Prompt Class Thread!

The character I’m using as mc is Arvia. I already made her but I never got the chance to use her in a role play so now I’m going to put her in my story.

I’m still unsure about how many mc’s I’m going to have because I quite like stories where there are about 4 and each chapter is a different persons pov.

As for the theme, I know I probably shouldn’t have but I went with the first idea that came into my head. It sounded okay so I was just like heck, what can go wrong? And used it. :upside_down_face:

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That’a pretty name for your character! At least, now you have an opportunity to use her. What made you create her in the first place? Is she an alter ego of yourself?

I love those type of book’s too! That is what I have in mind for making my story as well. I feel like different perspectives give the story more meaning and uniqueness to it. What are your thoughts on how it makes the story?

Most time’s is always good to go with the first thought that comes to mind. It’s when you start second guessing yourself and make a change is when you mess up. It’s always good to come up with multiple idea’s when creating something but if one idea is already a decided theme then go with it. Sometimes the stronger idea win’s out over the multiple choices route. Now, you can still change it if you don’t think it was the best plan but I would write out all your other ideas then compare what you want to write in each idea to each other. The one that pulls you in the most is the one you should go with. Let me know if that helps you out at all.

K so I made Arvia for the fairytail-d roleplay on episode forums but then the owners said I wasn’t allowed to participate for a couple of reasons so I didn’t get to use her or the other 12 characters i made for them.
But cause she was unique to that roleplay i couldn’t use her anywhere else unless I wanted to rewrite her completely.
But nope she’s not my alter ego, she was the first character i made that wasn t based on someone i knew.

I think that having more than one pov makes the story seem more realistic (and it’s easier to drop plot hints.) And it also increases length of you write a couple pov’s in one chapter.
My main thing though is that this way the mc doesn t get boring and self-centered. I know that the mc is supposed to be the main character but I don’t like it when everything is based around them.

It does, really. So the two best ideas i have are

  1. the original one I posted.

  2. A world in which there are 4 main species and in your 16th birthday, a human becomes one of these four. Th four would be

•Water imps. They are human like things that always have green eyes and died hair they are cursed by never bring allowed out of the water apart from when it is raining. When rain stops, the imp must be standing in a puddle or water of any kind else they will burst into flames and die.

•Fire imps. Clue is in th name, they usually have red or ginger hair and brown eyes. They don’t get hurt by fire but can’t touch water. So Instead of drinking water as fluid, they drink flames. If they touch water, they will start smoking and then evaporate.

•Dark imps. Bound to the night, they can’t stand in the sun but any other light is alright. If they were to come out in the sun they would burn them die.

Not done but I’ve gtg

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I’m here for questions! Just got loads of stuff on my mind :grimacing: give me another PM if you can!

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You’re good! I was just using this as a reminder for everyone to participate and get the discussion going! Ask away with any questions here on the main thread too!

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Sorry I’ve been super busy! But I am changing my plot. I can’t really put it on here right now because I have to get ready for school, but after school I will.

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Alright! Just let us know what the new one is when you get the time!

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Here for questions!

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Ok so I might stick to my original idea… but idk my mind keeps changing oof.

My new idea is:

Paige gets adopted by this family and they force her to act like them, dress like them, have similar interests… etc, to appease society. There are systems in place that “pair” together people and put people with families so that everything is “orderly”, and there is a constant fight for popularity amongst the families. There is also a marriage system, and both Paige and her sister Sandy (the one who was already in the family) have to get put together with their “soulmate”. Well, Paige gets put together with Derek, who is very charming on the outside, but is a complete sociopath. He eventually cheats on her with Sandy. This is a clear flaw in their “perfect” system and in order to maintain that they blame it on Paige, saying that she is the problem and that she doesn’t have a soulmate. And when they tell Paige this, she suddenly stops caring about keeping up with the system and begins to be herself. Which, isn’t okay with her family.
In another dimension, there is this guy that signed up for a 4 week trial, he is a test experiment for people looking to go to different dimensions. The test works, and now he is in Paige’s dimension for four weeks, and he has to record everything about it with as minimal interaction with other people as possible, but, because of the system, that is simply not possible for him to not blend in, if he doesn’t blend in they’ll eventually realize something is wrong, or so he thinks. (His name is James btw). So then he eventually meets Paige, and realizes that she is a LOT different from everyone in this dimension… and starts to realize that something wrong is going on.
There is also a romance between Paige and James lol.

