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Creative Release - Turn 002 - Incarnation
Aaaand here we go! So, what are your first words gonna be? Comment to decide! Remember: I can't advance if I don't rack at least a few comments in, because of the interactivity rules I set up. Every single comment will be read and appreciated!
This turn now is CLOSED; new comments won't be taken into account for the sake of continuity. That doesn't mean you can't comment, though! It only means I won't be taking new inputs from this turn for Creative Story's writing process.
Dark. Not dark. Sliver of light. Widens. Surroundings. Details. Shapes. A feeling. Curiosity. Another feeling. Thought. Words. Words in my head. A headache. I have a headache. I close my eyes. There it is again; dark. I open the eyes, the dark goes away. I glance around. I see things. Things I've never seen. Why have I never seen them? Memory. I have no memory. No memory of anything. As if I was just born a minute ago. I lift my arm. Slowly at first, as I feel unused to it. But it becomes easy, second-nature. I raise my hand in front of my face. My hands are slender. Why do I know these words? I've never heard them before. But I know them. And I know what things are. I know my hand is a hand, and it is a tan color. I close my fingers into a fist. I know what fingers and a fist are. But I have never seen hands, or fingers, or fists, or tan. How do I know this? I turn my head and look around, trying to find a clue as to what's going on or where I am. I spot a figure, one with a wide, almost bell-shaped dress and a head that looks like a carved apple. I can even smell the scent of apples emnating from her. At least, I think it's a 'her'. I'll assume it's a 'her'. My lips part slowly, letting air into my mouth. Air fills my lungs, my insides. And I feel a very faint movement in my chest as I feel air push out of my lungs and out my mouth, past my lips and tongue as they shift about, molding the air so it makes sounds. My first words as far as I remember:
*blinks blinks* ... That's an awesome post. Seriously and positively motivating - your style's interesting, and your narration appeals to me a lot. I did end up using "Where am I?" as Ann's first words. I think your post was the one which made me decide on this.
You're welcome. Looking at the other responses, though, and knowing these choices are done by majority vote, you would've ended up using "Where am I?" anyway. Still, if my narration influenced the vote, then I'm a bit flattered. I'm also modest, so I'm not as flattered as I think I should be. ^^
I've come to love the use of first-person narration. It really lets you get inside the character's head. Understand their thoughts even better than in third-person.
This isn't entirely my writing style. I tweaked it a bit to show how the newly-animated Ann thinks, as her thoughts coalesce from the initial basic instinctual thoughts into coherent phrases and ideas. My inspiration for that initial part was some story on dA written from the perspective of an Enderman from Minecraft; in other words, a creature more driven by simple instinct. I think I'll incorporate it fully into my style for intense moments where drawn-out thought is a time-consuming luxury the characters can't afford. Chase scenes or fight scenes, maybe. *sigh* It's too bad I don't have much to show of my style to begin with at this moment.
Really, I was just curious as to what goes through the mind of an inanimate object brought to life for the first time. Even though everyone else responded how they would react to waking up as Ann, I decided to do something totally different. I would've added how I'd react, but decided not to. What can I say? I'm unique.
I also left the surroundings vague, because we don't know what the place looks like yet (or haven't been taken to the proper setting yet).
Heh. Listen to me. My description of what I was thinking when writing that is taking up more space than the writing itself. I feel like a writer. ...I mean a better writer, with more stuff than just a paragraph and a journal.
This post is getting kinda long. Guess I should end it and read page 3 now. Heheh. *click*
First words: "What am I, where am I ? . . . why ?"
"Where... Where am I?"
... That's an awesome post. Seriously and positively motivating - your style's interesting, and your narration appeals to me a lot.
I did end up using "Where am I?" as Ann's first words. I think your post was the one which made me decide on this.
Huge thanks to you!
The third page is up, [HERE]!
I've come to love the use of first-person narration. It really lets you get inside the character's head. Understand their thoughts even better than in third-person.
This isn't entirely my writing style. I tweaked it a bit to show how the newly-animated Ann thinks, as her thoughts coalesce from the initial basic instinctual thoughts into coherent phrases and ideas. My inspiration for that initial part was some story on dA written from the perspective of an Enderman from Minecraft; in other words, a creature more driven by simple instinct. I think I'll incorporate it fully into my style for intense moments where drawn-out thought is a time-consuming luxury the characters can't afford. Chase scenes or fight scenes, maybe. *sigh* It's too bad I don't have much to show of my style to begin with at this moment.
Really, I was just curious as to what goes through the mind of an inanimate object brought to life for the first time. Even though everyone else responded how they would react to waking up as Ann, I decided to do something totally different. I would've added how I'd react, but decided not to. What can I say? I'm unique.
I also left the surroundings vague, because we don't know what the place looks like yet (or haven't been taken to the proper setting yet).
Heh. Listen to me. My description of what I was thinking when writing that is taking up more space than the writing itself. I feel like a writer. ...I mean a better writer, with more stuff than just a paragraph and a journal.
This post is getting kinda long. Guess I should end it and read page 3 now. Heheh. *click*
I hope you’ll have occasions to use your style
I’m a Minecrafter too, so, I know what Endermen are~
Enjoy!
Oh, another body-swapee~
Nice idea
The third page is up, [HERE]!
Yeah, REALLY~
The third page is up, [HERE]!