Thread:Corbierr/@comment-24548308-20141019222124/@comment-4816103-20141019235931

1) Well first, I should explain that this whole haunted-card-game thing was not the original plot. It would have been a much lighter and softer story about Jeroy pretending to be kidnapped to send Sibuna on a fake mystery as a prank. THIS story came about when I was listening to The Oogie Boogie Song from Nightmare Before Christmas. There were these 2 particular stanzas that inspired me- The sound of rolling dice / to me is music in the air / cause I'm a gambling boogie man / although I don't play far. / It's much more fun, must confess / with lives on the line / not mine of course, but your's old boy, now that'll be just fine. My original vision was a mini TRC sequel, with an evil sorcerer forcing Sibuna to play some evil game where they die if they lose. The sorcerer would have been revealed to be Evil Eddie. But, after a bit, I decided to go with the card game route because it seemed easier. Sorry for the super long answer :P

2) Half and half. I have a few plans on where to go and what will happen, but for the rest, I'm winging it. That tends to be how I write in general.

3) Considering I've not started the third chapter, it's between Patricia and Alfie. Patricia was easier to write, partially because she had an action-oriented scene and I find it easier to get into her head.

4) Patricia's was easy, because it's a minor running gag on the show to call her a Witch. Vampire Fabian was a reference to Haley's old OS. For Eddie, Mara, Willow and KT, I asked people on chat and took their suggestions. Joy, Alfie and Jerome I just sort of picked something and went with it.

5) A lot! I like to know when things do and don't work. How else can my writing improve?

6) I write a lot less than I should, TBH. Nothing triggers it- I just feel lazy for not writing and decide I should probably do it. THAT is what triggers me to write, as long as if we're talking about stories.

7) Figuring out what the game itself would be like was hard, before I chose the card game route. Currently, I think it's hard to...hmm...it's hard to pace it and not make things happen too quickly, yet also not drag things out. I had to add a paragraph or two at the end of the first chapter in order to make it less rushed, and the second chapter needed an entirely different ending for a smiliar reason.

8) Hahaha. You see, while I like to emphasize some pairings in my writing, I don't try and purposely go for feels. I try and make these things happen, but also make them natural and fitting for the story itself. If people get feels anyways, that's great, but it's not my main intention. Although, I do take pride in working harder on pairings than the writers did.

9) Hahahaha, unfortunately, not this time! But they may have more friendship moments.

10) I picture them in my head just as I start writing them. That way, I know what's going on but I also don't spend too much time working on them. I just imagine it, spend a minute or two making it easy to visualize, and then I move on. Eventually, I go back to add more later if needed. It makes it faster and not very random. (It helped that the only actions so far were Patricia murdering Zombies with a sword and throwing a fireball at a werewolf- nothing that requires excessive thought or detail)

11) A little bit. Depends on what you mean by "IN CHARACTER". Personally, I do my best to make the characters more as they should have been and less like they were. So while you won't see me making characters completely OOC, you will see me either trying to burn their season 3 personalities or fix them in the story itself. So, I consider it in character, just if you don't take season 3 into account (or maybe even if you do).

12) As soon as I write it! :P