONE song for each wip:
Daydream Walking:
The Mystery of Margaric:
How has your MC developed, not within the plot, but since you first created them?
Alistair: Got more angsty and unstableĀ
Clay: Got more goofy & flamboyant (he was originally a lot more . . . all around suave)
Quince: Acquired more depth (re: things heās passionate about and dreams he once had)
Miles: Is actually a morphed version of my of my bestest, oldest friendās characters.Ā In my hands he has become completely different, he basically went from hotheaded tough boy with a heart of gold to a complete softie sweetheart who gives good advice.
Harlow:Ā Still not super developed but heās gotten more and less sad as Iāve changed my mind about his backstory.Ā (Also he was originally going to be nonbinary but then I decided I wanted to write about another trans man)
Your MC faces certain death. Ā What are their last words?
Canonically (for now), sort of at least, in DW:Ā āShit.ā
My questions:
1.Ā Do you have a favoriteĀ āwriting drinkā?
2.Ā Do you have any books/comics/TV shows/any other media that inspire you to write?Ā Ā
3.Ā Do you have a particular method for naming your characters and/or locations?
4.Ā How long have you been active as a writeblr?
5. Sprints: Useful or Stressful?
6.Ā How much control do you feel you actually have over whether or not (or how) your characters get along or donāt get along?
7.Ā Do you have a favorite character of your own right now?
8.Ā What was the last thing you read?Ā (doesnāt have to be a book)
9.Ā What was the last thing you listened to?
10.Ā Do you have a favorite texture?
11.Ā A place you would like to visit for the first time or return to?
He cracked his blue eyes and stared to the face to his right, so much closer than the one to his left. Ā He registered features, colors, textures, but could not put them together to make a whole. Ā His thoughts broke down too quickly. Ā Frustration burbled in his chest.
>>
Quince stumbled around the corner, visibly unsteady and flushed. Ā He clung to the wall with one hand, swaying.Ā Ā They both paused, like time slowed.Ā Ā Quince lazily swung his head around to look at Clay. Ā His eyes were half-lidded, bloodshot, pupils blown wide.
>>
What ifā¦ what ifā¦ His brain insistently whispered, imagining all the eyes belonging to his neighbors, strangers on the street, customers at the butcher shop in the next building over, tracking them as they disappeared into the apartment building, and then into his apartment, together.
>>
Alistair was already hitting the gas and pulling away from the building by the time he noticed the long, steady look Miles was giving him. Ā He glanced at him briefly, feeling a bit like a mouse under the gaze of a cat who had been there longer than he realized.
