Living and Waking

Summary

Sylvia follows a creature she calls Nightmare, a shadow creature that lives under her bed, and, as the name suggests, has been the one creating the nightmares she sees when she sleeps. Wanting to give her a proper goodbye on her last night before she moves to college, a night where Sylvia couldn't sleep, Nightmare takes her to Dreamland, but when her fears prove to be too much for the land to handle, a Creation is made that prevents her from leaving. Sylvia, with the help of Nightmare and her biggest fears, needs to overcome her worst fears before she's lost forever.

Characters

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Sylvia Dominguez

Nightmare

The Beast

The Rot

The Eyes

The Strings

The Creation

History

Living and Waking is the result of me trying to finally take a step toward my dreams of making comics. It's one of the many project ideas I have, but this is the only one that's been able to stay a manageable size (every other idea turns into multiple books, and Living and Waking is set to remain just one book). I came up with this idea the summer after I graduated high school and involves many of my own personal fears about growing up. It was supposed to be finished that summer (didn't happen obviously) but many of the themes present still resonate with me so I hope you guys will follow me on my journey!

Updates

First draft is done! There is SO MUCH in the script that needs to be reworked, but I have the basic foundation down and that's a big step for me-I honestly haven't written the end because I feel I haven't earned it yet lmao-once I get the rest of the script towards a place that I really like, then I'll write it. I'm currently editing the first chunk to a place where I think is pretty good? I'm reading through it again and making edits here and there. Should be moving onto the second chunk (the section that needs the most work cause I suck at middles lmao) soon.