What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?

[Braveheart]

[Rollo]

What I'm eating for dinner tonight. Craving pizza, but I'm not gonna be the one ordering.

Gotta put my trust in the keeper of the phone.

[Carl]

What kind of book have you written, Dixon, & what field of work you intend to pursue?

My field is English, or more specifically, Literature. I just got my diploma from university in the field earlier this month, actually. It's basically the only thing I'm both interested in and good at... unlike art (which I'm not interested in for a job), theatre (which, well... I'm not good in front of people and there are not many job opportunities there), and finally, sciences which I find very interesting and fascinating but get so completely lost in that I feel like a total idiot. Feeling stupid is probably the thing I hate most out of everything in life, and I really couldn't afford to do poorly, so English it was.

I'm practically an expert at critical thinking, grammar, and storytelling; well, I may as well be. This is why I tend to do the lengthy RPs, which you may have noticed. It's also why I try to write fan fics, but that rarely goes well because I get bored or distracted or go back to my original stories so those tend to get abandoned. So, basically, I intend to do something editorial or writing related in some way. That said I could also work in social media departments for big companies or just about anything communications-based that being a master at working the English language would be a necessary or beneficial skill in. The more writing the job requires though, the less chance I'll be able to do it properly, due to physical limitations, so I'm hoping for more of the editorial side, so that I can mostly read over and check things to make sure they aren't... wonky.

To answer the other part of your question, the book I've written was actually started in Spring 2010, just before I graduated high school. It drew a lot of inspiration from things that I was into at the time, predominantly music, but some other ideas that I've always been a fan of. There was certain music I'd always listen to when writing on it, and still continue to use the same things whenever I work on it. Those would be Ne-Yo's album Libra Scale and My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, additionally a few songs by the South Korean boy band Beast. The book was originally "completed" in 2011 (by which I mean the first draft was done) and I began work on a sequel. Sometime in 2012 I had a second draft, and the sequel was stuck at about 60 pages on the first draft. Around this time, I had started uni and had begun socializing for the first time in my life, so the books took a backburner and have remained largely untouched since. Due mostly to conflicts with my ex, the books saw very little attention again until near the end of 2014, at which point I ditched the idea of the sequel and actually made a thread here on MLK about the book, as I intended to finish it self-publish in early 2015. However, 2015 was quite a rough year, and progress stopped again. (I'm including all of this information, because it has somewhat changed the fabric of the book, and may result in a major reworking of it, actually, as the book in its current state is still mostly work from 2010/2011... meaning bad by my current standards. The plot is solid, if somewhat predictable, just the execution was poor. My start to the third draft was fixing some of this, but I may start over from scratch and entirely change some things.)

As for the actual subject of the book, it is about superheroes in a post-apocalyptic dystopian world loosely (very loosely) similar to the concept of the world of Fallout (in that it's mixing the futuristic with an era from the past, that being the 50s). The main character is a young woman who has been genetically engineered to have lightning powers as well as the ability to transform into an anthropomorphic fox. She is the sidekick of the city's prominent superhero who has raised her from her childhood as his own, as she's an orphan. Over the course of the story, she begins to uncover a web of lies and deep seated corruption within the government and begins to question the work that she and the hero she works with are doing. After befriending some lovely people who turn out to be rebels, she embarks on her mission for justice in a new way, and won't be dissuaded from doing what's right. There was also a hint of romance in there, but I'm thinking about removing it entirely or changing it. That's pretty much the gist of it, well, without giving away specific plot points, or anything.

[Braveheart]

-Stuff- (Sorry, its too long to quote.)

It's an interesting field, although it's not that easy to get a job in that field. I agree through, it's best to bank on your strong point. (Although I think most people would choose the Science field.)

I also noticed the RP part; mostly medium to long ones, just like the ones we are in. The only problem is getting people actively involved to complete them. I see many RPs, but few completed ones; both in OT & LTK sections. I forsee that It's easier to write a long scene in which you can control with both characters you own but hard to do so during 'talking scenes' with other people's characters. Therefore, I plan to write both long & short ones in our RP. (Okay okay I digress but back to topic) Fanfics are nice to write, it serve as a practice session but you need to create more original work to be good.

I'm practically an expert at critical thinking, grammar, and storytelling...

Try entering writing competitions. That's where the real challenge lies.

Yes, you could try social media departments, or media communications, newspapers & magazines. I'm not sure what they look for in hiring, but I guess they will ask for a sample of your work. Try talking to your lecturers and seek job fairs. Publishing a book on Amazon is admirable. But if you wanna go pro, then you must take it to a reputable publisher & editor...

Good luck, Dixon.

And, your story sounds cool.

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What I'm thinking:

Who will appear next in the LTK: The lost Prince RP?
Kiara, Vitani or the Hyenas? (I'm predicting Kion gets the news later along with the secondary cast.) If Tiffu/Zuri appears next then...it will totally be a surprise to me.

[Queen Elsa]

I'm not looking forward to going with my uncle later this week. It was awkward enough when I went with my dad. I won't have him to help me with questions this time. I'll have to do most of the talking, and if I screw up even once... Let's just say I'll be reminded of it every time I'm around my uncle (he's one who enjoys teasing his nieces and nephews). Let's just hope it all goes smoothly.

[Braveheart]

I'm not looking forward to going with my uncle later this week. It was awkward enough when I went with my dad. I won't have him to help me with questions this time. I'll have to do most of the talking, and if I screw up even once... Let's just say I'll be reminded of it every time I'm around my uncle (he's one who enjoys teasing his nieces and nephews). Let's just hope it all goes smoothly.

Good luck, is that a family meeting of sorts? *hugs*

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Same thing as what I posted earlier.

[Queen Elsa]

^No. I need to get a photo ID for a test, but my dad's too busy with work, so my uncle will have to take me. Also, I would reply to the RP, but I'm afraid it will be too short unless GG posts before me.
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I don't feel like working on this right now...

[HereWeStand]

The only weird upside(?) to having anxiety is that you think everything is going to be so difficult and horrifying you're really pleasantly surprised when it's nowhere near as bad.

Even if you do make some very embarrassing mistakes.

[Braveheart]

Sounds like a driving test where you need your photo ID. Why not go to a photo booth or a photography shop?

I think the length of posts depends on others actions. Most of it is really describing scenery & whatever inner thoughts & actions. (I forsee conversations to be really short & rapid kind posts tho. Like 1-3 sentences, maybe?)

If GG posts then Kiara would come first...

If Kiki posts, then Kion comes in...

If No worries posts, then there might be a fight scene or not, since both hyenas & outlanders will be in conflict.

Let's see.

~

Kung fu fighting with Kion & the hyenas.

Okay, that was really random.

[Queen Elsa]

^Eh, sort of. But the photo ID has to be something official, so I can't just go to a photo booth.
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I hope this mail counts, otherwise I'm in big trouble.