Hi, I'm on my computer again. You'd think I would rather type up posts on here than on the Blogger app because phone screens are a lot smaller, but I'm still not used to using my computer for this.
Haha, yeah.
I don't have that much time to post now, but I want to. So, to cut to the chase, I'm here to talk about the skit story I'm not finished with yet and my lovely characters.
When I'm writing skits, I write them in third-person perspective. Well, for the most part. Even when I read over my skits and see that they're written in third-person, I have a bias for which character the perspective is really focused on.
To make things fast and easy, I'll list my two skit stories from December.
I imagine the "Explain Yourself at the Help" skit story being in Duke's perspective throughout the whole thing, despite the lack of an actual first-person perspective. Even during the first part when Fierdan is outside the bathroom door and we read that he unlocks and opens the door, I read the skit as leaning more towards Duke's perspective. And through that, we as the readers are with Duke on not knowing why Fierdan was being pretty creepy with the wine and what the paper saying "Help" is all about. And of course, the third part is clearly leaning more towards Duke's perspective. The second part is only in Duke's perspective as well. I think we can connect to him more than Fierdan. We don't know anything about this "Help" place and things seem confusing, so we're connecting to Duke in that way.
It's a little different for the "I Have No Home / Take Me Home" skit story. There's more than one character who I have bias for regarding whose perspective (though still in third-person) the skit is written in. The first part is only in Duke's perspective, which should be obvious and make sense. The majority of the second part is in Duke's perspective as well, but it changes to Fierdan's as soon as Duke gets up and walks to the kitchen drawer. Though we might not fully understand why Duke drank alcohol and exactly how damaged he is, the skit is supposed to be read through his eyes. But when he goes to the drawer, we're not sure what he plans on doing. We don't know why he suddenly felt the need to die, without bothering with Fierdan but having him kill himself. We don't know exactly what Duke is talking about from that point forward and into the third part as well. I wanted the second part to end in Fierdan's perspective, so we can connect to him holding Duke's corpse in his arms and having him get wet with blood.
And then there's the third part. I intended for it to be the most confusing to read skit part. It starts with three perspectives (Ardere's, Dawn's, and Twinkle's) and even though they're all in classrooms writing essays, their perspectives are all different. They don't know about the others. The fact that they have to write essays related to "home" is a coincidence. Not for me though; I did that on purpose. As for the rest of the third part, it's in Fierdan's perspective.
I know the whole thing about Fierdan must be confusing, so I'll quickly explain it.
The part with J is totally separate from everything going on in the skits. That was a very small section of a scene I have in mind for story 3. It's supposed to be hard to understand because, well, it's from story 3 and I'm not even done with story 1 yet. The youngest Fierdan would be in story 3 is 22 years old. But lately, I've been thinking of changing his and Ryen's ages, making it so Fierdan would be in his mid-20s and Ryen in his late-20s. But going by what I currently have of Fierdan being 19 in story 1 and 20 going on 21 in story 2, he would be 22 in story 3.
Anyway, if Fierdan is only 20-22 in story 2 to story 3.. that makes me feel weird. (uhhuhuhuheheheh)
The next part of the skit where Fierdan "wakes up from a coma" is supposed to be more related to the skits but still not exactly. Hypothetically, Fierdan could have been in a coma for over a month and that's why he and Duke were away from the other skit characters. But I don't think that's what really happened. And on top of that, Ryen calls his brother, Danny instead of Fierdan. That makes it more like what happens in the story as opposed to what happens in skits.
The timeline of skits is separate from the timeline for the stories. The skit one is supposed to be taking place between after the end of story 1 and before the start of story 2. Unlike in the stories, I let the characters in the skits become a year older as each passes (ex. Duke- 17 in 2017, turns 18 on his birthday in December). No matter what year I write story 1 in (2014, 2015, 2016, etc.) Duke is 17. If he in the story could get older (in years), he would be 19 (honestly, maybe 20) by now. But of course I can't do that, so he stays 17 in story 1.
And the ending of the third skit part with Fierdan and the Mysterious Figure (aka Duke) is fully back in the skit-only timeline. That's because Fierdan and Duke are two separate characters. In the bedroom scene and (most likely a) hospital scene, Fierdan isn't the same Fierdan in the skits. To make things less confusing, I let the name, Fierdan, stay consistent throughout the skit.
Post-story 1 Fierdan is story 1 Fierdan and Duke as one person. In other words, Duke equals story 2 and 3 Fierdan just as much as story 1 Fierdan does.
Starting in story 2, Fierdan goes by more than one name. He has quite a relationship with names, haha.
(I use Fierdan the most because it's the most familiar to you guys.)
Well, I have to go. To summarize, the characters in skit parts that are more lively and interesting are the ones that have the skits read in their perspectives. If Duke talks a lot, it's probably in his perspective. If Fierdan doesn't sound like he's trying to be a "responsible adult" compared to Duke, it's probably in his perspective. And if a character says profanities and mentions heavy topics more than the other (in this case, only the skits with Duke and Fierdan), then the skit part is in that character's perspective.
(I have a bias for Duke and Fierdan POVs, haha. :'D)
I have more to say about the bedroom scene (mm, that juicy context), so I'll go all into that later.
But I really have to leave now, so bye.
~ Cutepups
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