Hey guys!
I’m struggling with figuring out what Aeris can do before she summoning a Saintling and learning the truth about herself.
The reason why I want to start the story by showing who Aeris is, because I want to give the reader a glimpse of her world before it changes forever.
This is something that I’ve been struggling with for all five drafts. Aeris has to do something before she has her life completely changed for the better (or worse depending on how you look at it).
Aeris has been so many things and nothing feels right. Like I am having so much trouble with that.
What are your thoughts?
Does Aeris need to have a glimpse of her life before things kick off with the plot?
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You need to show the normal before you introduce the extraordinary.
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That’s the problem. Showing the normal before I get to the abnormal.
I don’t know what could be Aeris’s normal.
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Once you understand this, everything else will be easier.
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The problem is understanding what that could or should be. It feels like I don’t know Aeris as well as I thought I would.
What would her normal look like?
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I think I “might” have something.
Though I’m not sure.
@NotARussianBot
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Aeris’s parents died when she was a child, forcing her to grow up without her parents and struggling to survive. She joined a guild and had to take on odd jobs to sustain herself. I’m not doing that.
She will lose her parents several months prior to the kick off of the plot where she is struggling to figure out who had murdered her parents and why these people ruined her life. So, the earlier chapter(s) will introduce who she is and why she is trying to solve this issue, before she summons a Saintling and starts the plot. That might work as her normal, but it still feels like something is lacking.
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Take some time to think about this more, maybe even sleep on it.
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Alright. I shall.
I need to take a day or two to really think about this. Hopefully, just the night as you stated.
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Update:
I’m going have to really brainstorm on this, but I would still like some help. This is so frustrating to me.
Damn…
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Hi, idk if I can be of help…
And I’m off to bed in a few minutes…
So, what seems to be your current struggle? Learning who Aeris is?
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What should Aeris do before she sets off the plot? I need to introduce what Aeris’s normal looks like. I don’t know what that could be.
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I struggle with that with characters, too, so I get you.
Only recently did I figure out where Mallord and Penelope had been before their story started.
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And I’m struggling with that with Pinti. Her story can start anywhere and in many different ways to such a point that I have no idea what I’m doing with her XD
Me, rambling about where Pinti starts
She could be a loving sister and go on revenge when her sister is killed. Or she could be a great young leader and go in survival mode to save her kind from extinction. Or she could have been very insecure and found her calling thanks to her father. Or she could not have good relationship with her father and go on this adventure to prove him wrong.
Not sure what to do with her and I’m not sure why I’m having this problem with her. I could show her being a leader, or a loving sister, or a great friend, or maybe all those things…
I didn’t have this problem with Eryn, or another character in the New Soleil Girls universe, or Cypur or Scotch or Kaiver from Elgana.
I’m wondering if it has something to do with her story having too much lore XD
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Yeah, I feel the same with Aeris and I also felt the same way with Jorildyn.
Like starting their story is so hard because I want to get to the point of it all.
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I was thinking, Cypur’s past directly affects his main plot because not knowing his parents means he doesn’t know why his magick is so explosive. Maybe Pinti’s past doesn’t directly affect her main plot enough. Maybe I need to make it affect 
Does Aeris’ past directly affect what you want to have happen in the story?
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