Inky Jay Opens a Casting Call · 5:14pm Nov 23rd, 2014
Hello fillies and gentlecolts and all other creatures of lesser repute who are for some reason reading this overly long introduction line that *pauses for deep breath* Okay, yes, my obligatory attempt at comedy is now out of the way, and we can get down to the nitty gritty of this blog post stuffs.
So, yes, as the title implies I, Inky Jay, am opening a casting call for a particular individual. As many of you may remember, Lapis, I believe, posted not too long ago that he was beginning work on generating original writing. *inner writer applauds* Anyhow, not to sound like a complete prick, but I have been writing since I was intelligent to form sentences in sequence on paper. That being said, from the age of fifteen to the age of eighteen I worked on and completed an original book clocking in at over 400k words long. I'm now 21 and that work was full of a lot of teenage angst and general inconsistency I can't abide as an older, more mature and experienced writer.
Suffice it to say, that work no longer exists, and in the past few months involving long conversations with myself and talks with Lapis, I've re-worked the original concept into something more stable and something I'm very excited to get to work on. However, a lot of the concepts of the world are very, very dark (rape, murder, torture, etc); and as such, Lapis doesn't personally feel comfortable reading through and being my wingman advisor on this project.
I can totally dig that (we're besties after all), but it doesn't change the fact that I wanna have someone with editing and analytical skill to give me critical feedback as I endeavor to begin this work anew. And I'm pretty sure you've already figured out where this is going at this point.
If you'd like to work on this with me, send a PM with the reasons you'd think you'd be a good editor. HOWEVER, there are a couple of things you should know before hitting that send button.
1) I reserve the right to refuse any application. This is my baby after all.
2) You cannot be squeamish about any subject matter. At all. I stress this point strongly, as this story focuses a lot around severe, brutal crime (as stated above) and will spare no detail in fight scenes.
3) It's not necessarily a requirement, but I'd like someone who's chill with video/voice chats over G+ (don't rag on me about skype, I'm using a chromebook).
4) If you love music, it's even better, because more than likely I'll share songs I've found with you and geek out about how I'd love to set such-and-such a scene to it.
So, yeah, that's about it. Send those PM's if you're interested and send people who you think might be my way too.
Cheers!
Inky
PS - Since I mentioned loving to share and talk about music, have this piece of energizing awesome.
Catchy song. Do I assume correctly that this story is non-pony?
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Yes. Oh-you-have-no-idea yes.
I would love to help, but I'm afraid my current schedule makes doing any sort of reviewing impossible (no time. It sucks).
Piqued
I have an adamantium stomach, however I dont believe my editorial or analytical skills are good enough to help, beyond being a secondary pair of eyes to catch what the first pair missed.
Also, nice song.