The author reflects on their earliest memory of Darth Vader and the impact of the prequel trilogy. They discuss Vader’s evolution from a menacing villain to a character with a complex backstory and humanity. The article highlights the importance of understanding a villain’s origin and its influence on the author’s writing, ending with a nod to George Lucas’s storytelling.
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Writing a Love through the Ages
The author reflects on the origins of “Just One”, inspired by a TV show, and how the story evolved into a series. The title holds deeper meaning, exploring past lives and love. The series is planned as a seven-book story, with the first book offering a glimpse into the author’s beliefs and unanswered questions.
Creating a Film Trailer
The author reflects on a productive year, focusing on multimedia studies and upcoming projects. They discuss challenges in creating a film trailer based on a short story and elaborate on the subject and progress made. Additional updates relate to a digital marketing project and plans for future content. The author expresses anticipation for their upcoming work.
Building a Universe
In the third segment of Creativity Wednesday, the author discusses their love-hate relationship with world-building, their process in creating diverse fictional worlds, and seeking feedback on their character developments.
Villains in my Mind
The content discusses “Wednesday Creativity,” a segment where the author delves into the creative process. The post reveals three villain characters: Veronica Harlington and Corran Xothorn from the “Just One” book, and Naha’va from the author’s Star Wars roleplaying. The author describes their complex backgrounds, appearances, and personalities.
Write Now, Edit Later
The blogger is adjusting their posting schedule due to increased workload from school and writing assignments. The “Wednesday Creativity” segment will now merge “Character Introduction” and “Inspiration Thursday”. They discuss their evolution in understanding the editing process, use of grammar tools like Grammarly and Word’s Editor, and drafting process that involves parallel reading old and new documents.
Short Story Contest
This post, titled ‘Inspiration Thursday’, is a retrospective look at the author’s experiences in writing and entering literary contests. She writes about her early attempts at poetry and short stories, co-writing with her father, and winning a Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 1 VHS set. The author then discusses her recent participation in an annual short story competition, during which she developed a short story about her favourite roleplay character “Katrine”. She also talks about her writing process, her reliance on beta readers, and the process of gathering votes for the competition.
Character Development
This week’s Inspiration Thursday talks about developing fictional characters in roleplay, fan fiction and even my upcoming book Just One. There’s also a section about minor characters of Just One, giving a further sneak peak into my work.
Fan Fiction
This weeks Inspiration Thursday looks into my time writing fan fiction, both in the universe of Roswell (as Just One was originally), but also other universes such as Star Wars and Terminator. It’s a look into what fan fiction is and why it would be good for anyone to try it.
Roswell
My upcoming book Just One started out as a fan fiction of the TV show Roswell (1999-2002). This post touches upon my love for the show, why I started the fiction, a little bit on the remark Roswell, New Mexico.
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