A long time ago – when it was much more popular – I wrote episodic stories with all the characters written by you, Tengaged. You created them, and I wrote them into being. The audience got to watch these characters evolve, interact with one another, and sometimes die.
Since then, I’ve earned a Creative Writing degree, and I’ve come back to the place where my passion for writing started. Writing can be a lonely experience, and directly involving the will of the audience into the story makes things much more engaging, I’ve found.
Yes, the title of this episodic story will be called “The Walking Dead”, but don’t let that fool you. This isn’t the same universe: it is inspired by. Some laws of The Walking Dead universe will remain, and some of them I will change to make an even better and engaging story than the show/comics. Expect to laugh, smile, worry, panic, and cry. This may be The Walking Dead, but the heart of this series will be who the characters are, how they interact with each other, and the decisions they make.
To submit a character into the story, complete the submission form below. If you have any questions, please follow me up on them in the comments or by mail. Every user is allowed to submit only 1 character for now. Have fun writing up a character and help me write some amazing stories!
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Important note: Once your characters have been submitted and the story begins, I retain creative control over their representation and direction from that point onwards. This includes how they evolve as a person based on their experiences, their relationships, and their overall fates. If something displeases you, please let me know! We can have a conversation about what is distressing you and how to resolve said issue.
I will be in contact with you once the series is about to officially start.
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Here's a short memoir that I wrote for my creative writing class last year. Hopefully you like it.
My 1st Standing Ovation
My very first standing ovation was back in freshman year in Theater 1, after performing “The Man” movie monologue from The School of Rock. But, before I write about the standing ovation, I’m going to give a little background in the beginning of my freshman year. I was going through a rough time, with depression, and had enrolled in the Theater 1 class. During the first semester of Theater, I never participated in any of the activities, mainly because I didn’t have any confidence, and I was suffering through depression. Some, of the reasons why I was going through depression at that time is I thought I had no friends and nobody liked me. Thankfully, the depression didn’t land me in a suicide attempt. Even if I when I was going through depression, I always tried to have my head held high, because I knew things would get better, which it did. I wasn’t all alone during the first semester of Agoura, because my older brother would chill with me at nutrition & lunch. In the Theater 1 class, nobody had any expectations for me at that point, which is where my first standing ovation comes into play. The standing ovation happened in 2nd semester, when I was feeling better, and had more confidence in myself. Our class had an assignment, which was to practice & perform a monologue from any movie. At that point, I knew I had what it took to succeed, and to show the class that I have some talent. I also wanted to show them that I’m not just in the class because I needed an elective. For the assignment, I chose “The Man” monologue performed by Jack Black from the awesome movie, “The School of Rock”. To make sure that I was going to succeed, I was able to get some help from a professional actor, named CJ. He gave me some great tips, for when I perform the speech. Some of the great tips that CJ gave me, were to not shout, but to carry your voice loud enough so that the audience can hear you. Also he said to not talk too fast, don’t over-perform and to pronounciate your words clearly. During the practicing with CJ, I started to get stressed, because he was almost pushing my limits. But, I had to restrain myself because I knew what he was telling me was right. After I was able to receive help from the actor I practiced on my own and with my parents until the night of the performance. I was finally done with the practicing and I was in the class waiting nervously and excitedly to perform The Man monologue. My heart was pounding, and I was starting to sweat, wasn’t sure if I was able to perform. But, then Mrs. Brassler, the theater teacher called me to the stage, and I told myself “Fuck This”, and walked up on to the stage to show the audience what I’ve got. When I got on the stage, the nerves came back, and my conscience automatically told me, “Just go..
