16 Jun 2023, 17:51
Conversations in the Courtyard
Mentions: @Ara Villa
Italics: thoughts
Outfit:Reducio
Ara said that I could use her idea. That was nice of her. Then she gave me a long summary of what her story was about. I nodded my head but now ideas were spiraling in my own head.
I finally had more ideas for a story of my own. “That sounds cool!” I replied, “Although that was a really long paragraph… I would love to read it some day!!”
Currently, I was writing my ideas down in my notebook. I was already at one page.
"I'm glad if you got some inspiration from my ideas. I honestly think some of them are stupid and not logical but it's the beauty of fantasy." Ara added.
"Do you think I should add a dragon guardian?" Ara asked.
I laughed at her first statement. “That’s so true though!! And as for the dragon guardian, it really depends on what the dragon guardian does. You don’t want too much detail, or anything like that because then it gets boring to read and really really long. But you don’t want it to be really undetailed either so…But a dragon guardian sounds quite interesting!!!” I replied.
While waiting for her response, I began to write. And then I stopped. “I have a question too… My character is going to go to an academy to learn magic… But she has these powers that are really rare… Should she be shunned out or be the new celebrity or something in the middle… You can read the summary of my book if that’s confusing…” I asked.
I opened my notebook wider so Ara could read what was written.
Word Count: 285
16 Jun 2023, 18:23
Conversations in the Courtyard
RP with @Reyna Evergreen
Reducio
RP Date
Not yet set
Color Speech
Reducio
"Speech"
Outfit/s
Reducioregular hogwarts uniform with grey sweater
Post date
June 17, 2023 (1:23am)
Ara read the summary that was in the notebook. "I think she should either be at the middle or lowest. Depends if the people at school know or not. And if they know, it should probably be rumours." She explains, "Also, if her power is really rare, you need to explain why, build universe rules and backstory. Also explain how powers work in their world and maybe even origin."
Ara knows the difficulty of world building. But she finds it enjoyable somehow. "By the way, the purpose of the dragon is to guard the fire crystal. A little obstacle for the characters won't hurt. Saving the world isn't a peice of cake you know?" the girl says. 'How did I get so talkative? Why?' she thought. Ara has never been this talkative to people other than her siblings and cousins. Its a bit weird to her on how people can share so much to others and feel good about it. She finds people who overshare a bit irresponsible.
Ara was happy that there was another writer she can talk with. One whom she can share ideas to and consult with eachother. Its quite... exciting.
The ravenette tied her hair into a half ponytail since the wind was getting annoying. 'I should've stayed inside but if I did, I wouldn't have met Reyna again and helped her' she thought as her energy was depleting rapidly. She has now zoned out... Like she does when she puts too much energy into social interaction.
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Last edited by Ara Villa on 27 Jun 2023, 14:30, edited 1 time in total.
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27 Jun 2023, 14:27
Conversations in the Courtyard
Mentions: @Ara Villa
Italics: thoughts
Outfit:Reducio
I listened as Ara spoke giving me advice about my story and helping me with my questions. I had wondered before but I was pretty sure of it now. Ara would be a great writing partner to come to. We could each help each other when we got stuck with writers block or had questions. Although it seemed Ara knew a lot more than I but probably because she was quite far in her story.
Her story sounded really interesting and I would love to read it. Once it was done though. Finally Ara finished talking. Her advice was really helpful. World building was quite hard but luckily I had a world built out. Not too fancy but not utterly simple either. No one likes a boring world or an extravagant one either. And definitely not a perfect world but not one where everything is wrong either. Something in between.
This fit in with what Ara had said about my character. Should she be popular? The new celebrity? Or the person everyone hates? But what if she was none? A person in between. Someone who blended in but yet stood out.
It would be quite hard to explain this but that was one of the challenges of writing.
“Thanks for the advice!” I replied, “I have created a world and I think I’ll make my character be at the middle. And her name’s Lillian. That’s what I have decided. She will have Earth powers and will be the only person who can bring together Fantasia, the world of magic and the world of science, name still being decided.”
I paused. I needed to write that all down. Grabbing my pen and flipping to a new page i titled it ‘Born from the Earth (BFTE) Book 1 IDEAS’. And I jotted down everything I had just said. I added in the World of Fantasia notes and left a whole page for brainstorming on the the world of science.
I sighed once I was done. Then I added, “I think you should add the dragon. Also, would you like to be writing partners? We could help each other with our stories and stuff…”
I smiled at her. I hoped that she would agree. The wind was blowing hard now and my hair spun around me. I managed to keep it down though.
This was definitely more fun than expected.
