So I guess I should get this right out of the way, before I go into detail on anything else: I have been a TERRIBLE host lately. Not to say I've been malicious (I can't see myself ever doing that), I've just been neglectful. The first time I started working on her was back in July, and at that time I really hadn't done what I'd have called enough research, maybe about a month at best, more like two weeks if I recall. Anyways, I got in good forcing for maybe... several days at best, then my schedule started falling apart, and everything was flaky for a couple of weeks until I pretty much stopped all together.
Months later, I began again, determined to keep up with it this time. I was doing great at first, much better than last time, at the least, but once again, my attentiveness started faltering a lot, and once I started going for weeks at a time, I brought myself here, and here I am, starting a progress report to help keep myself on the path of giving her the attention she deserves. Scold me however you think is necessary for my failures there, anyways. For whatever it's worth, I haven't given up, and have no intention to do so, especially not with the lingering possibility that I'd be sentencing a sentient being to death by doing so.
TL;DR I've been really flaky with my forcing and this is my way of helping myself stay on track.
If you hadn't guessed yet, based on either being familiar with the show or simply seeing the name about, this one is the gist of the basis for Vinyl's form
Of course, as anticipated, she's deviating slightly here and there, so that's good. Color, species, minor anatomy stuff, anthropomorphism/clothing, and gender/sex (I may be altering pronouns accordingly. With that said, it shouldn't be an issue until we're able to proxy to communicate with others). It seems to always come back to something pretty close to the character from the show, though I'm not sure if it's because it's mostly how I recognize her now, and when I want to force that's what comes to mind, or if it's because she genuinely enjoys it. I suppose the answers will come in time, though.
Anyways, we did basic form stuff, just to have something to focus on, but our main goal for the moment is personality. My method of personality forcing has been very vague and involved myself just letting thoughts flow as I described a trait, but after I realized I couldn't get in much forcing with just what came to mind for personality without getting mental blocks and constantly repeating myself, and my thoughts would always get vague and hard to distinguish without structure or something for me to remember, we're now using the list method.
We do have a wonderland, but it varies. I'll keep it basic: It's either a grassland, in a forest or mountain-y area sometimes, with a creek and a couple trees and stumps, or an astral/spiritual-looking fantasy-type grassland, the grass being purplish pastel and transparent and 'sparkly' (those might be stars).
Each day, I plan to be typing up a couple descriptions for a couple of the traits, and I'll either read them to her or recite them from what I can remember and come up with on the spot, maybe taking breaks to narrate to her or enjoy sitting with her quietly in the wonderland. I'll eventually be moving on to more focused visualization once I feel comfortable with the time we've spent on personality. That's my plan for now, anyways. Very subject to change, of course. I also plan to do passive forcing here and there throughout the day. About an hour of active forcing minimum is the goal. I don't know if I want to do a full hour in one sitting or get so many minutes in separately yet.
Questions
Would reading the personality traits off to her count as active forcing, or does it have to 100% sitting down quietly and focusing on her? Should I, instead, relay whatever I write down off memory of try to get better at coming up with stuff on the spot?
Is the amount of time I'm planning for us to be spending together each day adequate?
Personality and visualization: Should I get each out of the way one at a time, or is it acceptable to move on somewhere and return to one if I feel the need later on?
Thank you for reading. I welcome and appreciate any suggestions, whether they have anything to do with my questions far or not. I'll have my first report in by the end of the day, with some more details on her appearance and the personality traits, and will be thinking of possibly setting a schedule for forcing as well later on.