After 2 years, I have arrived!!!! (New person)

Hi everyone! I’m nightbird2026, but please call me Lucy.

I was really, really, really sad when I thought the KP website was down for good, because I’d been super excited when I found it online. But! Now I know it’s not!!! Anyways, I like writing fiction novels and screenwriting, mostly sci-fi.

Some of my favorite movies are:

• Pride and Prejudice (2005),
• Greta Gerwig’s Little Women,
• the Spider-Verse movies (I am desperately waiting on the third one!),
• LoTR.

I don’t think I can list my favorite books-there’s too many (but I can’t resist listing a few):

• Haikyuu!! (the manga)
• Little Women (again!)
• A Forgery of Fate
• And Then There Were None
• the Sherlock Holmes novels
• The Wingfeather Saga

When I come up with an idea it is sadly never “what if this and this happened?”, its always a feeling, an interaction, a snapshot of a character in a vibey situation. Very frustrating when I’m trying to actually plan my story.

I currently technically have two WIP:

1. One is a dystopian novel (but not futuristic, more post-collapse) that revolves around two characters, who have every reason to hate each other, have to work together to secretly deliver information that could be pivotal to the on-going war between rival factions. NOT an enemies-to-lovers. I’ve been working on this since I was ten, but it has evolved dramatically as my interests changed and I learned more. My first draft from back then makes me want to crawl into a hole and die.
2. The other is a superhero story that may (only possibly) be set in the 80’s, where there was an event that gave all children of a certain age and under weird abilities. I have absolutely no clue what will actually happen but I’m working on figuring it out by trying to flesh out characters and their motivations. But I think it will center around those powered kids (a few years after the event) working with an international organization. To be clear, this is less of a people-in-bright-tights superheroes. A lot less flashy than Marvel or DC.
   1. I have two characters that I am head-over-heels in love with:
      1. Ophelie, a girl from France. I’m still trying to figure out the specifics of her power, but it’s not a particularly impressive one (at least not superficially). However, she’s worked hard and been smart to reach the point where she is w/ the organization. Dark blonde hair. She has an older brother (Pryce) and a younger sister (Aimee), who are both powerless (they weren’t within the age range of the event). However, at the beginning of the story she has found out that they are only her half-siblings, b/c she was born when her mom had an affair with someone else. So she really struggles with belonging in her family, especially since they don’t know she knows, and her dad and siblings also don’t know because her mom got away with her unfaithfulness. I want Ophelie to eventually come to realize that even though she was born from deception and betrayal, she still has a rightful place in her family. I’m struggling with how to portray her mom and her relationship w/ Ophelie, so if you guys have any advice, it will really help.
      2. Grayson, a guy whose nationality I’m still figuring out. His power is that he can replay events in the past like virtual reality, but he has to know the when and where. The cost of using his power is that his memories get shut down and they don’t come back unless they are triggered (therefore he keeps a personal notes packet with him at all times with all the information he doesn’t want to forget). He’s TALL, but in a long way, not a big way. He joined the international organization b/c his mom has been missing for a few years and he’s had to take care of his younger sister Adelle on his own and he’s trying to find his mom. He REALLY misses his mom. Very capable, a little grumpy.

Was this info-dumping? I don’t know if sharing this much about my WIP is ok or not. If it was, I apologize for the overwhelming info about myself and my stories.

Random question: Does anyone make playlists for their characters?