Be Inspired

Sideblog of charsimatic. Inspiration for various things. *Will not follow other blog unless you're a simblr, sorry.*

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Alice in Wonderland Party Collab

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Shadows (1959) dir. John Cassavetes

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a great piece of writing advice i’ve heard, if not one of the greatest, is that you should always write what your characters would say, not what you want them to say.

this might sound confusing to some people, given that you’re the writer, and you provide your characters with a voice (they wouldn’t exist without you) but writing what your characters would say/do, as opposed to what you want them to say/do, really just comes down to what you want to happen in your story, and what realistically would happen.

as in, you might want one of your characters to be open about their feelings, and to trust the person standing in front of them. but your character has trust issues, and they don’t easily open up to people. forcing this character to do so anyway, will only lead to inauthentic storytelling, and characters that continuously contradicts themselves.

let your characters guide you through their lives, and let the story unfold itself. you won’t always have control over what happens.

characters will face the consequences of their actions, one thing will lead to another, and the story will turn in a direction so far from the one you initially meant for it to go in. let that happen. don’t force a story in there if it doesn’t go with the current narrative.

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The great thing about this is once you start treating your characters as real, complex people and not as plot devices to get from A to B, writing in general becomes a whole lot easier. You're not stuck on the "What should happen in this scene?" aspect, because you know these characters well. You know their goals, their fears, their misbeliefs. You create the premise and they react to it, and then they react to that reaction, and so forth. You get to a point where you almost don't have to think when you write dialogue, because you can practically hear them talking in your mind. And that's a brilliant feeling :)

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what a day.

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All aboard! All aboard! Tickets please, tickets!  Well, you coming? 

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This is so cute!!!! 💕

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I saw just the first two messages in that exchange and IMMEDIATELY thought, “Oh no, he fucked up.“

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This gives me Avery vibes 😂

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ways to get to know your characters

i’m not going to preface this much, seeing as how this will be helpful for anyone who is a) having trouble understanding the characters they’ve set out to write, or b) struggling with an intense case of writers’ block. in any event, these are resources that i have found exceedingly helpful in the process of creating and envisioning my characters.

personality types

myers-briggs personality type indicator; take the test yourself or learn more about each type

howtofascinate’s forty nine personality types; see here for the chart

keirsey temperament sorter; take the test yourself or learn more about each type

cattell’s sixteen personality factors; take the test yourself or learn more about each factor

narcissistic personality quiz; learn more and take it yourself here

find more at this source

archetypes

the twelve common archetypes give a title, a motto, goals/desires, strengths/weaknesses, and fears/strategies for each archetype

this list of character archetypes gives a title, explanation, and example for each archetype

this wikipedia page on stock characters lists archetypes present throughout literature, fiction, and the media

things to write about

their name; its origin, its meaning. how it feels coming off the tip of their tongue. who were they named after? what do they go by?

something someone always told them; e.g. my mother always told me i never cried when i was born, my father always told me i pretended to be a cowboy when i was a toddler

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She’s like warm days, sunshine, honey and love.

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The Sims 3 - Master Collection

Objects (619)   Download SFS –> 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Rugs (555)       Download SFS –> 1 / 2 / 3 Roofs (186)      Download SFS –> 1 Patterns (919)  Download SFS –> 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Terrains (107)  Download SFS –> 1

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Tell me which of my OCs is your favorite and why

Please, it’s so fun to hear people’s opinions!

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a guide to ballet for your muse!

(PSA: i have never danced before professionally in any capacity in my life. all of this is gathered from a few hours of googling. if you dance and any of this is wrong, PLEASE correct me and i will edit it!!! and credit you!!!!!)

first and foremost: this seems needless to say, but these lil shits are dancers from birth, usually put into classes as soon they can walk. if you’re a kid looking to be a professional dancer, you don’t appreciate any other career path as a viable option. there’s theoretically no such thing, unfortunately, as a character that would begin dancing at eighteen and immediately be selected as a principal in “giselle,” for example. BUT i’m not the ballet police, do whatever you want, none of this is real anyway. AND if misty copeland can start at age 13, your character can, too!

okay! let’s get started.

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