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- lilyjen
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
Alright, so the main thing I'm curious about is the actual mechanics of it. There's two of us, each with our own characters. What I've done before is just that we each control our own characters– basically, interactions went like this:
I don't think we're doing it exactly like that, but the way this operated is that you could only control what your own characters were saying or doing- so you could only say so much at once, then you had to wait for the other person to respond. I'm pretty sure this is standard roleplaying mechanics, but hey, maybe not. This does make it a bit more lenghthy, but I feel like it's the easiest way?
also, if you need someone to react a certain way, like, if one of your characters had some sort of weird hypnosis or something idk, just explain it quick in brackets. Because if you started saying stuff like “and then so-and-so did such-and-such” you get the, oh… they're controlling my character… and then that's annoying. So yeah, if the other person's character HAS to do something, I'm fine with that, just say so and the other person will react themselves? Hope this makes sense <3
Have we talked about formatting? I think we said somewhere that we were gonna do it with like, novel form with all the proper “” and she said and did and all that, but just officially, that's what we're gonna do, right?
and I know this is a bunch of posts in a row, sorry–
someone might say:
Name1: Where am I? Hello?
and then someone would reply something like:
Name2: *taps name1 on the shoulder* Hello there!
and then back to person1
Name1: *jumps* Ack!
I don't think we're doing it exactly like that, but the way this operated is that you could only control what your own characters were saying or doing- so you could only say so much at once, then you had to wait for the other person to respond. I'm pretty sure this is standard roleplaying mechanics, but hey, maybe not. This does make it a bit more lenghthy, but I feel like it's the easiest way?
also, if you need someone to react a certain way, like, if one of your characters had some sort of weird hypnosis or something idk, just explain it quick in brackets. Because if you started saying stuff like “and then so-and-so did such-and-such” you get the, oh… they're controlling my character… and then that's annoying. So yeah, if the other person's character HAS to do something, I'm fine with that, just say so and the other person will react themselves? Hope this makes sense <3
Have we talked about formatting? I think we said somewhere that we were gonna do it with like, novel form with all the proper “” and she said and did and all that, but just officially, that's what we're gonna do, right?
and I know this is a bunch of posts in a row, sorry–
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
You're probably asleep now but I just got back from practice. It's Easter weekend so no more practices. We'll talk more abt that last part tomorrow and hopefully start the RP
(also, I'm thinking of doing 3rd person for one character and 1st person (I just love 1st person, I'm sorry) for the other to avoid confusion. tell me ur thoughts plssss)
(also, I'm thinking of doing 3rd person for one character and 1st person (I just love 1st person, I'm sorry) for the other to avoid confusion. tell me ur thoughts plssss)
- MiraO_20
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
ahhh so many post xD totally agree the with the brackets thing. we don't want overstepping or anything. Just communication. And yes basic formatting for a novel. If you want we can do like
Chapter 1: TITLE
(whoever goes could start typing)
that way if we ever want to copy our story somewhere, the format is much simpler and organized.
Last edited by MiraO_20 (March 26, 2024 04:27:10)
- lilyjen
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
I've been on and off, was drawing for a while– and I'll be sleeping soon but:
I like the idea of keeping it in a format that we could easily copy to somewhere else and already have a nicely formatted story.That might be a reason to keep it all in the same POV, because then it'd be easier for furture readers (whether us or others) to understand.
I do also love first person, but I feel like the thoughts could get complicated (especially because my characters think a lot– I mean like the way I write first person) so it could just be easier to only have dialogue/actions/description? We can discuss more tho, and even try a few things and change it if it's not working <3
I like the idea of keeping it in a format that we could easily copy to somewhere else and already have a nicely formatted story.That might be a reason to keep it all in the same POV, because then it'd be easier for furture readers (whether us or others) to understand.
