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Post by Quizzer on Mar 27, 2016 11:04:41 GMT -5
Is this the right board for this topic? I hope so. Please let me know if it isn't! Welcome to my board of random brainstorms for future NT stories, articles, and series (I'm not an artist so I have yet to ever make a comic!) Current plans:Series:Wings: Aiding and Abetting a Faerie During the Time of the Faeries' Ruin TFR-era coming of age story about Gelaxa (this has its own topic so I'll leave it at that) Camp G Adoptions Halloween story (that's not the title lol that would be lame) An old camp rumor speaks to spooky happenings around the campus. Some daring young campers (I'll choose from actual UFA pets at the time of the writing) decide to debunk the ghost stories, only to discover they're absolutely real! Eventually it's revealed to be the mischief of Invisible pets that people have lost and forgotten. Lots of scary stuff...and stuff. I'll need to work pretty hard on this because I'm not old a writing spooky!
Short stories:Voyage Of shorts- Voyage of the Party Yacht (title WIP)
Fashion breakthrough Shale discovers a plot during a celebration for the latest Altador runway show, to turn the beautiful party MC, a beautiful cross painted Grundo, Invisible with a morphing potion mixed secretly into her drink. Working with investigative journalist Qwerty, Shale reveals the plot and proves she's more than just a pretty face. - Voyage of the Virtupets Intern
Newly-Dimensional intern Lia is still learning to use her ability to enter computer conduits to maintenance the internal software. She'll have to learn fast when an infestation of Fuzzles infects the mainframe with a deadly computer virus! - Voyage of the Treasure Seekers
Cabin hand Bo is out on her first treasure hunt! The rest of the ship's crew has a treasure map they'll need to decipher to find the X that marks the spot. Featuring fun riddles and such. I'm bad at riddles so this will be a good writing workout for me!
Other shortsStory about Meadowbuck being a rad archaeologist?? Idk lol Articles:10 Years in Neopia: Reflecting on a decade My 10th neoversary is April 29th! And that is actually a Friday so I hope to have this in the NT on the exact day my main account turns 10. I want to reflect on some of the best things Neopets has taught me and given me. Adopt Grundos! I have written about this same topic in the past, but it was years ago so I feel it's time for a rehash. Of course my challenge is to find something new to say! I think I will base it around Grundo-unique wearables, which allow for some great sci-fi customization. The History of Foster Agencies in Neopia As a part of the adoption community for many years, I think I can really speak to this! There's been a recent downturn in foster agencies and adoptions in general, and I want to examine the rise and fall of adoptions between users. This will require a lot of research on my part and I will even "interview" friends from my old guild who we're doing adoptions even before I ever started. |
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Post by Quizzer on Apr 1, 2016 10:21:42 GMT -5
Wonderful news to anyone who read Voyage of the Haunted Canoe in 725! Shale (Shalienitta) has been adopted by fellow NT writer and NTWFer, Jeremiah Peacekeeper ! This means I am going to put Voyage of the Party Yacht (still WIP title haha) at the forefront of my projects so that Jeremiah can see his lovely Shale in another story.  So, steps I need to take to complete the story, more or less in order: - ✔Figure out a bad guy who's trying to "poison" the MC with an Invisible MP--motives, etc
- ✔Brainstorm the plot
- ✔Write like, an outline
- Write the first draft!
- Edit as needed
- Find a better title. Something with a more Altadorian flavor?
For the first list item! Bad guy.
I think jealousy is a very deep motive that can go a long way. Perhaps the MC's past roommate or even her sister who feels like she was unfairly left in the dust by the beautiful MC. Since the MC is my Grundo Anencephalous ("Anee"), who is a chocolate/royal crosspaint, I think I could easily say that the bad guy helped Anee get either the Royal PB or the FFQ, and that the two were going to each use one of the painting methods--but Anee stole both for herself. That could tie in very nicely to the fact that the bad guy wants her to turn Invisible!
