Superhero Muses

Who in your current WiP is most dramatic?

Haha, another good one for the superhero WiPs! Bruce always has a flair for the dramatic. :) In my current WiP, Kevin is low-key super dramatic, though he doesn't show it a lot.

I finished another chapter! Hoping to find a little more time to write next week... hope all is going well with you all!

Who is the character in your latest WiP who is most likely to live the longest?

Oh, well, I'm looking at those superhero stories and thinking about how Clark's hypothetical immortality is one of my absolute favorite sources of angst! I love that so much. Who's going to outlive the people they love in your WiP?

(I went to post this last week and I guess never hit the "post" button? My bad!

--Who is the richest character in your WiP?

Well, on the superhero side it's kinda gotta be Bruce! Though really Clark, of course, has limitless wealth and the ability to make as many diamonds as he likes, he's just in such a different realm (and he never would, so "rich" doesn't really apply!)

In the wrestling world, Sami is probably richer than Kevin because they make about the same amount, but Sami still drives a 25-year old car while Kevin buys a new one every other year, plus he likes to buy his wife Chanel things (she put up with many years of grinding poverty so he likes to pamper her now!)

Who's the richest in your WiP? (This time I assume it can't be the puppy, Bradygirl!)

Hi everyone, I am so so sorry I disappeared off the face of the earth for a while there. My mother had surgery in late August, and shortly after that had a catastrophic aneurysm with no hope of recovery, so for a couple of weeks there was a mad scramble to hurry back to keep vigil at her deathbed and say goodbye, then getting everything in order, arranging the funeral, dealing with the emotional fallout. It's taken a huge amount of energy and I'm just barely starting to get my feet back under me on this, the exact one-month anniversary of her death. But I have missed talking about WiPs with you and hearing your updates.

I'm going to save a specific question for next week since this is a fairly heavy post, and instead I'll just ask: how is it going? Has the last month been kind to you and to your current WiP?

--Who in your current WiP is most likely to get in a street fight?

Ha! You'd think a professional wrestler would be, and some are, but my two are kind of famous for being useless in any actual fight, it's all in the theatrics for them. <3 Who's scrapping it up in your WiP?

Who from your current WiP is most romantic?

That's funny because the exchange fic I JUST posted ends with someone telling the POV character that's she's very romantic and her telling them she'll rip their arms off if they tell anyone else. :) They're right, though, she's got a secretly mushy heart.

I'm really happy to have that done and I was pleased with the results of writing fiction for the first time in a long time! Who's being romantic in your current WiP?

--Who in your current WiP is most insecure?

Oh, interesting question! In my current WiP there are a lot of possibilities, because I'm writing from the POV of a group of bad guys. But they're fighting some other bad guys, and I think the most insecure is actually one of the guys they're fighting, because he's older and feels like he's washed-up. This has led to being able to write some fun jabs and jibes from my POV heroine!

I love writing insecure people, honestly. Who have you got?

 Who from your current WiPis most likely to kill someone on purpose?

Last week was by accident, this week is on purpose! Uh, it's a tough one because there are a couple of very minor characters in my history who have actually literally killed people, though I try very hard to minimize their role in the story. Of the more major characters, Kevin and Sami have a few opponents earlier in their career against some pretty iffy people...

Who's the most likely to kill someone on purpose in your wip, and would they be justified? :)

--What's your favorite character arc in your current WiP?

Oh, I like this question! Mine's definitely Sami Zayn, who goes from awkward and tryhard to, well, an awkward tryhard who's also more confident and at peace with himself, lol. He basically realizes people like him when he's awkward and it's okay to lean into it and be himself!

Who is getting a good character arc in your work?

What are a couple of songs you associate with this WiP?

I don't know if you're one of those writers that tends to have playlists for ships or stories, but if you are! I definitely am, so I almost always have songs to fit the tone. Right now I'm listening to a lot of "Footprints" by Tiesto ("We live forever wherever we go Leaving footprints all over the world"), Brett's "On the Rise" ("Offer me a second's rest I can't I'd just as soon drop dead") and Michl's "Everything'll Change" ("So we're banging the door and we're pleading for more") Lots of anthem-y dance-y music! How about you, what music is motivating you right now?