Word Count: 414
29 Jun 2023, 14:34
Conversations in the Courtyard
RP with @Reyna Evergreen
Reducio
RP Date
Not yet set
Color Speech
Reducio
"Speech"
Outfit/s
Reducioregular hogwarts uniform with grey sweater
Post date
June 29, 2023 (9:34pm)
Ara heard about the Earth Powers part of Reyna's story. "What is the uhm... Origin of the Earth powers? How does it work? Why is it the only person who can bring together Fantasia, the world of magic, and the world of science? Those are questions you need to answer while writing. Explain it somehow to your reader." she advises. She gives Reyna this advice because she knew that nothing happens, there is always a reason, cause, or explanation. The ravenette had a lot of questions and advice she can give to Reyna, she was just waiting for the right topics. Ara could tell she was a bit new to writing and as a person who knew a lot, she needed to help her. Who would let a beginner struggle? She sometimes but that's not the point.
Reyna asked if they could be writing partners. 'A partner would be nice, she is quite kind too. There are not many writers I know besides my family too...' she thought and her final response was "I guess we can be partners..." Her family had many writers in it, Ara didn't want to write all because of them but it made her be a bit more motivated. She found writing through reading. Her family has at least 15 authors, dead and alive, fiction and non-fiction. Only 4 of them are alive now, the oldest of the ones alive being her great-grandpa Rui. The girl's small tired eyes now went to Reyna, awaiting a response.
RP Word Count: 252/200
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13 Jul 2023, 02:46
Conversations in the Courtyard
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Ara had some great questions for me which I was able to find in my notebook. Immediately a few things clicked. To answer all of her questions I showed her a piece of my plot planning. It read ‘Lillian will soon discover that a Great war existed but the people of Fantasia called magicians wiped the scientists minds of this. The scientists had been using the magicians power to create an army of people who could then take over the magicians land. One of their failed projects was Lillian herself. Lillians mother was a seer so she foresaw a need for Lillian, the failed project. At the time she was just a really smart girl with some powers. But when her body was thrown into the earth after being a failure, Lillians mother, a magician and her father a scientist who were working together, performed ancient magic on her and made her have earth powers. The actual army that scientists created went bonkers and killed many people not following the scientists commands at all. This is how the great war started. Eventually, the magicians captured them most of the army and froze them. But the army managed to escape plotting revenge and swearing that they would come back to kill them all once, and for all. And so the magicians washed the scientists mind, making sure that the scientists did not remember a thing. They left Lillian there to the scientists, so that when the time was right, Lillian would be the one to save them from the army that the scientists created because she was like them and as powerful now. And she would be the only one who could beat them.’ As I showed it to her I wondered what she thought. I was also glad that Ara had agreed to be writing buddies. I knew one person who was a writer in my family and that was my grandpa. But he could no longer write anymore. This would give me a chance to see what other people like me were writing about, and how they wrote! And at the same time, it would give me a chance to make a new friend. |
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Interacting with @Ara Villa
22 Jul 2023, 07:14
Conversations in the Courtyard
RP with @Reyna Evergreen
Reducio
RP Date
Not yet set
Color Speech
Reducio
"Speech"
Outfit/s
Reducioregular hogwarts uniform with grey sweater
Post date
July 22, 2023 (2:15 pm)
Reyna wrote quickly and when she finished, Ara read it. It was about a girl named Lilian, a failed experiment from a land where magicians and scientists exist. It was quite good. The whole thing could be a short prologue by itself. "It looks nice! You can expand on what does Lilian's earth powers are like." Ara says to Reyna.
"Like what does it do or if you want her to discover it she can choose to not use it when she was younger and now tries to learn it. Or you can say that the scientist still experimented with her and she was saved from that purgatory by another magician who somehow escaped and that person is about to go too far and Lillian saves or stops them from that." The girl said some of her ideas with the thing Reyna gave her.
Ara mainly writes dark stories, full of death and loss. At the end of her book, she plans that the main character gets left in the other world. She knew it would be outrageous for the readers but at the same time, it wouldn't make sense too. Why would the creator let them make a better world without things going after humans without a price to pay? Plus the main character always put others first even if it meant lying for them.
The part that Ara is on is that the friend of the main character who thought they were dead wasn't dead and is planning on wiping out every other species besides humans to ensure a future.