Since I so love using my own pets in my stories, I think I will pick one or more of my pets to use as the bad guy. I'm considering using Delvanya, my Korbat plushie/pirate crosspaint. It would be very easy for her to sneak around aboard a ship given that she captains her own small vessel! (Plus she can fly! lol!) I don't know how much sense it would make, though, since Delvanya is also a crosspaint like Anee--what does she have to be jealous of anymore now that she looks awesome too? Perhaps it's simply a vendetta that was never resolved in the past, even though Delvanya also has the crosspaint she always wanted. Optional: Including Unfortunes, a Lupe (who's currently being labbed) who is the only other crewmember aboard Delvanya's small boat. I don't want to add too many characters to a short story though, so sorry Unfortunes but you might have to wait for an NT debut!
Using Delvanya will really benefit me because I can then use her in future Voyage Of stories, since she literally owns a ship. She could even be the one who hires Shale's friend Bo as a deckhand for treasure hunts! That would tie in very well to Bo's Voyage Of story.
What about plot? And the rest of those bullet points? Well, that's for another day, I'm out of brainstorms for now. XD
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Post by Quizzer on Apr 2, 2016 19:51:49 GMT -5
Okay! Today I wanna work on plot. So I know that Shale would already know Qwerty--her brothers run Camp G, the foster home Shale lived at for a while. Most likely Qwerty was actually invited aboard as a chef, to help cater the event, but her journalist side kicks in when she hears the talk in the kitchen (trust me, as someone who's worked in restaurants, the kitchen always knows EVERYTHING). She pulls Shale aside and shares with her: someone wants to poison Anee the MC! Shale, who worked on developing the makeup line that Anee is both wearing and marketing, is horrified. I think Shale is really motivated to protect and support successful fellow Grundos, because let's face it, sometimes Grundos are relegated to grunt work.
However, neither of the girls know who the poisoner is, what kind of poison is being used, or when it will be administered. The when ends up being, in Anee's glass of Sparkling Apple Juice when she gives the speech congratulating everyone on a successful season. The what is an Invisible Wocky Morphing Potion (the only currently available Invisible MP). And the who is Anee's former roommate and ex-best friend, Delvanya, who was double-crossed when Anee took both a Royal PB and a rainbow fountain dip that the girls had planned to share.
Qwerty and Shale struggle to figure this out, as Delvanya eludes them in the air and also down below the ship in the water. They gather evidence as quickly as possible and stop Anee just before she takes a sip of her poisoned apple juice! Someone in the crowd spots a dark shape trying to fly away, and Delvanya is confronted. The story comes out, and Shale is forced to face the fact that even though Anee is a Grundo, she's done some really unfair and mean things in the past. Everyone is capable of bad things, and it's a hard lesson for the good-hearted Shale to learn.
Hm, I should probably redeem both Anee and Delvanya since, y'know, they're my pets and I love them. XD I think that maybe Anee has changed, that she regrets what she did but 1. it was too late to change the outcome and 2. she felt really awkward about it. I'm assuming Delvanya won't be prosecuted because I mean, Boochi runs around ruining people's crosspaints all the time and nobody does anything about him. So my story outline goes as follows: - Introduction of Shale working on Anee's makeup, then she is quickly found by chef/journalist Qwerty
- There's a dastardly plot afoot! (apaw?) Anee is going to be poisoned
- But when? With what? Where? By who?
- The girls realize they don't have much time to find out
- Gathering evidence
- Qwerty and Shale search the yacht for suspicious things
- WHAT: Shale kicks something in the dark--an invisible bottle. Empty. The poison is an Invisible MP!
- WHO: They can't seem to figure this out. Everyone aboard is on the guest list. They hear splashy noises and think they see something out of the corners of their eye but can't figure it out
- WHERE AND WHEN: When Qwerty sees a tampered-with bottle of Sparkling Apple Juice amongst her catering supplies, she suddenly realizes it's been poisoned.
