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what’s a good place to start learning about your ocs?

Hello!

Honestly, the best place to learn is digging deep through the backlog of posts on this bad boi- I haven't posted all that much about them, as I've never been certain on exactly what to put out there.

Here's a re-introduction to the gremlin gang!

STITCHES:

Jamie: Jamie is a changeling boy with an affinity for fire raised in the human world since he was one. He has always been acutely aware that he doesn't belong, and has finally found a family with his friends; Storm, Wilhelm, and Ivy. Jamie is fiercely loyal, and partial to mischief and mayhem. However, as the story progresses, he is plunged into a darkness that threatens to extinguish his fire forever.

Storm: Storm is a changeling girl who grew up surrounded by young children being switched for more fey like her in the night. She has always sought to put an end to the changeling trades, making sure children get the chance to grow up with the families they were meant to be with. She is a creative with a knack for healing, and is the glue that holds the Quartet together. When she herself goes missing under very dark circumstances, everything begins to crumble.

Wilhelm: Wilhelm is a human boy that lives in a town in-between worlds. He has managed to escape the curse of The Sight, though two of his best friends are fey folk. Gifted with an appetite both for food and fun, Wilhelm is a blast to be around and someone you would want on your side in a fight. When Jamie and Storm vanish, he will do everything in his power to bring them home.

Ivy: Ivy is the newest addition to the Quartet, just settled out of a mysterious past in Ireland. She is a ride-or-die friend, drinking in all the joy of being in a stable friend group and playing pranks alongside the rest of them. Ivy wears her heart on her sleeve, though she wishes that she didn't. Now, she will join Wilhelm in breaking all the rules to get their friends back.

These guys are the main four from Stitches, the first of three books set in this world. They are so much fun to write for, through all the ups and downs of the story and their undying friendship really drives everything forward.

I've been working on book two- Switcher- recently and these guys are the mains for that:

Macha: A changeling trader from the Unseelie Court. She has been ensnared in a deal these past five winters in a desperate attempt to bring back her stolen cousin from the Human World. Working for the Court has stripped away everything she was supposed to be, half of her memories from before, and bleached her into something cold and cruel. When the Court doesn't hold up their side of the deal, she begins to thaw. And in doing so, burns all the bridges she has left.

Michael: Michael is cursed with The Sight. He has seen the fae folk since he was small, and it has broken him, opened a well in his heart that nothing can fill. After his brother is stolen, he teams up with a disillusioned changeling trader to go and get him back, no matter the cost.

^^ these two aren't quite as fleshed out as the others yet, but it's a work in process :3. I've got big plans for their story, and only hope to execute it well XD

Hope you're having a beautiful day or night!

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Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol

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Big fan of characters realizing they don't get to die. They have to live. And grow. And be a person. And deal with shit they thought they'd never have to. And be fucked up about it. I would like more of this. Enough dying for honor or as redemption. It ain't. You're just a corpse. There is no moral value in dirt time.

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i love tragic characters who get their whole world ripped out from underneath them and then completely fuck themselves and everyone around them over in the most violent unnecessary ways imaginable

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Oh so ur a writer?? Prove it. Drop the last sentence of ur wip in the tags

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Fingers crossed everyone- I’m about to query my favorite agent and my skin is trying to crawl off my bones, I’m so nervous!

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Long Overdue Update

My Short Story “Aldergrove” has been accepted into Eerie River Publishing’s Folk Horror Anthology!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAA I’m so excited!!!

It is an absolute honour!

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I prefer winter and fall, when you can feel the bone structure in the landscape---the lonliness of it---the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it---the whole story dosen't show.

Andrew Wyeth

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Erlkönig - Julius von Klever, 1887.

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50 Big Realizations for Your Characters

Keep in mind that a character might have a realization that turns out to be false.

If she met someone like the person she used to be, she’d feel nothing but envy.

If he met someone like the person he used to be, he’d feel nothing but scorn.

The person she believed was honorable was anything but.

His marriage or other relationship isn’t worth saving.

Ending his relationship was the biggest mistake of his life.

She made the exact same mistake her mother made.

He’s lived up to his father’s legacy.

Just because the rest of his family lived a certain way doesn’t mean he can’t expect better.

Although he makes a lot of excuses, his real problem is that he’s lazy.

She’s no longer faking it.

The end of the relationship wasn’t his fault at all.

The end of the relationship was all her fault.

What he thought was a bad break turned out to be a blessing.

What she thought was a dream come true turned out to be a nightmare.

She’s the friend that people call only when everyone else is busy.

There’s no way for him to help someone who’s ruining her life, because she isn’t inclined to change.

It doesn’t matter how competent he is at work; to succeed, he has to learn better social skills.

It’s okay to ask for help.

Living up to other people’s expectations isn’t working out at all, and it’s time for her to do what makes her happy.

His son, daughter, or parent is a bad person.

She no longer believes in the religion in which she was raised.

He’s embraced a new faith or has found his faith again.

The adults in her life are making it up as they go along, just like she is.

Being an adult doesn’t mean she has to abandon the things she loved as a kid.

To a large degree, he can choose to be happy.

She’s an addict.

He’s not as smart or talented as everyone told him he was when he was a kid.

Although people put her down all the time when she was a kid, she’s actually quite smart or very talented.

Although she thinks of herself as a sarcastic person with a heart of gold, she’s actually a real jerk.

He’s way too hard on his spouse or child.

She no longer has friends.

He’s actually made a real friend.

She’s fallen in love.

Although he has some athletic talent, he’ll never be a professional sports player.

Her wild daydream isn’t so wild… it’s possible that she could actually attain it.

He’s become obsessed with a topic or activity.

There’s nothing in her life that she’s really passionate about. She’s just drifting along.

Her child is now an adult.

What happened to him wasn’t his fault.

He loathes his chosen career.

He is never going to love her.

She is never going to get over him.

She’s missed out on a lot of things by giving up on herself too easily.

He’s missed out on a lot of things by being afraid to take action in the first place.

It’s time for him to quit and cut his losses.

She needs to make her family a priority.

He’s forgiven him.

She’s forgiven herself.

He needs to stop taking life so seriously.

Despite the heartbreak or loss she suffered, the best part of her life might still be ahead of her.

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Angela Lane.

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"You poor thing," I mumble as I, the author who has full control over the narrative, put my characters through turmoil.

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“(…) no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.”

— Life of the Party, ‘Addendum II to No Baptism’ by Olivia Gatwood

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so I made a thing

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Me putting trauma into my character:

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Sorry for the lack of posts everyone, but I'm struggling right now.

A full year has passed and it feels as though I have made no progress towards my goal, nor made anything that justifies the making in itself.

At this point I'm really trying not to give up the dream altogether.

Hopefully in the new year I'll have something positive to share.