Idk if I should do this idea, I kinda want to stick to my original idea, I want to write something spooky lol. But I do want feedback on this one, for this one, I’ve already figured out the characters because I tried to write this other story that just didn’t work out, so I’m changing it to this one, but idk I’m not really feeling this one.

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This idea is thought out really well. I can tell you worked on this new idea more than the other one. Your character’s seem more stable and put together. I think this is a good one to go with. I would talk to @LHT more about which story idea to go with. In all honesty, I think you should go with this one instead.

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She already send me a PM about this nefore and I agreed with what you just said. I also recommended she took this story instead since it just seemed more fleshed-out and while the second one had potential. It wasn’t sure where she was going with the plot , yet.

Either way it’s still up to Izzy to decide which one she prefers :woman_shrugging:

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Very true, @WritingWithStars the choice is up to you. All we can do is give you our opinions on what you should do. Just go with the story that has the strongest plot or speaks to you the most.

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Update

I know I missed today’s prompt but I’m going to actually give eveyone an extra week because I’ve been busy with work. I’m starting classes again on monday. So I won’t post prompt three until this coming thursday. Good news, it gives everyone an extra week to get their everything done. I will work on the proofreader switches during the extra week.

@ShanniiWrites @Kimballet @Kanubish @MeghanWrites @Jass @LHT @liyahsdiamond @ChaoticDeluge @BlackBlood @katabasis @WritingWithStars

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I’m sorry what are we supposed to do for this one? I’m mainly trying to figure out which plot to do.

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You’re good! Just discuss what you struggled with the most when coming up with your characters, story idea’s and theme.

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I know I haven’t been online lately but I came up with a new story like 30 minutes ago while in the shower.

Somber Moon

There’s this guy named Damien Preobrazhensky. He’s 34 years old and has psychopathic tendencies. He’s a reserved guy and very formal. When his mother Anastasia comes to town he begins experiencing weird dreams of him dying. But it feels like it’s really happening to him and when he wakes up, he can remember it exactly. Eventually, he begins having dreams of his father being resurrected from the grave. His father died when Damien was 5. What’s odd is that Anastasia means ‘resurrecting’. He goes through a long journey of his family history which leads him to exploring new places, meeting friends, and learning about his ancestors. Throughout these events, he continues to have dreams of previous things he’s learned. For instance, he learns one of his ancestors was a serial killer, he has dreams of his ancestor murdering all of his victims.

Thoughts? @WolfGamerGirl37 @Jass
(Believe it or not when I typed in somber I looked up when it meant because I didn’t know and it means dark/dull. :flushed: )

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I think it’s a good story. Do you feel like this is the story to go with? This idea has more mirth to it then the first one. How are the mother’s dreams connected to the son’s dreams? Why is seeing his father come back from the grave? What signifigance does the father have in the son’s life? Just a cold memory of knowing of him or a warm memory that makes him want to see his father? Who is this Ancestor? What is his meaning in this other than possibly leading Damien unto the path of becoming a killer?

@Jass did you see this?

Hmm, interesting since it’s completely different from the other one :rofl:
Again I feel like a lot of questions are still to answer in order to make this a really good plot.

Why does he have psychopathic tendencies, did something happen in his childhood or something like that? It could explain like why he gets those dreams when his mom is around, like that it triggers it.

In relation to this, what is the back story of his parents, that could be interesting to think about

I don’t see the connection between the dreams and his journey, so is something in the dreams triggering him to go investigate basically or is there another reason?

Something I completely miss in this plot is what will he do with the information? Does it bring him peace in the end or does it only make him crazy and for example repeat certain things his ancestors did? Just 2 suggestions but I miss his reaction to everything which I think is supposed to be a major part of the story.

What makes him him, besides the psychopathic tendencies? Both things you mention later more or less relate to that, so what is a unique personality trait, skill and hobby he has?

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Sorry everybody! I will post the next prompt tonight after work (Sadturday night for me). This week I got a little carried away since it was the first week of school. I have done both assignmemts now so I won’t have to worry about losing the class now like last semester. I will post the new proofleader list in the same post as well.