#the words you chose are so pretty and fit my WIP to a tee

[chalky-charlie]

WIP Questions Tag

I was tagged by @queen-of-ice101 ! Thank you, this was really fun; the best tag I’ve answered!

1. Describe the plot in one sentence?

Charlie fights his alcoholism and his feelings for Jason.

2. Pick one sight, smell, sound, feel and taste to describe the aesthetic for your novel.

Sight - Sparse autumn leaves on rain-wet roads.

Smell - Home

Sound - Booming bass and aimless conversation

Feel - Skin against skin

Taste - Your sweetheart’s lips 

3. Which 3+ songs would make up a playlist for the novel?

I’m not okay - Weathers

Moments - Tove Lo

Chewing Gum - Nina Nesbitt

Colder - Nina Nesbitt

The night is Calling - Weathers

Lost Boy - Troye Sivan

Sober - P!nk

(I actually need to post the condensed playlist for this WIP)

4. What’s the time period and location in which the novel takes place?

 Present time in a fictional town in Illinois, USA.

5. Are there any former titles you’ve considered but discarded?

 “War between the sexes” and “Finally Found You”. All titles, including the current one, are lyrics.

6. What’s the first line of your novel?

“ Dancing under the dim light, bodies move and collide languidly, spontaneously, in sync with the booming bass. “

Meh, pretty boring, but I’ll work more on it when I edit it.

7. What’s a line of dialogue you’re particularly proud of?

 This is from an old draft of the story, roughly translated into English, from a scene I’m not sure I’m going to keep in the final version:

"You threw me out! You refused to talk to me for weeks ... You didn't even look my way. I had to come up to you and practically beg for forgiveness for having feelings for you! You have no idea what you made me go through! I was 13 years old and you were my only friend and you abandoned me! And now you wanna tell me you felt the same for me all along? Fuck that! "

(This is old and cringe-y and dramatic but I remember writing this and feeling so proud. I still feel proud of myself for writing it, despite the dRaMa ™)

8. Which line from the novel most represents it as a whole?

 At the moment I don’t think any line represents it at all lol

9. Who are your character(s) faceclaims?

I never really settle for just one face. I feel like my characters look like themselves and trying to find just one person that fits my image of them is kinda hard so I chose the people I think they might look most like:

 Charlie - Troye Sivan and George Pomogisebe

 Jason - Francisco Lachowski (when he was younger)

 Ethan - Colton Haynes and Alex Lange

10. Sort your character(s) into Hogwarts houses.

Charlie - Ravenclaw (I think?)

Jason - Gryffindor 

Ethan - Hufflepuff

1. Which character’s name do you like the most?

 Charlie’s (hehe)

12. Describe each character’s daily outfit.

 Charlie: A sweater layered over a buttoned-up shirt and jeans. Doc Martens.

Jason: A hoodie + sweatpants or Jeans and a plain t-shirt. Trainers, always.

Ethan: Graphic tee (prob marvel themed) and a plaid shirt, sleeves rolled up to the elbow. Vans.

13. Do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?

Nothing worthy of notice.

14. Which character most fits a character trope?

 All of them! Charlie is the party animal that’s actually super sad all the time, Jason is the school’s varsity team captain, super popular and an overachiever, and Ethan is the typical shy nerd next door that is completely oblivious to how attractive he actually is.

15. Which character is the best writer? Worst?

 Ethan is the best writer. He eats-sleep-breathes fiction, wether it’s movies, tv shows, games, books, comics etc. He def writes fanfic in his free time (nerd...).

Charlie is very intelligent but he’s not very good at putting his feelings into words. He’d probably make the worst writer.

16. Which character is the best liar? Worst?

 Charlie is the best liar. He’s been lying to himself and everyone else around him for years. Boy doesn’t even know how to tell the truth anymore.

Jason would be the worst liar. He’s always been open about how he feels an is too scared of being caught in a lie to try.

Ethan is a pretty good liar too; he’s been covering up for Charlie for so long, he’s just used to telling white lies on the daily.

17. What character swears the most? Least?

 Charlie swears the most. He has no filter whatsoever and doesn’t give a fuck who listens.

Jason was raised to be a nice Christian boy, he’s mastered the art of dodging the no-no-words. (Yes, he is the guy who’ll say ‘frigg’ in the middle of an argument)

18. Which character has the best handwriting? Worst?

 Ethan has the best handwriting. Jason has a habit of taking notes fast (science classes, hello!) and Charlie puts minimal effort into actually writing, he prefers typing anyway.

19. Which character is most like you? Least like you?

Ethan. It took me a while to come to this conclusion. Usually, I draw from my personal experiences in order to create a character (like “would I cry if a friend did this? would most people?”) but once I start developing them I stop drawing from within and start building them based on my understanding of their personality, backstory etc. 

Yet I noticed I kept sympathizing with Ethan, understanding where his actions were coming from, knowing what he would do next because it was what I would do and I found that weird; I thought I was slacking off on his development until I realized I understand him so well because we have similar personalities.

Unfortunately, this means we probably wouldn’t get along.

20. Which character would you most like to be? 

None of them. I love my boys, but they’re all so fucked up in their way, I wouldn’t want to be them.

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I tag @alucrds @sleepy-and-anxious @kuebiko-writes @floralandrogyny @cloudy-moons32 @monstrouswrites and @reeseweston ! 

I can’t wait to read your answers to this tag. Hope you have as much fun as I did!