LeonHorizon Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Roleplay Type: World of Equestria Name: Quill Sex:Male Age: Stallion Species: Unicorn Eye Color: Green Coat Color: Light-Grey Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Black Mane, Black Tail Physique: Thin and scrawny, Short Legs, Short Neck Cutie Mark: An Ink Bottle, received after finishing his first school essay. Origin/Residence: Born in Hoofington. Now resides in Canterlot, but travels the world for inspiration for books. Occupation:Author Motivation: Dreams of becoming a known author world-wide. Believes that writing is the best way to tell stories and convey current issues. Likes:Reading and writing, Organization, Libraries, the Sea. Dislikes: Messes, ponies who say reading is unnecessary and boring and uncool, negative reviews, plights that the world is ignorant of or ignores. Character Summary: As a foal, Quill was sickly and not that strong. He tired easily when running too fast and intermediate spells exhausted him. He did not have that many friends, since he believed that making and having friends was too tiring. Although weak and anti-social, he was quite brilliant. Education came easy to him, because once he committed something to memory, he almost never forgot it. Quill was also very dedicated. When he began an assignment, he never stopped until it was complete. One of them was doing an article for the school paper.The article was about the various ponies and teachers who were at his school. After spending a long time working on the article, Quill got his Cutie Mark. It was an Ink Bottle. As he grew up, Quill would spend hours in his room working on homework. He passed through school at the top of his class, writing essays and papers that received honorable mentions at several academic contests.Quill eventually received a grant to continue his studies at Canterlot. It was there Quill became entranced by history. Seeing the archives and libraries of the castle astounded him so much. The books written about Equestria and it’s residents inspired him to be like the great historians who chronicled the great events of the past. To get started, Quill began writing a short story. It was about a pegasus who worked in the weather factories of Cloudsdale. To help write this, Quill interviewed a pegasus who worked in the factory before retiring. Quill always makes sure his works are 100% accurate. When he finished his manuscript, he spent weeks reading and rereading it to make sure his debut story was as close to perfect as it could be.Quill pitched his work to the editor-in-chief of a small magazine, Author’s Weekly. After reading the complete story, he was very impressed with Quill’s work. He bought the work and promised to publish his work in a future issue. Although the magazine was not famous, it shipped to all corners of Equestria. This made sure that Quill’s work could be read by any pony. He had fears that his story would be negatively reviewed or ignored, but did not lose hope. Within weeks, the story was published and released to the public. Quill’s story proved to be appealing, as few ponies actually knew what went on in the weather factories. The story itself was very good. Magazine subscriptions increased as ponies wanted to see more of this young author.Perhaps Quill’s greatest moment came when he received an unexpected letter from his mother. She said that she heard that her child had written something in a magazine, so she bought a copy of Author’s weekly, read it and found the story. She was so proud of her son. She remembered the days when she and her husband became nervous about her boy. They worried that he would not be able to find his calling at first, but the story comforted them knowing Quill was going to be all right. After reading the letter, Quill finally knew what he wanted to do with his life.Quill decided to make his next story completely non-fiction, as he travelled to Beakbreak to spend some time for inspiration for his next tale. He worked several odd-jobs here and there to keep the income coming. To his neighbors, Quill was not very social. He often did not leave his home, except for work and other chores. After finishing the manuscript about the rise of one of the major ship-breaking companies there, he sold it to Author’s Weekly. Again, positive reviews by the readers of Author’s Weekly helped give Quill more of a reputation. The experience gave him a new idea. Quill wanted to travel the world, writing about the ponies who worked and lived in various cities, and share their stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Rose Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 As an would-be author, I approve of this character! *^_^*I would ask something, though - you're talking about his 'debut story' as an 'after he graduated' thing ... but you said he sold his first story right before he got his cutie mark.Cutie marks are gotten when one is a foal.I doubt he graduated when he was a foal, nor sold his first story to a major publisher.Could you clear this up for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 As Bramble mentioned, the cutie mark is earned when one is young, either a foal or a young mare/colt (equivalent of a young teen) but not as an adult stallion/mare. Other than that I feel this application is excellent. One way to do the cutie mark story is to published a story he did for school newspaper, or a contest where the winning story is published. You can still have the story of him getting his first big publishing break in there as well still, which is what finally got him known (at least to some degree). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonHorizon Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Apologies for any confusion. I'm still new to this stuff. (Forum Noobing at it's finest.) I cleared up the story a bit. Now it is ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Alrighty, looking good.For Great Justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Rose Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Ha! A foal who enjoyed their homework!That must have gotten a lot of teasing from classmates. A homework cutie mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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