- Quick! Stop the poisoning from occurring!
- Girls rush to the ceremony
- No Anee don't drink that!
- Phew, that was close. But who did it anyway?
- Someone screams that there's a dark shape overhead. The spotlights that were on Anee onstage swivel to the sky. There's Delvanya! A snazzy Draik and a faerie Neopet swoop in to capture her and bring her down to the yacht
- The reveal
- Anee's a meanieface! She stole a rainbow fountain dip from Delvanya
- No, Shale says, she's not mean! She's changed a lot
- Oh yeah? Delvanya counters. Then why does Anee never NM her or apologize?
- Well, Anee is still a very proud pet, and she felt really awkward about the whole thing. She actually has several letters in her dressing room that she keeps with her but never sent to Delvanya--she didn't think she could really make up for it
- And besides, Delvanya's a crosspaint now too, so Anee thought she was happy now and didn't need her
- Delvanya's like yeah I'm happy but her feelings are still hurt
- Anee actually apologizes, and then admits that the plan was kind of clever
- List item 2
- Qwerty and Shale are confused as the two old friends start to talk again--but maybe they've made up?
E. Conclusion - Everyone still had a great time at the party, Delvanya included
- Qwerty kinda got fired as the caterer because she had run off to do other stuff. But that's okay! She sends in the exclusive scoop to the Neopian Times and this is probably the breakthrough in her career as an investigative journalist who solves a poisoning before the fact.
- Shale's makeup line is a huge success!
- Everyone is happy
- The end?
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Post by Quizzer on Apr 5, 2016 8:54:30 GMT -5
Wow, April 29th is fast approaching, which is my 10th anniversary on Neopets! I'd say it's time to write my reflections article so I can send it in on time. Once at least the first full draft is written, I can return to Shale's Voyage Of story. "10 Years in Neopia: Reflecting on a decade" outline: - Introduction--the things that enrich the Neopian experience
- Technical applications--coding, stock market, saving "money"
- Writing--NT, roleplaying, storytelling and plots
- Art--not that I've done much! But still. This includes crochet.
- Fostering
- Friends--guilds, forums, similar interests
- Conclusion--here's to another 10 years!
: First draft has been written! Topped out at 1598 words, I'll leave it until this weekend or sometime next week, then I'll review and edit and submit before the 20th or so, so I'm sure it gets into the issue published on my anniversary. Edit again: Draft is over at the previews board, here. Any feedback would be glorious! |
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Post by Quizzer on Apr 18, 2016 13:57:00 GMT -5
Okay, 10th anniversary article has been submitted! I included a note requesting it be published in the issue coming out on the 29th.
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Post by Quizzer on Apr 28, 2016 19:11:12 GMT -5
Dear Quizzer,
Congratulations! Your entry (10 Years in Neopia: Reflecting on a decade) has been selected to appear in a future issue of the Neopian Times. A shiny trophy has been added to your user lookup. Thank you for contributing to the Neopian Times!
Yours Sincerely,
The Neopets Team
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! It's coming out tomorrow, on my 10th Neopian anniversary!!
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Post by Tara on Apr 28, 2016 19:27:34 GMT -5
Dear Quizzer, Congratulations! Your entry (10 Years in Neopia: Reflecting on a decade) has been selected to appear in a future issue of the Neopian Times. A shiny trophy has been added to your user lookup. Thank you for contributing to the Neopian Times! Yours Sincerely, The Neopets Team Tomorrow! Tomorrow! It's coming out tomorrow, on my 10th Neopian anniversary!! YAY *blows up balloons* Happy almost 10th Neopian Anniversary! |
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Post by Quizzer on Jan 19, 2017 10:32:25 GMT -5
GUESS WHO'S STILL ALIVE KIDS
I've had...a weird year. XD Summer was busy (I work at a zoo) and then the fall hit me with some pretty heavy emotional junk that I'm still working through. But I'm hoping to have Shale's story written for Leaders and Royals! Woo!
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