As an adventurer, it's hard to stay indoors during this time of year because the weather here in Kansas is gorgeous. But as a writer, the hashtag prompt challenges make life interesting.
1 Oct: Introduce your MCs from the perspective of the antagonist.
Allegra: Who? Oh, yes. The Apprentices of Sisters Sjara and Steph, respectively. I have to say they've both been a disappointment. We so desperately needed a competent shapeshifter this generation, and young Tani's early… signs of promise… have yet to manifest either. A pity.
Going "Epsilon Project" again (for other WIP, see my profile). As it is a #WebSerial tale built on the fly, the antagonist is as yet unknown (if there even is one).
However, Part One had Angel wrap up a prior case. That antagonist saw her as a nutty animal lover (absolutely), an annoying busybody (not wrong), who was not very bright (hugely incorrect) and overly gun happy (depends on Angel's mood).
#WordWeavers Oct 1 Introduce MC from antagonist's POV.
I had heard about her, of course. Her recruiter gave me a report, and he mentioned the trophies on her wall, so clearly had been using her power to win—some do and some do not—but I did not understand until I saw her move. She is a natural. She can do anything physical, any sport, any fighting style. But she lacked intentionality. It was just movement for her, so I knew I needed to make her desire to hurt her opponent. This is necessary.
#WordWeavers Oct 2. Who is your most intriguing character? Why?
To me, it's this side character I made to be the angry guy, but then he turned into the #ComicRelief too--bc this story needs it!--and the combo is fascinating. He's goofy and wants to have friends, but also resents that he's not the star of the story and knows it. He surprises me in ways most characters can't. He just does stuff, and I'm like, yeah, that's his thing!
#WordWeavers 10/1 Introduce your MC from the antagonist's POV.
"She is devious, intelligent. One of our finer and more troublesome creations. Her talent as an orichalcum-shaper has grown quite impressive. And her affinity for these...surface dwellers, it serves her well enough. Perhaps we can use it against her.
Perhaps she has forgotten she, too, is a thing we have made. A lump of metal with delusions of grandeur. A beautiful creation, as all of ours are - but one that must be reforged."
#wordweavers Introduce your MC from the pov of the antagonist. Fortune's Favor.
Cassian: Caralys Sardai i Melian is an employee of House Melian, one of the leading merchant families of the city of Beira. She's only a courtesan, though no doubt an expensive one. Sending a courtesan to negotiate with the Calpurnian Navy is either an insult, or more likely given Menaechmi, that this is how they do it - a government run by hairdressers and maidservants!
#WordWeavers Sept 1. Introduce MC from the perspective of the antagonist.
He should have died, not lived on, like a thorn in my side, all these years. They still talk about him. Whispering gossip and rumour when they think I can't hear. They know he's rich and successful, but they don't know that I'm already under his skin.
Everything he owns is mine; it always has been. When I get it, I'll grind his bones into dust and burn his memory until all that remains are ashes.
01/10. Introduce your MC from the perspective of the antagonist.
AI:"Commander Kira Joan Knox, age 35 Earth/Terran Standart Years, 178 cm, 95 KG in 1GAP, currently inactive, released from Duty on Uniondate 335.9-01/10-3202. This file is redacted and manipulated. I am sure she commands one of the Alliances Navy Special Test/Prototypes like N.64-3.V.4_Unit-O1. I know about her. Our path crossed several times before, she will join our mission soon enough again."
#WordWeavers 1 (October): Introduce your MCs from the perspective of the antagonist
Avebury: Miss Cervanso has promise, despite her disadvantages - and, I suppose, I can hardly blame her for the unfortunate accident of her species. I could wish she had better taste in friends, but that's something I'm confident I can correct, given time.
(Viola's pretty much the only one of the crew Avebury really wants to talk about, and... well, you can see how he talks about her. Because he's awful)
💾 Since October's #WordWeaver starts tomorrow, I updated my site with the (🇪🇺 freely downloadable!) first half of #SimulacraNavigans, the scifi I will be tooting about!
Inspired by Stanisław Lem's #Solaris and Kim Stanley Robinson's #Aurora, it's a story of community, conscience and adaption to space and time.
💾 #WordWeavers 1/31: Introduce MCs from antagonist pov.
"Great, eventually they accepted the mission. I have to say, this is not how I wanted it to turn out, but we'll take it; I don't want any more delays on the Promise Project. The microbiology professor will surely make herself useful, and the grandpa has some amateur piloting experience. It will be more than enough. The high school boy and the trans girl... they're young, they'll learn something along the way. Hopefully."