I do also love first person, but I feel like the thoughts could get complicated (especially because my characters think a lot– I mean like the way I write first person) so it could just be easier to only have dialogue/actions/description? We can discuss more tho, and even try a few things and change it if it's not working <3
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
I'm thinking we should write some samples of a short story with our characters using different POVs. You know your characters so you can choose whatever POV is best for them and I'll do the same. We can read each other's stories and then ‘vote’ on which POV sounds better or smth. I don't know if I'm explaining myself correctly. The idea sounded a lot better in my head. (plus, no vball practice until April 1st so I should be active)
- lilyjen
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100+ posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
Alright I was trying to post something but forums got mad at me so here's two of my pieces with the trio in them, how I usually write them:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/682100/?page=2#post-7630899
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/682100/?page=2#post-7623641
That's one of my writing threads… if you want you can read any of the other stuff on there. Some of it is like, unedited or speed ran or like 6 months old tho so bear that in mind xDD
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/682100/?page=2#post-7630899
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/682100/?page=2#post-7623641
That's one of my writing threads… if you want you can read any of the other stuff on there. Some of it is like, unedited or speed ran or like 6 months old tho so bear that in mind xDD
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
OH. MY. IT is sooooooo good. Oh please can we write first POV? ahhhhhh I love writing xD
- lilyjen
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
TYSM!
Yeah I thought I had some 3rd person from them somewhere but I don't, and I realized how important all their thoughts are… I'll probably be switching around who's perspective I'm writing it from tho, maybe I'll announce at the top of the post?
Or how do you want to deal with that?
also gtg to bed soon bc my mom says so T-T. so I'll be inexplicably dissapearing soon.
Yeah I thought I had some 3rd person from them somewhere but I don't, and I realized how important all their thoughts are… I'll probably be switching around who's perspective I'm writing it from tho, maybe I'll announce at the top of the post?
Or how do you want to deal with that?
also gtg to bed soon bc my mom says so T-T. so I'll be inexplicably dissapearing soon.
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
- Scratcher
33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
Let's just do first person! Tomorrow we figure out how to start the story and then we begin the RP hopefully!!
- MiraO_20
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33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
I think I set a pretty good base for how my characters might run into yours with my backstories, but we need your side too before we start writing. Plus, I get out of school at noon tomorrow and then I'm on Easter break js so you know my activity on here
- lilyjen
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Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
Ag sorry I didn't reply today's been busy– I'll get back to you tmr
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
- Scratcher
33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
Np! It's really chaotic when school's in session :'D
- MiraO_20
- Scratcher
33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
I want to write so bad. My fingers are just itching type. Almost like magic…
(lol)
(lol)
- lilyjen
- Scratcher
100+ posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
okay I'm here now– what exactly do we need? Just a plan right… I feel like I'm forgetting smt. um.
“Don't stay in one place for too long. Run. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness. The jokes and smiles to hide the pain. For this smile is fake. And this laugh hurts. I am broken. And it's the one thing I can't fix.” - Leo Valdez, HOO
“It's… hard, when you can't trust yourself. I spent my whole life believing I was doing something good for someone good… but it was a lie. And some part of me still wants to believe in that lie, just like you wanna believe you're dumb, or whatever. But it's not true. I promise. I wouldn't mess with you.” - Hunter, TOH
- MiraO_20
- Scratcher
33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
How are your characters going to run into mine or vice versa? Once we figure that out, we can start writing!
- MiraO_20
- Scratcher
33 posts
Mira and Lily's Writing Thread
It is Saturday.
It is the weekend.
Beautiful things happen during this time.
You do what you like, or nothing at all.
What you do or not is part of life.
It trashes you or lifts you up.
From the ground, like a bug.
Even if it's not your wish
This is your permanent commitment
The gift of life. a beautiful life
Time to start celebrating our gifts tonight.
(I was bored, so I wrote a weird poem/song I'm sorry loll :')
It is the weekend.
Beautiful things happen during this time.
You do what you like, or nothing at all.
What you do or not is part of life.
It trashes you or lifts you up.
From the ground, like a bug.
Even if it's not your wish
This is your permanent commitment
The gift of life. a beautiful life
Time to start celebrating our gifts tonight.
(I was bored, so I wrote a weird poem/song I'm sorry loll :')
Last edited by MiraO_20 (March 30, 2024 17:16:34)
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