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Frau Anonyme
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Hi!
You can call me Frau Anonyme. Welcome to my thread!
I am 27 years old and have been writing fairly consistently for about 10 years. I work from home and have a flexible schedule, which allows me the freedom to sometimes respond more than once a day. However, work is work, and there may be days when I cannot post but once, if at all. If I am going to be longer than expected with a response, I do my best to let my partners know. I know that the writings we do on this site are not any of our main priorities in life, so I do not expect completely constant and/or immediate replies to my posts every time I write, but the more often that you can generally post, the better! Life happens, and there are always exceptions, of course, but I think you know what I'm getting at!
I enjoy world-building for my stories! I love getting to work with my partner to create a setting and/or plot together so that the story is both of ours, not just you or me writing in a world the other created on their own. I don't think that everything has to be talked over and that there needs to be a certain level of "winging it" in this form of writing so that you're looking forward to whatever your partner is going to type next rather than knowing for certain what's coming. If I wanted to know everything already, I'd write on my own!
You can call me Frau Anonyme. Welcome to my thread!
About Me:
I am 27 years old and have been writing fairly consistently for about 10 years. I work from home and have a flexible schedule, which allows me the freedom to sometimes respond more than once a day. However, work is work, and there may be days when I cannot post but once, if at all. If I am going to be longer than expected with a response, I do my best to let my partners know. I know that the writings we do on this site are not any of our main priorities in life, so I do not expect completely constant and/or immediate replies to my posts every time I write, but the more often that you can generally post, the better! Life happens, and there are always exceptions, of course, but I think you know what I'm getting at!
I enjoy world-building for my stories! I love getting to work with my partner to create a setting and/or plot together so that the story is both of ours, not just you or me writing in a world the other created on their own. I don't think that everything has to be talked over and that there needs to be a certain level of "winging it" in this form of writing so that you're looking forward to whatever your partner is going to type next rather than knowing for certain what's coming. If I wanted to know everything already, I'd write on my own!
I am fine writing in first-person or third-person, but I do have a slight preference for third-person. I like past tense for third-person and present tense for first-person. I am a teeny bit of a grammar freak. Don't get me wrong, we're all human, everyone has slip-ups, I know that I certainly do (I will proofread this post and there is still likely to be a mistake here or there), so I am not talking about the occasional mess-up. I'm talking about those who never use capital letters, commas, periods, and quotation marks, or the folks that still don't know the differences between the most basic homophones (there, there, their, wear, where, weigh, way, whole, hole, too, to, two, etc.) It just immediately takes me out of the story, and I can't focus on what you wrote, but how badly you wrote it. I'm sorry!
When it comes to the length of my replies, I can crank out 3-10 paragraphs, but my average post is usually 3-6. For those of you who are able to type out novella-like messages every time, I just don't have that in me. I always do my best to write out my character's thoughts and emotions, and describe the scene while trying to match my partner's efforts, but to give 15+ paragraph replies every single time is just not something I have the brain capacity to do. When we really get into the heart of the story, my replies can get a bit shorter just because something I struggle with is one of us typing out a wall of text where our character does things A-F, setting it in stone and forcing the other one of us into a corner where we can't properly react to thing B like we want to because it might ruin thing D. (I hope that makes sense!) Basically, I do my best with my responses, and I ask for you to do the same!
When it comes to the length of my replies, I can crank out 3-10 paragraphs, but my average post is usually 3-6. For those of you who are able to type out novella-like messages every time, I just don't have that in me. I always do my best to write out my character's thoughts and emotions, and describe the scene while trying to match my partner's efforts, but to give 15+ paragraph replies every single time is just not something I have the brain capacity to do. When we really get into the heart of the story, my replies can get a bit shorter just because something I struggle with is one of us typing out a wall of text where our character does things A-F, setting it in stone and forcing the other one of us into a corner where we can't properly react to thing B like we want to because it might ruin thing D. (I hope that makes sense!) Basically, I do my best with my responses, and I ask for you to do the same!
I am not a fan of the easy and simple lovey-dovey stories. I'm not anti-romance at all, I'm all for it, but adding conflict and drama or bringing darker themes into the mix makes it all the more interesting. I don't want cliche and sappy, I want passion and intensity!
As for smut, I love it. Chances are, if you are writing a story with two adult characters, they are going to become intimate at some point, and I am not a "fade to black" kind of person. I want it write it out. With that being said, I have no interest in a story that revolves entirely around the two main characters having sex or their sexual dynamic; they're boring and repetitive. I want some smut WITH my story. I'm not going to do the whole smut-to-plot ratio because every story is different.
My characters tend to lean to the submissive side sexually, even if their personality is uptight or stubborn or controlling. Kinkwise, I will absolutely not do anything having to do with bathroom stuff or body modification. That's not to say everything else is on the table, but I'm at least down to discuss it.
