Moonstricken: Eternal Descent (Chapter 1)
Project Overview
IMPORTANT NOTE: There will be a lot of screaming, crying, and cursing in this project. Make sure you can do those three things.
I had the idea of trying to make an audio book version of one of my ongoing stories. Here's the description for the story:
"Dustin Patefield is a lonely boy with all of one so-called friend, not including the "friend" his imagination has made for him. When he starts to become better acquainted with others, for how long will Dustin's imaginary friend lay back before jealousy causes him to lash back and takes matters into his own hands?
"A story of tragedy and insanity throughout three generations of sons within a family line. With friends like these, who needs enemies? The story spans from 2010 to 2093, and is set in an alternate reality."
It can be read here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/46968522-moonstricken-eternal-descent
However, those cast will be given a PDF version to work with, one that has character's dialogue highlighted for ease.
Though uploads on other sites do have more than one chapter so far, they are all unedited. The Wattpad version of this story will only have the edited/complete versions of the chapters.
Keep in mind that for the first five or six chapters, this story does sort of seem like a high-school drama sort of deal, since the story begins while the main character is in high school. However, after that, he grows up and the plot picks up pace somewhat.
It's a somewhat slow-building story, but at its full potential it is both a drama and a tragedy.
If you're at all interested in my story, feel free to audition for a role in the audio version!
As for the quality of this so-called audio book, I'll try my best to throw it together nicely. I've never done this before, though, so... yeah.
Feel free to fire me an email if you have any questions!
I suppose I should also mention here that there is implied romantic tension between certain male characters, and later on it increases every so often. A person once asked me if he had to be gay to play one of my characters, so in case that question is in your head, the answer is no. You just have to be comfortable dealing with such a scenario in dialogue.
Requirements:
- Good quality audio is preferred (however, if you don't have a good microphone, I'm sure I can work some editing magic somehow)
- Must be easy to contact if chosen for a role (preferably via Skype, however email also accepted)
- Must be dedicated enough to get lines to me quickly and efficiently, and also able to work on the project for a long time (given most of that time will be simply waiting for another chapter to be ready)
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A flirty young woman who loves to be the center of attention. She can be rather outgoing and obnoxious, as she's very immature, even in her adult years.
She kind of serves as some form of comedic relief at a few moments in the story, since she has a tendency to crack jokes and likes to tease.
(childish/teasing) Skip the rest of the way with me like this, and I'll stop talking about my love for boy love.
(complaining, she's been reminded she said she would be ready but she isn't) I would'a been, but then I got distracted and I saw that this b*tch online spelled my /name/ wrong. How do you spell /Lowe/ wrong?! There's only like, two ways to spell that!
(childish/determined) Alright, untwist your panties, /girlfriend/; I'm gonna go get dressed now. And then I'm gonna pig out on some cereal and watch some telly.
A lonely young man who, at a young age, made himself an imaginary friend named Eternal. Little did he realize that the creation of such a being would have adverse effects on the rest of his life...
He is very emotional most of the time, and is socially awkward as all hell.
This is for the teenage version of him. The role will be back up for grabs when the story progresses to his adult years.
(awkward/trying to say goodbye indirectly) Well, I'd better run. My mother might worry.
[Eternal] (casual) So, what's going on today?
(kind/offering to pay for something) Yeah, man. I figure if I've got this money, I might as well spend it. Not everyday I have money on my person.
A smart and (sometimes brutally) honest young man who is very loyal to those who are willing to tolerate him occasionally being a smartass. He's rather heroic, even to stupid degrees. He may, however, be a tad mentally unstable at times...
(laughingly, referring to the subject) I hate English. (pause, serious) I think my words are much better said than written. When they're written, it's harder to tell their tone, and it just sort of makes me sound like an idiot.
(formal/curious) I don't think I ever got your name, sir.
Someone to read the story. Does not include dialogue.
Note that, seeing as this is what this is, this role has a lot of huge lines.
It is 4:45 AM. An alarm clock, set up underneath a black fan which, in itself, is propped up to point at a bed by a few cardboard boxes, begins chirping its annoying noise.
The person in bed stirs and rolls over to face the setup. Almost surprised at being rudely awakened, even though his mornings were almost sadly identical, he blindly reaches an arm out from under the fuzzy brown blanket and tries to reach under the fan for the snooze button, but only manages to hurt himself doing so. /Typical./Truth be told, just looking at Dustin, it is quite obvious that the shirt will probably /always/ be too big on him. He has a much smaller frame than his older brother, who currently stands at about 6'1"; Dustin is currently only 5'7", and he currently weighs 109 pounds on the dot.
For example, Eternal likes to terrify Dustin whenever the boy looks into a mirror. This is how they met for the first time when Dustin was 4, and this is also why Dustin is, at times, deathly afraid of mirrors.
Dustin has never told anyone about Eternal. He knows that nobody would understand, or care long enough to understand as they're wheeling him off to the nut-house.
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