RP Word Count: 262/200
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4 Aug 2023, 19:22
Conversations in the Courtyard
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Reyna listened to Ara speak about her ideas for her powers and plot of the story. I was so happy when Ara said that she liked it. It felt good because no one had ever told her this before. Her parents had always told her it was better to be in a profession that could earn a lot of money and writing wasn't included in that. They told her that she should be outside, not writing inside. But she refused to stop. I liked Ara's ideas and feedback so I scribbled them down into my notebook for me to look at later on. I would figure out how to incorporate these ideas into the major plot of my story. And about her powers. Well I planned on keeping them simple, but not too simple... they would mostly be about moving the Earth, like creating holes in the ground and creating mini earthquakes. But the discovery of the powers would be the most interesting. I scanned my notebook and then I found a page on her powers in depth. "I think I made it so that she discovers her powers through a dream and one day she wakes up and realizes what she actually is meant to do. Then she gets these visions which tell her to go to the sacred Four Seasons tree which ends up leading her into a different world. And then she learns what her powers truly are when she arrives at the school and takes a test to see what powers she contains. Her powers end up being Earth powers which are rare but people just ignore her because she hasn't actually proven that she can do anything with them." I said. "Eventually the school gets attacked and she shows them what her powers can do and people start to think about her differently." There. That was a long explanation about her powers but a pretty good one in her opinion. There was still the part about the school trip where she and her friends went off to explore a cave which she needed to incorporate. Hmm... maybe they can take a trip before the school gets attacked? This was an important part of the story because this was when Lillian and her friends would find water crystals which would lead her on a hunt for the weapon and a way to destroy the scientist's experiments. And Lillian would be the one to do it. |
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Interacting with @Ara Villa
15 Aug 2023, 11:57
Conversations in the Courtyard
RP with @Reyna Evergreen
Reducio
RP Date
Not yet set
Color Speech
Reducio
"Speech"
Outfit/s
Reducioregular hogwarts uniform with grey sweater
Post date
August 15, 2023 (6:57 pm)
"That's good. For the dream, I have an idea. Basically, it was an old, vague memory and something triggered her to remember it. Maybe it could be a memory of the scientists talking about their observations of her powers?" Ara proposed, "And for the school being attacked, maybe it can be led by the same scientists?" 'Her ideas are good but she needs to explain and have a reason for them like why would they attack? Experiment? And more.' she thought. The ravenette continued writing after telling Reyna her ideas and feedback. She was happy being able to converse with someone that she can share her ideas and give feedback. Ara thinks that Reyna's story is good to go with a few extra details and clarifications.
Thanks to her ideas with Reyna, Ara now has ideas for her own story. Specifically that one part where the main character's best friend 'dies'. The young Slytherin was very brutal with her stories, at least one important character has to die one way or another. This 'death' however was just mocking the reader. The real deal is going to be later on in the story. Ara's story's twist is that the main character will sacrifice themselves and will be left in the other world. Dramatic? Yes. Needed? Also yes. But she does have 2 reasons for deciding on it. 1. She doesn't like happy endings and 2. It didn't make sense since there was a price for saving the world of course.
RP Word Count: 249/200
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25 Aug 2023, 00:59
Conversations in the Courtyard
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I listened to Ara's ideas. Ooh they sounded interesting. I wrote the first one down. The dream one. I would use that one. I hadn't put much thought into that one so this made me think. Test my brain power. For when the school would be attacked, it would be by the monsters created by the scientists. The scientist would have had their brains washed so that wouldn't work. And I guess that also meant I needed a reason. Slowly, pieces started to form in my mind. "I like your ideas about the dream. For the school it would be attacked by the monsters the scientists created as the monsters have been planning an attack for years. This particular day could be special maybe because it's a full blue moon. I once read that full blue moons happen very rarely. So this could have caused the barrier where the monsters are trapped to weaken and then they escaped and attacked." I replied. I liked my explanation. It was a good one in my opinion. It was also a good thing to have a friend like Ara who questioned my different works of writing. This was helpful. But could I call her a friend? I hoped so. I wanted to be friends with her. But did she want to be friends with me? I guess it was worth an ask. "Hey Ara... do you want to become friends? Like not just acquaintances. But like actual friends. I mean it's totally up to you but... I'd love to be friends." I said. I crossed my fingers hoping for a good answer. Hopefully I'd get one. |
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Interacting with @Ara Villa
3 Sep 2023, 13:11
Conversations in the Courtyard
RP with @Reyna Evergreen
Reducio
RP Date
Not yet set
Color Speech
Reducio
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Other person"
Outfit/s
Reducioregular Hogwarts uniform with grey sweater
Post date
September 3, 2023 (8:12 pm)
Reyna said her explanation for her story, "That's a nice explanation, although the blue moon part is a bit cliche and overused, It's solid though" she said honestly as she looked at the fountain nearby. After she gave her advice, Reyna suddenly asked something Ara dreaded to say herself. "Do you want to be friends...I'd love to be friends" The girl froze as she heard the words. She hasn't heard them from anyone besides reading them from books. Those scenes from the books she's read are coming to life. This girl is about to be her first actual friend. But she was also hesitant. Ara is not used to having friends. She's always been more comfortable being by herself. But she thought about it, she weighed the pros and cons and came up with her answer. 'Reyna is kind and would make a great friend... Should I accept?' she thought.
She took a deep breath, "I guess?" She said, "Why not?" she shrugged. Ara thought about Reyna's reaction before saying those words. Her conclusion is that she is going to be relieved or is she? Were all those friends in books going to be her reality? She waited for her response.
RP Word Count: 201/200
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