As for smut, I love it. Chances are, if you are writing a story with two adult characters, they are going to become intimate at some point, and I am not a "fade to black" kind of person. I want it write it out. With that being said, I have no interest in a story that revolves entirely around the two main characters having sex or their sexual dynamic; they're boring and repetitive. I want some smut WITH my story. I'm not going to do the whole smut-to-plot ratio because every story is different.
My characters tend to lean to the submissive side sexually, even if their personality is uptight or stubborn or controlling. Kinkwise, I will absolutely not do anything having to do with bathroom stuff or body modification. That's not to say everything else is on the table, but I'm at least down to discuss it.
This is more of a blueprint for an idea for the beginning of a plot, rather than a whole, proper plot idea. It will require us to build 90% the story together! Ideas and suggestions are welcome!
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to write a story of which the beginning is basically the ending of The Odyssey, from after Odysseus finally getting back to Ithaca to after he's dealt with the suitors. Everything that would come after that would be all you and me as we make it whatever we want.
I am not looking for us to take up the specific roles of Penelope and Odysseus and jump directly into the story of The Odyssey, but rather for us to take the main points of his return and apply it to a story of our own: the king has been away for a years, he returns to find that someone/people have been scheming to take his throne and wife, they're dealt with. All the other details (why he left, how long he was gone, why he was gone for so long, what he went through, what she went through, how many suitors/conspirators there are, how they're dealt with, etc.) can be discussed and changed to fit the story and setting we create together.
For the sake of the characters' ages, we can lower the time he was away to possibly around 10 years so that we aren't playing people in their 40's (no offense to them). The idea of trying to fit this into a modern setting feels icky and wrong, so I'm thinking of a time based on the Middle Ages or earlier; I'm down for ancient Greece if you are, but it's not necessary. I'm not against magical elements being added to it and/or making gods relevant to our story as they were in the original.
I love drama, so I love the idea of the king and queen having been in love before he left, and they still love each other after he's returned, but the years apart changed them and now they have to get to know each other again and learn how to naviagte their days with a present partner instead of on their own. There's passion, but also tension and frustration. They're figuring out each other, but also dealing with...whatever comes next. Is there fallout from the king having the one or more suitors/conspirators killed, are the people unhappy with the way he rules, is everything fine at home but a war is brewing elsewhere?
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to write a story of which the beginning is basically the ending of The Odyssey, from after Odysseus finally getting back to Ithaca to after he's dealt with the suitors. Everything that would come after that would be all you and me as we make it whatever we want.
Odyssus, the king/ruler/man over Ithaca, leaves for war (the Trojan War), he fights for 10 years, and then spends another 10 years getting home, where he learns that like a bazillion men have been trying to get his wife, Penelope, to marry them so they can become king or whatever. He is disguised as a beggar, but his wife suspects it's him and sets up a challenge to string this insane bow and shoot an arrow through a dozen axes, something only he is able to do; he does and kills all the suitors. Penelope is skeptical that this is really her husband, but she becomes convinced, and then happily ever after, for the most part. If you want more details, it's like one of the oldest stories in the world; there are a million summaries floating around on the internet.
I am not looking for us to take up the specific roles of Penelope and Odysseus and jump directly into the story of The Odyssey, but rather for us to take the main points of his return and apply it to a story of our own: the king has been away for a years, he returns to find that someone/people have been scheming to take his throne and wife, they're dealt with. All the other details (why he left, how long he was gone, why he was gone for so long, what he went through, what she went through, how many suitors/conspirators there are, how they're dealt with, etc.) can be discussed and changed to fit the story and setting we create together.
For the sake of the characters' ages, we can lower the time he was away to possibly around 10 years so that we aren't playing people in their 40's (no offense to them). The idea of trying to fit this into a modern setting feels icky and wrong, so I'm thinking of a time based on the Middle Ages or earlier; I'm down for ancient Greece if you are, but it's not necessary. I'm not against magical elements being added to it and/or making gods relevant to our story as they were in the original.
I love drama, so I love the idea of the king and queen having been in love before he left, and they still love each other after he's returned, but the years apart changed them and now they have to get to know each other again and learn how to naviagte their days with a present partner instead of on their own. There's passion, but also tension and frustration. They're figuring out each other, but also dealing with...whatever comes next. Is there fallout from the king having the one or more suitors/conspirators killed, are the people unhappy with the way he rules, is everything fine at home but a war is brewing elsewhere?
Since the beginning of its history, Yvonta was known as the home of a faithful and gentle people who were devoted to their gods and their lands. When the world around them grew more violent and greedy, Yvonta became a target for the many nations that wanted their fertile land and natural resources. They were unprepared for the waves of violence that came against them, and the Yvontan people crumbled and changed, turning away from their original ways a little more with each act of aggression against them, altering the ways of life they had always known to try to survive. For five hundred years, they suffered through various violent invasions and occupations, always fighting and getting stronger, but never enough to keep the enemy gone for long.
