Sarah Barra's Blog, page 53

Which was biggest inspiration for the book?

This story was created during a very struggling period of my life. And was inspired by many things. But the things that actually made me imagine scenes were some songs. Also, the The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare, made me want to write my own stories.

I didn’t have just one inspiraion. The entire book is full of things that I like and made this book possible, but without those songs I would have never imagine those amazing scenes.

Can you describe the world in one word like the characters? :O

err  that’s a bit more difficult, but I can say it’s a post-apocalyptic world.

More than something apocalyptic, the world suffered from wars that still made a tremendous impact on the earth surface.

I know build a character is very complex. How difficult was build a personality to them or they made their own personality?

For some weird reason, two of them were very easy to create. Even though I had to do tons of research to make them credible enough.
Neil and Will were the easy ones. Sera and Tori on the other hand had been a very long process. Just imagine I’ve been developing this entire story since 2011 and just now I have the confidence that at least all of them have their own personalities and most of them do things I didn’t plan!

Still, I have so much fun creating characters~

I have seen fanart of your characters in the blog, will be there any art in the book? Or an art book? (Love your art)

I can probably do an art book later on! I have to write the second one before though. But in the meantime there will be more art just for fun!

could you describe each one your characters in 1 emotion?

Woah! Ok I’ll try my best!

I’m going to use this as a guide! Also,

Neil Trint: Sarcastic

Will Redsky: Serene

Sera Jones: Ashamed

Tori Hayden: Critical

I’ll do only the main four!

in the future, it will be possible to have this book in paper?

Yes!

I’m planning to have some copies, possible on October. Then we will see if I can produce it on demand.

teachingliteracy:(by alexliivet)

teachingliteracy:

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lackofvision:One of the worst feelings has got to be when you’re prepared for Under Pressure and...

lackofvision:

One of the worst feelings has got to be when you’re prepared for Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby comes on instead

Things you should know about each of your characters

the-right-writing:

These are what I would consider to be the most basic, bare-bones questions of character creation.

What would completely break your character?
What was the best thing in your character’s life?
What was the worst thing in your character’s life?
What seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character?
Does your character work so that they can support their hobbies or use their hobbies as a way of filling up the time they aren’t working?
What is your character reluctant to tell people?
How does your character feel about sex?
How many friends does your character have?
How many friends does your character want?
What would your character make a scene in public about?
What would your character give their life for?
What are your character’s major flaws?
What does your character pretend or try to care about?
How does the image your character tries to project differ from the image they actually project?
What is your character afraid of?
What is something most people in your setting do that your character things is dumb?
Where would your character fall on a politeness/rudeness scale?

"Write, write, & write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise."

“Write, write, & write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.”

- Jane Yolen (via writingquotes)