Wetryxstray, like the majority of all Entishay have attended the Weaver's Haven. Entishay are taught the basics of controlling Strand Energy. Also, more complex theories and trades practiced in their land.
He merely learned theory and practical knowledge, given that his Assassin training was furnished by his Vals. It's one of the few topics that isn't taught at Weaver's Haven. To pass he had to weave a Sarva made of Nekrisnanji; it was deemed impeccable.
All the MCs in my novels are first and second-year university students. Kaori in my second novel also attends a special school for people with strong reikon (agility to sense the supernatural).
In my WIP the love interest is a high school graduate. The narrator may or may not have graduated from university, but I haven't decided.
I write it all. From a lot of original works, to long ongoing RP stories, to deep and insightful fanfiction that my friends thankfully love. I have Doctor Who stories published as well. I have a following on Archive of Our Own. My best friends (who I met elsewhere) are @strangeseawolf, @QuokkaMocha, @doctorwanderer, and @DoctorMonkey2. I have a paranormal podcast too! (Link on profile!)
It's the #cyberpunk story I'm using for the #WordWeavers hashtag. I've written my MC for so long, from #CyberpunkRED and #Cyberpunk2020, to RPing him (which I still do), and to now embarking on a full-blown novel.
#WordWeavers 01: Introduce your antagonist with as much sympathy as possible.
'Does Richard hate me because I shot him?' Cathy asked.
Eimear smiled. 'It goes back much further than your previous life. His parents were religious fanatics.'
'I thought he was an orphan?'
'I'm talking about the thirteenth century. They were Cathars.'
'We've known him all that time?'
'I'm afraid so. His parents were so preoccupied with the survival of their faith that they neglected him. He turned against us.'
Cathy met both her men at uni. She got a first in business studies, John a 2.1 in computing, Richard a third in economics.
Most people are more interested in the sleeping arrangements than their pass marks. Cathy is tight-lipped about whether she ever had a threesome. John says never, Richard boasts about it. You decide.
#Wordweavers Oct 1 MC from antagonist POV
Cathy thinks she is so smart with her honours degree, but I can wrap her around my finger. The more I knock her about mentally, the more she is attracted to me.
'I'm moving in with John' she said. Great, I thought. Enjoy the vanilla sex. I can put one over on me best mate while I shag his missus. Those tits are wasted on him anyway.
#wordweavers
2. Who is your most intriguing character? Why?
Eimear. The others blunder through this life, wondering why it all looks so familiar, then find something that answers the question and poses a million more. Eimear looks at her friends and sees a thousand relationships stretching back aeons. She can answer all their questions, but first, they must ask them, and then they must be ready to hear the answer. She sips her tea and waits. Time is infinite.
For #WordWeavers tomorrow, I think I'm going to be working on a new #cyberpunk story. The MC is an original character that I've been writing for a very long time and in so many different stories. I used to RP him with friends, and still avidly do in a number of fantastic stories, but I decided to finally start a long novel with him. He originated from #CyberpunkRED and #Cyberpunk2020, tabletop RPG's / #TTRPG's. I've written him over every imaginable medium.
#WordWeavers 9.29 — Who in your story gives the most pep talks?
Funny you should ask. It's a toss up between Alexios and Junk. The former is the leader of Destiny's Maelström (and my MC), and the latter is his best friend. Whenever Alexios needs help, he turns to Junk. When Junk needs help, he will always turn to Alexios as well. That's just how it goes. Pep talks happen regularly.
Destiny's Maelström occasionally find themselves in sticky situations. Between the two of them, they get out.
Alexios is a rather smart man. Back on his home planet, before they were invaded and enslaved by The Syndicate and he later escaped to Citune, he had earned himself a few degrees in schooling. Although it feels like a lifetime ago now, he's still very well-rounded. He's an intelligent leader. He never stops learning. He's clever enough to know the black market business inside and out as well. That's where his gang mainly operates.
#WordWeavers 10.1 — Introduce your MC from the perspective of the antagonist.
Dr. Death: This asshole was the one who got away. I enslaved his entire planet, a tiny peaceful thing they called New Glasgow. I turned them all into workers for The Syndicate, and he somehow escaped. He did demolition work for nearly a year before slipping my grasp. I heard rumors that he's now residing on a planet named Citune, at the Outer Rim, but I'm not sure about any of it. They're just rumors, after all.
Here you will find some of my writing stuff.
Note I'm not a professional writer, I barely finished any fanfiction & most of the time I creating backstorys for my NPCs & PCs in TTRPGs or Console/Computer RPGs.
That said I also love world building & working on a SciFi world & a SciFi Parody world for around ten years by know. Still i don't have any idea what storys to tell.