The pain inflicted on their land hardened the Yvontan people with each war, but it wasn't until King Hylan came to power as a young man that the kingdom began to fully turn away from their gods and let go of their peaceful nature. Hylan further built their military and intensified the soldiers' training. He began to take full advantage of what their land had to offer and grew Yvonta from a once humble kingdom to a powerful empire that earned the respect and fear of its neighbors. After Hylan came Machus, everything his father was two-fold. Yvonta was the most prosperous that it had been in far too long when King Machus suddenly died, leaving the throne to his son. The Prince was like his father and grandfather in many ways, and those traits were what gave him the support from most in favor of his rule, but the prince was more ambitious than even his father had been. Hylan and Machus wanted to take back what was theirs and protect it, the prince wanted to expand and push Yvonta's borders further outward, and it was because of this greed, as some called it, that the more religious of the people were wary of the soon-to-be king.
Adela was an infant when she was taken to the High Temple. She had a childhood like no one before her, growing up in a place considered to be Yvonta's most sacred. She was raised by priests and priestesses, mages and seers, taught to be devoted wholly to the gods and their ways. Even the most learned and devoted of the men and women who lived in the Temple had once lived in the outside world, only allowed to join once they reached their nineteenth birthday, but Adela had never lived beyond the Temple walls. She knew the history of her kingdom well, the laws and the customs, but had never experienced it for herself. It was for this reason that when King Machus died, Adela was the one sent to the capital to replace the passed king's Holy Advisor. With each new Yvontan king or queen that came to sit on the throne, the High Temple chose a priest or priestess to join the Royal Council; a woman to balance the king or a man to balance the queen, a godly person to aid a ruler with more power and responsibility than they knew what to do with; and who better to advise the most war-hungry leader in Yvonta's history than her most devout holy servant? The prince, and soon-to-be king, had ambitions thought to be violent and evil by many in the Temple, and Adela's sole purpose was to try to keep the young monarch in check.
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So, I want to make it clear that I am open-minded to any ideas or suggestions that you may have for this story. I don't want this to be a plot that is entirely one-sided with my ideas and none of yours.
With that being said, if you are interested, I do have a blueprint for the religion and history of Yvonta, as well as some ideas if you are into a fantasy/magic-ish element for the story. None of it is set in stone and is all open to alterations that we may make together so that it has both of our touches to it.
The pain inflicted on their land hardened the Yvontan people with each war, but it wasn't until King Hylan came to power as a young man that the kingdom began to fully turn away from their gods and let go of their peaceful nature. Hylan further built their military and intensified the soldiers' training. He began to take full advantage of what their land had to offer and grew Yvonta from a once humble kingdom to a powerful empire that earned the respect and fear of its neighbors. After Hylan came Machus, everything his father was two-fold. Yvonta was the most prosperous that it had been in far too long when King Machus suddenly died, leaving the throne to his son. The Prince was like his father and grandfather in many ways, and those traits were what gave him the support from most in favor of his rule, but the prince was more ambitious than even his father had been. Hylan and Machus wanted to take back what was theirs and protect it, the prince wanted to expand and push Yvonta's borders further outward, and it was because of this greed, as some called it, that the more religious of the people were wary of the soon-to-be king.
Adela was an infant when she was taken to the High Temple. She had a childhood like no one before her, growing up in a place considered to be Yvonta's most sacred. She was raised by priests and priestesses, mages and seers, taught to be devoted wholly to the gods and their ways. Even the most learned and devoted of the men and women who lived in the Temple had once lived in the outside world, only allowed to join once they reached their nineteenth birthday, but Adela had never lived beyond the Temple walls. She knew the history of her kingdom well, the laws and the customs, but had never experienced it for herself. It was for this reason that when King Machus died, Adela was the one sent to the capital to replace the passed king's Holy Advisor. With each new Yvontan king or queen that came to sit on the throne, the High Temple chose a priest or priestess to join the Royal Council; a woman to balance the king or a man to balance the queen, a godly person to aid a ruler with more power and responsibility than they knew what to do with; and who better to advise the most war-hungry leader in Yvonta's history than her most devout holy servant? The prince, and soon-to-be king, had ambitions thought to be violent and evil by many in the Temple, and Adela's sole purpose was to try to keep the young monarch in check.
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So, I want to make it clear that I am open-minded to any ideas or suggestions that you may have for this story. I don't want this to be a plot that is entirely one-sided with my ideas and none of yours.
With that being said, if you are interested, I do have a blueprint for the religion and history of Yvonta, as well as some ideas if you are into a fantasy/magic-ish element for the story. None of it is set in stone and is all open to alterations that we may make together so that it has both of our touches to it.
If you're interested, please reach out! Thanks for reading!
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