Marie/Elise: Adrian White

-

Marie/Elise: Adrian White

Character Introduction

As part of this year's Writeblr Summerfest, I'll be trying my best to respond to each prompt given throughout the month of August 2021. I'll be talking about Marie/Elise, since it's the work I'm trying to finish at the moment, and hope to have it done by the end of the month.

Today's prompt: Tell us about your main character!

Adrian White, the main character of Marie/Elise, has just moved into the affluent and gated town of Blackwood to live with his father, who has moved there due to huge business success. Almost as soon as he arrives, however, Adrian feels out of place among the manicured lawns and idyllic neatness of Blackwood, and has a hard time adjusting. Still, it's much better than where he was before - and he's not going back there.

When his father is invited to a party at the Bellerose mansion, he drags the antisocial Adrian along in an attempt to get him to make some friends. Unfortunately for Adrian, who just wants to live a quiet life minding his own business, the night ends with a murder - and he's the main suspect!

Adrian is introverted, deeply troubled, and mentally unstable. He tries to work his way through his day to day life and overcome his psychological issues, but his past digs into him ceaselessly with its merciless claws, and leaving it behind isn't that easy. This makes things even harder (and more confusing) for our protagonist when he realizes that he has to clear his name himself or face being arrested for a murder he didn't commit.

Forcing himself out of his comfort zone in order to fight for his innocence, Adrian meets Marie Bellerose and Rupert Baxley, the children of the most powerful families in Blackwood - but can he trust them to help him uncover the truth, or will their loyalties to their closed community spell disaster for Adrian?


Comments

Post a Comment

Thoughts?

Popular posts from this blog

Scareuary 2024 - A January 2024 Horror Writing Challenge

-
Image
COMING SOON - Scareuary 2024 Writing Challenge January's coming up in just a handful of weeks, and I have a small writing event that I've wanted to run during the month of January for a couple of years now that I've never been able to find the time to kickstart. In fact, you might remember it from the inaugural issue of Scrittorio . Well, this time, it's happening. So, buckle up, my writer friends, because Scareuary 2024 is coming soon, and it's going to be a lot of fun! What is Scareuary? For the month of January , I'm hosting a writing event which provides writers with the opportunity to get their spooky writing skills up front and center.  For seasoned writers who want a challenge, this event - and especially the Coppe's Webbe challenge - will get them thinking outside the box with unusual prompts. For new writers who want to dip their toes in the world of writing horror fiction, Scareuary offers a range of different approaches with a month-long focus t
Read more

Lit Commentary: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Chapter 2

-
Image
Lit Commentary: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Chapter 2   🚬 "I can tell by the way he will look lost and puzzled suddenly, all expression dying away from his dear face as though swept clean by an unseen hand, and in its place a mask will form, a sculptured thing, formal and cold, beautiful still but lifeless. He will fall to smoking cigarette after cigarette, not bothering to extinguish them, and the glowing stubs will lie around on the ground like petals. He will talk quickly and eagerly about nothing at all, snatching at any subject as a panacea to pain. I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire. This we have done in full measure, ironic though it seems." The protagonist makes an interesting statement with this quote, because I wonder if they aren't more fragile as well. When Maxim remembers, he falls into
Read more

Scrittorio Magazine, Ramadan 1445 Issue

-
Image
Scrittorio Magazine , Ramadan 1445 Special Issue for Muslim Fiction Writers Salaam! Are you a Muslim fiction writer? Scroll down to learn how you can help me with this upcoming issue! As a Muslim fiction writer, I've wanted to put together some kind of Ramadan-themed writing pack for a long time now. This year, I finally decided to take the leap and do it - and I decided to do it through Scrittorio Magazine , my always-free digital magazine for fiction writers everywhere.  (If you haven't checked out the 2023 issue, please do , and subscribe ! Since I can't currently track how many people have downloaded Scrittorio issues - I'm working on it! - your subscription means everything .) So, here I am, officially announcing the Ramadan 1445 special issue for Scrittorio Magazine ! It will be released sometime between March 15th - March 20th, 2024, by which time Ramadan will have already begun. The final date of release will be confirmed soon.   What's in the Ramadan 1445
Read more