Welcome to yet another 'first of hopefully many' series. I've always wanted to write, and now that I'm stuck on the bus for two and a half hours a day, my biggest excuse is gone. However, I’ve always been a fan of the ‘improv’ style of entertainment, and I want to try something with that here. I have stories (though not fully detailed) and a setting I want to work with, a city known simply as Paw City – information on which can be found here (insert link after uploading) – but I want to get characters from somewhere else. Namely, you guys.
Below is a list of potential charterers that I'd like you to send me applications for. Think of the applications like immigration papers, or government files, things you can have fun with while writing them up. Keep in mind, this setting is modern, so keep the characters and their abilities in tune with the modern day. No superheroes, no big powerful wizards, no deities. There are some mystical elements to Paw City, but they’re not as huge a thing as they are in comics or in a lot of sci-fi or fantasy works, so keep that in mind when you’re developing your characters.
Now, please, understand that these should be original characters, not existing ones of your own, for I will not be able to read your mind and write the character consistent with how they exist in your mind. I love involving other peoples’ characters, but I do not feel confident enough in my writing to be able to utilize them in the way that you might have in mind. I will work off what you put down for the application as well as I can, but that is all I can do.
Characters Needed
Freshman College Student Low cost, street-walker prostitute High cost, escort prostitute Underground fight ring contender Museum Director Young, Struggling Actor Street-Smart Run-away Newly hired maid/butler Older Janitor who really runs the building. Over-their-head Lab assistant New-Age-Retro-Hippy Investigative Vlogger Rookie Cop with a lucky family watch.
After reviewing the applications, I will post those I like most with a teaser of what story they’ll be involved in, and whatever character/story gets the most votes gets written. Now, my main 'gimmick' is that these will be shared characters, involved with various people and events in multiple stories. As time goes on, I intend to include other peoples characters as supporting or background characters, and will be including some friends characters in the stories to start with, where they fit in, and established artists characters if they approve.
