#raiswanson

🎤 They have seen some shit

Creatures with too many eyes, too many teeth, too many tentacles, or all of the above.

Think you see a landmass? Nope. That’s an island sized creature with spongy skin that will quicksand you into a digestive tract.

Think you see a jellyfish? Nah, that’s a hypnotic creature that will drown you as soon as you look at it.

Where did those bones come from? Why is Jane eating raw flesh? Is this seaweed supposed to make my hands burn?

Also! I have a homemade food web! That I did my best to make readable. So that can give you an idea of the larger scale ecosystem and how it functions.

- The fact that some characters, hero or villain, have performed specific actions so often that when someone mentions that action, the character has to say “can you be more specific.”

- Large, boisterous, incredibly friendly Russians

- The dope slap. Just smacking someone upside the head as a way of telling someone that they were being an idiot

- When the morally ambiguous character leaves just before the final throwdown only to painfully admit that yes, they do care about their friends, then turn around and go back to help save the day

- Parents that are so obviously and healthily in love with each other that it has the high potential to embarrass their children

- When the authorities have the various members of the crew in an interrogation room and it cuts between the different interrogations to the crew either giving wildly different accounts of the same story or finishing each other’s sentences/answering each other’s questions

- When a character has every right to be frustrated at something physical and appears to be walking away calmly only to lose their cool a second later and grab a sledgehammer or smth

- Incredibly grandiose/unlikely threats. IE: “I’m going to play hopscotch in your chest cavity” or “I’m going to carve your heart out with a spoon.” Bonus points if the character that makes them follows through or makes a reference to them later on.

- Someone naming their weapon. Bonus points for naming it after a loved one or a lost love.

- The relationship between a pure force of unmitigated chaos and the one person that can (sometimes) keep them under control.

- Brick jokes. Like someone drops a line in Season 2, episode 3, only to have it referenced in Season 7, episode 9. The longer the brick is in the air, the better.

- Weaknesses that are really lame

- When a character has something that happens to them that removes all sense of a filter, and they start saying what’s *really* on their mind.

- Ambiguously worded questions. No matter how you answer, it’s going to lead to more humor.

- Communication errors for the sake of comedy, just like, in general

- Slipping innuendos into kids’ movies or shows

Lime Green: Your favourite kind of scene to write

Ask and ye shall receive! 

OH OH YAY. My dragon child! Thank you so much!!! 

14. What does it take for you to be ready to write a book? (i.e. do you research? outline? make a playlist or pinterest board? wing it?)

It depends on the book, but I usually need, at a minimum:

- Basic Character Sheets (name, age, notes on personality and stuff)- A very rough outline (think of it like a sketch)

Everything else is variable. Sometimes I make pinterest boards, playlists, etc. Sometimes I just get right into it. Whatever the story needs!

23. Most anticipated upcoming books?

I can’t wait for @brynwrites ‘s Pearl to be published. It’s gonna be so good, guys!

54. Favorite first line/opening you've written?

7. Favorite author.

Oh gosh. This is unfair, there’s so many things to consider here. I’ll just go with Ted Dekker? Because I’ve read a decent amount of his books, and he does a great job in writing to make you feel unsettled. 

12. How do you deal with self-doubts?

Screech as I hit the “post” button before I can stop myself. No, but I try to remind myself that I’m still learning and growing. I’m allowed to make mistakes and learn from them. 

And it’s always nice to remind myself that there are actually people, even if it’s a few, that are invested/interested in some of the things I write. 

31. Hardest character to write.

Of my own ocs, probably Ryo. But only because I haven’t completely figured out his personality/purpose yet. Whoops. 

From my fanfics? Probably gonna be Thanos. Yikes.

32. Easiest character to write.

Own ocs: Caél. He’s just a smug, self-entitled punk with a snappy mouth. He’s a terrible Fae baby. 

Fanfic: Tony Stark, I think. 

49. What do you find the hardest to write in a story, the beginning, the middle or the end?

I usually have a pretty good idea of the beginning and what end I want. It’s somewhere in the true middle that I sort of get lost for a bit. I think it’s because I’m terrible at strategy and planning, so I have no idea on how my characters should strategize and plan. 

This is Ahri(Left) and Fherb(Right) I just had to draw something based off THIS screen cap because if that ain’t Fherb then I don’t know what is.