Ghosted

Ghosted

A club for my current WIP/novel!

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  • Created Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:54 pm

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    Ghosted Club Update · Jun 7, 2021
    Magebird wrote:Time for a little #Ghosted update!

    I've been busy working on Extraterrestrial these past few weeks, so I haven't really been able to think about #Ghosted and its world. Now that I've finally finished the first season of my podcast, I'm planning on diving right back into revisions.

    I went through the plan I wrote up a month (?) ago and jotted down areas that I still had to revise. I also made some notes of minor things that I need to fix (like switching Theo's phone to a locket) and specific details I want to include in any future scenes. Mark and Avery, who haven't been introduced yet but showed up in the uquiz I made back in April, are getting some very much deserved extra scenes, and Liv is going to show up more towards the end instead of being completely forgotten about after the first few chapters.

    I'm hopefully starting revisions up again tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes!

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    Mageheart replied · Jun 7, 2021

    I could have just posted this here, but my wall was looking a little bare and needed a writing update. >>

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    Ghosted Club Update · Jun 7, 2021
    After doing #ocpride yesterday, I worked on some Picrews for this story. I unfortunately can't share my favorite one because it's a major spoiler, but three of the four aren't really spoilers.

    (One of them does have a spoiler, but it's one you won't be able to get without me outright saying it.)

    The three Picrews are all enspoilered down below! I'll also throw them in The Art Thread at some point.

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    First off is a Picrew of Van, courtesy of this avatar maker! I wanted to give him his signature leather jacket, but it made his neck look weird. So imagine this is his winter look instead. c:

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    Next up is Theo, who was made using this Picrew. I've been struggling to imagine what he looks like, so making this really helped me envision his character more.

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    I won't say who these two dorks are, but I made them using this really cute Picrew!

    BluesClues replied · Jun 7, 2021

    WAIT A SECOND is that a picrew for making TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER???


    BluesClues replied · Jun 7, 2021

    ...oh wait but that link links to your picture in the maker, not the maker itself???


    BluesClues replied · Jun 7, 2021

    ...never mind I figured it out


    Mageheart replied · Jun 7, 2021

    I'm glad you were able to figure it out! :)

    And yes it is!! I have another two person one, but I didn't share the photo because it was the spoiler one. >>

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    Ghosted Club Update · Jun 6, 2021
    This isn't a chapter update, but I just did an #ocpride post for the characters in this over on my wall! You can pop over to my wall to see it, but you can also check out the quoted post down below~

    (Feel to do this tag over on your wall, too!)

    Magebird wrote:I've been meaning to get back into writing #Ghosted and haven't done many pride-related things lately, so I thought now would be the perfect time to bring back this tag~

    #ocpride

    Van Sullivan: He's aroace. It's not outright mentioned in the first book, but it's something that's very central to his character. He focuses a lot on his platonic relationships.

    Temp: Lesbian! I won't go into any more details because ~spoilers~ but Temp is iconic and just had to be listed.

    Theo Mendel: I keep going back and forth on if I want Theo to be trans or not, but he's probably ace like me.

    Rose Grey: Up until I was writing this post, I was thinking she was probably straight. But I love completely queer casts, so Rose being bi is definitely appealing. She's probably ace, too since I'm ace and apparently incapable of writing non-ace characters.

    Avery: They haven't formally shown up on YWS yet, but they're nonbinary! Their sexuality isn't something that really comes up in the plot, but they theoretically would like men if I wanted to make things angsty.

    Liv: She has a wife, so she's definitely not straight. I'm not sure if she's lesbian, bi, or pan, but she's into other women.

    Mark: He also hasn't technically shown up yet, but he was one of the options in the uquiz I made a little while ago. He's gay.

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    Ghosted Club Update · May 13, 2021
    I don't have a new chapter up just yet, but I do have a question for all of the followers of this club! If you've gotten far enough in this novel, you know that everyone who ends up on the story's world gets a special kind of magic that's specific to just them. It's basically a magical superpower—and it can really be anything! Some powers that I included in the first draft were possession, sound manipulation, plant growth, coral reef growth, healing and shadow manipulation. But there's plenty of other ones I have planned, too!

    If you were given your own special form of magic, what would it be? I've always thought shapeshifting would be really cool, but something related to water or flight would be pretty neat, too.

    BluesClues replied · May 13, 2021

    Teleportation so I don't have to drive home when I'm tired or could stay at a vacation site for the longest possible time XD


    Mageheart replied · May 13, 2021

    That would definitely be a useful power. :P


    MailicedeNamedy replied · May 13, 2021

    Being able to fly or dive so deep that I could explore the bottom of the ocean (with the matching eyesight of course) have been my first thoughts, but I think being able to understand animals and communicate with them in their language would be very great.


    Mageheart replied · May 13, 2021

    Oooh those sound like really interesting powers! Maybe Rew (the world's god) would be nice and give you the matching good eyesight with that flight/diving. c:


    LilPWilly replied · Jun 2, 2021

    Super speed or like, temporal manipulation, so I can deal with all my crap one second at a time. Or maybe the superpower to know what you should say, that would be nice.

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    Ghosted Club Update · May 4, 2021
    I popped this blurb over in the thread, too, but I wanted to share a new, much shorter description of this story.

