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Writeblr Ask Game!

There are 49 kinds of magic in 49. So, here's an ask game with a question for each kind. Knowledge of 49 is not necessary to play!

1. AIR - What is your WIP's first sentence?

2. BEASTS - Who is your favourite OC?

3. BLOOD - Which of your OCs would you want to have as your child?

4. CHANGE - If you had to restart your WIP from scratch, what would you change?

5. COSTUME - How much research have you done for your WIP?

6. COURAGE - What's the last word you had to google the definition of?

7. CREATION - What was your first WIP?

8. DARKNESS - Would you rather start a WIP with no plan, or with everything planned to the exact detail?

9. DEATH - What WIP would you want to be remembered for?

10. DESIRE - Have you ever written smut?

11. DESTRUCTION - What draft are you on?

12. DISEASE - If you had to live in a setting of your creation, which would you pick?

13. DREAMS - Have you ever written fanfiction?

14. EARTH - What inspires you most?

15. ENERGY - What song inspires you most?

16. ENVY - Who is your favourite writeblr?

17. EYES - How many planning documents do you have?

18. FATE - Have you always wanted to be a writer?

19. FEAR - What is your greatest fear as a writer?

20. FIRE - What is the worst thing you've ever created?

21. FLESH - Which OC would you most like to look like?

22. FORCE - What do you use to write?

23. GLUTTONY - How many notebooks do you have?

24. GREED - If you could steal a character from any other story, who would you take?

25. GRIEF - Do you regret killing off any characters?

26. HOPE - What would be your dream come true?

27. ICE - Are you cruel to your characters?

28. ILLUSION - What is the best line of description in your WIP?

29. LIGHT - Which OC would you most want to act like?

30. LOVE - What is your best writing advice?

31. LUST - Who is your hottest OC?

32. METAL - Can you write fight scenes?

33. MIND - What book would you most want to forget so you can reread it for the first time?

34. MUNDANE - Would you survive in the shoes of your main character?

35. PAIN - Has your writing ever made you cry?

36. PAST - How much do you foreshadow a plot twist?

37. PLANTS - What is your favourite thing about the world of your WIP?

38. PRIDE - Which famous author do you think you're better than?

39. ROT - Which of your OCs is the best villain?

40. SILENCE - Do you listen to music or watch anything as you write, or do you need silence?

41. SLOTH - What kind of scene are you worst at writing?

42. SOUL - What is your favourite WIP?

43. SPACE - Do you prefer Sci-Fi or Fantasy?

44. STORMS - Do you prefer metaphors or similes?

45. STRENGTH - What kind of scene are you best at?

46. TIME - Would you rather teleport your OC far into the past or far into the future?

47. TRUTH - Do you like your writing?

48. WATER - Do you prefer urban fantasy or high fantasy?

49. WRATH - Do you prefer writing endings or beginnings?

Red Maple, gingko, and basswood from your tree ask game!

Thank you so much for the Ask, @lassiesandiego!

(The Ask Game)

Red Maple - Which character is the most showy?

Definitely either Ambrose Prosper or Augustus Grimmure, in very different ways.

Ambrose is all about his image as the legendary mysterious thief and literally "putting on a grand show", he's loud, playfully cocky, and adores grand entrances - he would be the kind of person to love having his own epic soundtrack and making a grand entrance à la "The Greatest Showman". He likes being praised, but deep down, this is just a show to hide his more real self, who is more insecure, shy, and afraid (as in, he creates a false "superiority complex" to compensate for his self-doubt).

Meanwhile, Augustus is the other side of the coin when it comes to being "showy" - which I'm not sure is the right adjective for him but it fits, because he's proud and assured of his power to the point rarely considers his enemies a threat (his hubris is his character flaw too, as it leads him to underestimate dangerous people). He's showy in the sense that he more often than not is the most dangerous/powerful person in the room, and takes full advantage of this knowledge by using it to fuel his reputation and create the persona his enemies know him to be. He's the silent, more effortless kind of showy/cocky.

Gingko - What part of your story is the oldest, has stuck around from that original idea?

Harriet's background and overall story for sure. Some of her character has remained unchanged, surprisingly, even as the world and plot around her story changed drastically from that first idea.

What remains the same - (Backstory) She is an orphan girl whose parents mysteriously disappeared, and who comes from a rich noble family. She was then raised by a previously unknown brother-figure of hers who is at first distant towards her and has more secrets than he lets on. Her House (family name) is considered disgraced or shameful for reasons she doesn't quite understand. She has a miserly estranged great aunt. (Main Plot) She discovers a conspiracy happening in her city involving powerful enemies of her family. Her brother-figure suffers a failed assassination attempt.

What changed - Harriet's name used to be Henrietta in earlier drafts, but it didn't seem perfect to me, so I changed it to her current one - her last name also changed. In earlier drafts, her guardian was her older brother, but as the story progressed, I figured it would make more sense (for plot reasons, plus it would make their dynamic make more sense) if she'd been an only child and after the deaths of her parents had been sent to live with an estranged cousin - (and while the two were distant at first they developed a sibling connection because they were the only true family each other's got). She originally fell in love with a rival from an enemy House, but her character had much more chemistry with Augustus Grimmure - who was a new character at the time - so I scrapped that rival idea and wrote an allies-to-friends-to-lovers romance between her and Augustus. Originally, she also had a twin.

Basswood - What's something calming in your story?

Ooh, I love this question (mainly because it gives me the opportunity to be as creative as I'd like)! Some calming things in this WIP include (imagine these atmospheric scenes, which will have happened in the story at one point):

Evangeline's "hiding space", a hidden room accessible through a secret door from the attic. There are lavender flowers by the window, which permeate the small room with their fragrance, mixing with the notable scent of new ink, and stacks of interchangeable books she brings up here from the mansion's library. On the corner, there's a pile of comfy pillows and cushions, where she usually sits down to draw something new on her sketchbook at the end of the day.

It's a snowy night as the train leaves Ansburke's main station, there's the soft chugging sound of the wheels on the track crunching up snow. Seated beside the window, Augustus absentmindedly hums a tune, reading a book. At one point during the trip, Harriet falls asleep and leans onto his shoulder - something Augustus finds endearing and can't bring himself to move away. He just smiles softly, covers her with a coat, and continues humming his song.

"Madam Olympia's Pastries and Baked Wonders" - this store, owned by - as the name clearly suggests - Madam Olympia, a kindly, clumsily loud, and motherly faerie, is a lovely spot in Ansburke's underbelly, introduced to us by Ambrose shortly after befriending Evangeline. This pastry shop is filled with the warm light of floating candles and the wondrous smells of various freshly baked goods - the scents of vanilla, jam boiling on the stove, and chocolate being the most prominent. While walking through the vast shop, Clarence - our beloved awkward vampire boi - buys a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows, and after careful examination of this "human invention", decides to take a sip.