Stage Comedy follows a reaper named Theodore "Theo" Roven. They're a reaper who's grown remorseful for eating human souls after learning more about them, and wants a soul of their own, so they make a deal with a deity to receive a soul if they prove themself worthy.
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#FirstDraftFall I'm... gonna TRY to get an outline of the first five chapters done. I work full time, and today I'm going in for a ten hour shift, so I'm just accepting that I'm not getting anything done today.

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which one? 😆

the main character of the soulmark story is Samira, a Healer's apprentice who's just been saved from captivity by her friends, but who now has to grapple with the trauma of it all while they rebuild the kingdom.

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Our primary main character is Jake, a paroled convict and third-generation survivor of a brutal Demi-human breeding program struggling to adjust to outside life, and forced back into the underworld to provide for his family.

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I’m already into writing, so I’m spending time going back and fleshing out scenes that feel unfinished/filling in the gaps where I wrote (X happens, or Y mood is overwhelming) rather than prosing it all out.

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Aaand I’m already behind!

The absolute key thing you need to establish for me is what the character THINKS they want and what they ACTUALLY want.

This is a powerful incendiary base for both character growth and motivation

#FirstDraftFall: The main characters of SpaceBachelorette are Evadne and Callum. They met on a bachelorette-like show, but the relationship ended badly. Five years later, Callum is hired to smuggle a fugitive Evadne to safety.

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#FirstDraftFall: I write out some character summaries for my two leads and next will be working on a plot skeleton and some summaries of my supporting cast.

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#firstdraftfall Meet Ash. From the little bit of pink around his beak and slightly paler eyes that he's a juvenile. That's because in the mid-1700s he was a teenage boy who broke into a witch's cottage, and she decided to turn him into a crow and keep him on retainer. Fortunately, this suits Ash who

Caly (also known as Parody) is sixteen - old enough to have her name pulled for Testing to be listed on the Roster.

Both of her fathers died due to their listing - one in front of her. That's what fully triggered her ability to activate.

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The main characters of The Bird and the Blade are Wilder and Callum! It's a dual POV book!
Wilder is the bandit who kidnaps the noble, Callum! 🪶

#FirstDraftFall Technically two! The first is the POV character, Cedric Doyle, a human doctor who's writing about the escapades of his roommate. The other is said roommate, Arthur North, a zizzun consulting detective and the most brilliant bee in Eldaven (not by his own admission).

#FirstDraftFall I'd outlined Beehemia way back in December, but I need to revisit it, because I've had ideas that could make the story tighter BUT throw most of the old outline out the window.

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Technically, I think you just need to know what your characters want and why they can't have it to start. This is a huge simplification, but everything else should grow organically from there.

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October 6th

I am pretty happy with how geographically I developed reflame so I'll focus on history (properly) this week!

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Worldbuilding the history and magic system ^^

I decide on the romance I want then pull out one of those 120 volume character questionnaires and answer them.

Most of the time I don't need to fill it all out before the character solidifies, but it helps tremendously.

World is usually historical so research!

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