    (I may or may not have been inspired by getting into writer twitter more. >>)

    Here's the new and improved blurb!~

    What happens after you die? After seeing ghosts his entire life, Van Sullivan thought he knew the answer. But when he's killed in a car accident shortly after returning to his childhood town, Van doesn't become a ghost. Instead, he ends up on a strange, magical world. To make things worse? He's supposed to be this world's new chosen one.

    Armed with a strange power, an amnesiac ghost named Temp, and his ex-best friend's boyfriend Theo, Van has to track down his missing god and deal with his creepy cult. But throughout it all, there's one question he's dying to know: why would anyone want a god that abandoned them for twenty years?

    LilPWilly replied · Jun 2, 2021

    That’s a really good blurb lol only one suggestion: maybe change it to ‘a missing god’ and ‘a creepy cult’? I left this story for a while, but just from this post, I’m definitely going to get back into it.


    Mageheart replied · Jun 2, 2021

    That's a good suggestion! I'll edit that sentence so it's a little clearer to read.

    And I'm glad this blurb was good enough to make you reinvested in the story! I hope you're not disappointed once you catch up. c:


    LilPWilly replied · Jun 2, 2021

    Done lol
    It’s good

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    Ghosted Club Update · Apr 25, 2021
    Chapter 4 is finally up and ready to be read! I completely forgot that it was the first chapter where the story shifts perspective.

    (Excluding Rose's POV in the prologue!)

    I actually went back and edited the first three chapters so it has the POV listed at the very top. This one doesn't have that, but it's a narrative choice. Hopefully, having those little indicators will help as I hop between characters in future chapters~
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    Ghosted Club Update · Apr 25, 2021
    I fell a little behind in updating it, but I finally linked all of the currently published chapters over in the #Ghosted Writers Corner thread! I might have to update it later today, though - I'm planning on going through the next chapter one last time before posting it here on YWS.

    (I'm also hoping to get back into #21in21 with my novel and write for at least thirty minutes each day!)

    Mageheart replied · Apr 25, 2021

    I'm also planning on doing chapter summaries at the start of every chapter! I won't do it for every part, but I'll make sure to do it at the start of the chapters - beginning with chapter four.


  • IcyFlame replied · Apr 23, 2021

    I'm Avery!


    Mageheart replied · Apr 23, 2021

    Ooh, neat! You're the first person to get them. c: I can't wait for you to actually meet them in the book!


    Liminality replied · Apr 23, 2021

    I got Mark which means I'm best buddies with @IcyFlame :]

    (P.S. I really like the graphics you chose for each character!)


    Mageheart replied · Apr 23, 2021

    Thank you! :)

    Also, you're the first person I know who got Mark. c:


    Liminality replied · Apr 23, 2021

    Yayy! feels nice to be a pioneer XD


    IcyFlame replied · Apr 23, 2021

    @Liminality <3 besties!


    LUNARGIRL replied · Apr 23, 2021

    I got Avery!


    Mageheart replied · Apr 23, 2021

    Sweet, @LUNARGIRL! Avery's turning out to be more popular than I thought they would be. c:


    MailicedeNamedy replied · Apr 23, 2021

    That was great fun! :D


    stygianmoon17 replied · Apr 26, 2021

    I got Avery c:


    Mageheart replied · Apr 26, 2021

    Thanks, @MailicedeNamedy!

    And that's great, @stygianmoon17! c:


    EsmerayaRose replied · May 13, 2021

    I know I'm late on this but I'm Van


    Mageheart replied · May 13, 2021

    Oooh, cool! I haven't seen too many Vans yet, so you got a rare one.


  • BluesClues replied · Apr 22, 2021

    do it


    Mageheart replied · Apr 23, 2021

    it's been done c:

    (The password is NaNo2020!)


    LilPWilly replied · Jun 2, 2021

    I got Avery lol


    Mageheart replied · Jun 2, 2021

    Ooh, neat! It seems like they're one of the most relatable characters. :)

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    Ghosted Club Update · Apr 22, 2021
    I accidentally (and very ironically) ghosted this club right after making it, so I apologize for the lack of updates. >>

    But hello again! School is starting to wind down as the end of the semester approaches, and I'm finally getting in the groove of making podcast episodes...

    ...which means I can finally get back to focusing on this novel!

    I have no idea when I'll get fully into revising it/writing some new scenes to flesh the draft out, but I decided to submit the prologue for a writing conference I attended last year. I'll have to take it down from the site when I do, but I'll make sure to throw a little note up at the top of the first chapter to let readers know where it went/give the missing context.

    In the meantime, though, here's one of the songs I've been listening to lately to get inspiration for this novel~

    (It's actually more fitting for the sequel(s) of #Ghosted but shhhh.)

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    Ghosted Club Update · Mar 22, 2021
    Hi there!

    I really wanted a place to talk about everything #Ghosted related, so I decided to take a leaf out of @BluesClues, @Charm and @CaptainJack's books by making a WIP club of my own! It might someday become a club for everything I've ever tried writing, but it'll just be for #Ghosted (and its planned trilogy) at the moment.

    If you haven't read my book before, here's a link to its prologue! And if you want to check out the other WIP clubs in the order that I mentioned their creators, those are here's, here's, and here's!

    BluesClues replied · Mar 22, 2021

    HELL YES


    Mageheart replied · Mar 23, 2021

    :)


    legendarycomputerpoetry replied · Mar 23, 2021

    Ooh how exciting!



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