{"id":185,"date":"2006-03-15T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=185"},"modified":"2006-03-15T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T02:09:00","slug":"hi-my-names-mw-and-i-killed-my-main-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2006\/03\/15\/hi-my-names-mw-and-i-killed-my-main-character\/","title":{"rendered":"“Hi, my name’s MW, and I killed my main character.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sounds like an intro at a meeting of SAA [Sadistic Authors Anonymous], huh? Well, it’s true. The main character of (un)real life, Anneka Elizabeth, died dramatically today<\/a> in [where else?] the arms of her devoted [and dead] boyfriend, Will. <\/p>\n

All I have to say is, “It’s about damn time!”<\/b> I’ve been waiting for her demise for…well, years. Not because I have a sadistic, morbid and self-destructive side [although there is<\/b> that], but because I originally started the story of Anneka and Will in May, 2004. I even put it online under the name of The Deskland Soaps. I first wrote about Anneka’s death in December, 2004 [the winter solstice, how symbolic], many, many months ago. This event represented the high-water mark of both my creativity and my popularity as the creator of Deskland Soaps. After that point, the Soaps shed fans and momentum, unable to regain their compelling status.<\/p>\n

The Deskland Soaps disappeared several months later, in May, 2005, and went on hiatus until October. The Soaps reappeared as (un)real life, reworking the main storylines from the Soaps in a leaner, meaner and more interesting way. Now that I’ve passed the high point of Deskland Soaps, the “first draft” of (un)real life, I feel that I’ve finally come full circle. I’ve done my original idea — queer mortal girl + dead vamp boy = flying sparks — justice.<\/p>\n

I want more than justice, though. (un)real life ain’t just about fleshing out a cool idea that I had in the past. It’s my narrative playground, creative outlet and unabashed psycho-exploration. In other words, (un)real life interests me and entertains me greatly not just in the past, but right now.<\/b> While it may have a smaller fan base and less momentum behind it, it’s a stronger and more focused piece of art. When it was still the Deskland Soaps, I had no idea what would happen beyond season 3. Now, by contrast, I have up through season 9 scripted. [No, you don’t get spoilers, not unless I really<\/b> love you…or you buy me lots of figs.] (un)real life as a multifarious creation has taken on forward propulsion of its own.<\/p>\n

All of which is to say this…Anneka’s death marked the climax of Deskland Soaps, a prelude to the dissipation of its powers. In (un)real life, Anneka’s death is the climax of a particular story arc, but nowhere near the end of the series. As our fair protagonist is about to find out, death is only the beginning….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sounds like an intro at a meeting of SAA [Sadistic Authors Anonymous], huh? Well, it’s true. The main character of (un)real life, Anneka Elizabeth, died dramatically today in [where else?] the arms of her devoted [and dead] boyfriend, Will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5527,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/5527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}