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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 6h

#AwesomeCharacters
Highbridge crew went on a long trip. Shogum had to drive, Ginra had books to read, Ash didn't prepare and was bored to tears, Maxi was a pestering little goblin.

Cyberpunk mercs are online the whole way. Podcasts, chatting and music.

Xiel enjoys a moment to just be still.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 9h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Ok about to have a long drive. Might post this and dip for a bit (but I will be back!)

So, tell me how your characters keep themselves occupied during a long horse/car/ship trip!

Games? Stories? Podcasts?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 7h

I was okay with it when it was professionals or experts talking about things related to their field, like Lawyer Reacts to [Thing with Case] or Doctor Reacts to [Medical Show] or Historian Reacts to [Thing]. But so many these days are "why do I care about your reaction and why this stuff?"

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 10h

update: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 15h

Need to find out how to write a proper promotion post now that I’ve actually got something to promote… bleeeeeeh

Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 10h

Getting a bit personal, this is the first time I've been involved in something like this. Not sure how much of this is going to work behind the scenes. Promo work feels wrong to me.

But I'll try not to overcomplicate it. I wrote some stuff, and someone wants to try and sell it. Hope it goes well.

Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 10h

Once it was decided to put them together, I asked if I could donate any share I got. Someone else agreed, and one eventually suggested donating to UNICEF's effort to provide relief in Gaza. A bunch of us (70-ish%) agreed to focus on one charity instead of splitting.

www.unicef.ie/donate/gaza-...

Gaza Emergency Appeal | Donate Now | UNICEF Ireland

Donate now to UNICEF's Gaza Crisis Emergency Appeal. Children are running out of food, water & medicine. They need your help to survive.

www.unicef.ie

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 10h

It started out for fun. Just write a drabble, a 100-word story using the Swordtember prompts. Not everyone who contributed did all 30 days. But we had a good time, mixing all sorts of tones and genres. I'll be honest, I just enjoyed the exercise. But I think I got some good ones in there.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 10h

A writing group I'm part of did 100-word daily stories for #Swordtember. The guy in charge decided to compile them all together. Me and a few others decided our cut can go to Gaza relief. More details below, but that's the pitch.

#writingcommunity #writesky #booksky
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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 14h

None in my stories, but in my tabletop games I had the first mate of a rival pirate crew be a big shark lady named Tashira. One of the players took a look and called dibs. So I had to make a whole backstory and make a lot of her personality up on the fly. Shame the game didn’t last much longer.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me about your merfolk and otherwise fishy characters! 🧜‍♀️ #WritingPrompt

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 15h

Need to find out how to write a proper promotion post now that I’ve actually got something to promote… bleeeeeeh

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

Won’t vote for certain, but I’ll ask a question to try and contribute:

Forget the prize. How much would Josh enjoy the act of getting away with the murder? Yes, he has other incentives, but is he the sort that would feel a rush of committing a “perfect crime”? Or is that an ugly means to an end?

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

I’m unsure of a lot of this, but the ending is the one thing that *is* solid. Thanks for the vote of confidence. 😄

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

As for the point tying the two together, he thinks the baron is manipulating things to settle an old score. And he’s right. Just not against who he thinks.

The whole journey is him trying to reach out, help people and do good, but failing to keep his ego in check, even if he thinks otherwise.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

As for dealing with the warring cultists outside, he thinks he’s seen through the lies. But while he avoids one supremacist rhetorical trap, he’s so proud of himself he falls for a different one. And it nearly costs him everything. He thought himself immune to propaganda, and he wasn’t.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

Ash can see through Jurik’s “scary outsider” act as cheap fear-mongering, but he doesn’t see the true purpose of his actions until it’s too late, even after they stop him. He won’t lose any more of his old friends, but the safety they once had has prove to be a lot less secure than they thought.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 16h

#PlotTober
I’m not sure how satisfying it will be for the readers, but I know how it ends.

Badly.

The gang war is a hollow victory and the proxy war ends in disaster. Yes, I’m doing the “second entry ends with the heroes down so they can get up in the third”. I just hope I can tie things together.

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

14. Now that you have some ideas of your story's beginning and the main character's goals & growth, can you come up with a few different story endings that would be satisfying for a reader?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 18h

#WIPSnips #Fantasy
Vibes today. The ultimate goal. Kinda spoilery, but it just shows the treasure they’ve been hunting for isn’t one of those “the friends we made along the way” sort of treasures. But I gotta leave a little suspense, because it can’t be that simple…

The sight was like something out of the old tales you’d hear sung by bards at taverns. Piles and piles of gold coins taller than Shogum, dozens of treasure chests, racks worth of weaponry that I had to assume was worth as much as one of the piles, the occasional framed pieces of artwork scattered abound and jewelry of all kinds lying wherever you looked. It looked like there was some sort of organizing method long ago, but the years had them all fall and scatter into a hoard displaying the concept of wealth itself. I only got a glimpse of this in my periphery, however, because as incredible as all of that was, there was one thing that demanded my attention right away.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

As for the Highbridge crew:

Ash's barely used. Cartoon character avi, just follows shows he likes, occasional snark at the news.
Shogum has a Facebook page that's scenic pics and quotes.
Ginra gets banned for aggressive behavior.
Maxi has a politician's account, but has an alt for shitposting,

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

The cyberpunk mercs use it strictly for business. Some alts to try and fish for intel. Mostly Darius. Brings up bad memories for Marionette.

Xiel supernaturally monitors other people, no account of his own. "Zuckerberg made a pact with a demon to beat MySpace and it's been downhill ever since."

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

For the sake of this hypothetical, your characters have social media in their world.

Do they use it? What kind of things are they posting about? Pictures, video, or text? What do they have as a profile pic?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

I should probably get some Halloween candy soon. Even if nobody shows up like last year, I can bring what’s left to the office and be the hero of the day.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

He’d normally be a lot more suspicious, but after the start, he wants to have a little more control of his own situation. He wants more tangible proof of being helpful. He wants to make a difference after a moment of powerlessness. And so he agrees to a job he probably should have ignored.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

But being a middleman means he isn’t as directly involved. And the distance from both ends has him wanting to do something more impactful. Which is when one of his companions from the trip he took in book 1 (I have 2 options) comes to him offering a chance to take part in another trip off the books.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

Once he gets Maxi and his old boss, Gaheel, to meet, he sees the problem. Someone has been going after members of the gang, and in an especially violent way to make a statement. So Gaheel wants unofficial help from a member of the guilds to help deal with this, with Ash as a middleman.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

He’s still getting used to a half retired lifestyle. He got the one big score, not enough to quit, but enough that he can be picky with clients now. He’s now an outsider in his old gang, and he wasn’t exactly that close with them to begin with. But a big of distance doesn’t mean he doesn’t care.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

He’s meeting with his client from the first book, Maxi. Now that they aren’t on a treasure hunt, they have to actually go to these meetings. Ash has been a middleman between them and his old gang, and is doing so now. This is a role he’ll play for a lot of this book; semi-legitimate.

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Mr👻OoOooOoo👻mega @mr0mega.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober
The story starts at a council meeting in Highbridge. We don’t actually get the details, Ash is just commenting on why he normally doesn’t come to these, and is amused that a cop he foiled in book 1 is asking for funding for countermeasures to that foiling. But he’s here to meet someone. 🧵

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

13. Let's begin brainstorming the main plot points of our WIPs. Knowing what you know of your main character(s), what are a few potential ways you could begin their story?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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