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MarkyRPH's Guide: How to Play a Character with Anger Issues
As requested, here is a guide on how to write a character with anger management issues, as well as a little bit on anger in general. I am not an expert in any of this, so this is all only research and I apologize if any of this is wrong. Feel free to give this a like or reblog if it helped.
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Ultimate Writing Resource List
a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post
General Tips
Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
34 Writing Tips that will make you a Better Writer
50 Free resources that will improve your writing skills
5 ways to get out of the comfort zone and become a stronger writer
10 ways to avoid Writing Insecurity
The Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Insecurity
The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers
You’re Not Hemingway - Developing Your Own Style
7 Ways to use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel them In
8 Short Story Tips from Kurt Vonnegut
How to Show, Not Tell
5 Essential Story Ingredients
How to Write Fiction that grabs your readers from page one
Why research is important in writing
Make Your Reader Root for Your Main Character
Writing Ergonomics (Staying Comfortable Whilst Writing)
The Importance of Body Language
Character Development
10 days of Character Building
Name Generators
Name Playground
Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
Seven Common Character Types
Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters
Web Resources for Developing Characters
Building Fictional Characters
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Character Building Workshop
Tips for Characterization
Character Chart for Fiction Writers
Villains are people too but…
How to Write a Character Bible
Character Development Exercises
All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!
Medieval Names Archive
Sympathy Without Saintliness
Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)
Behind The Name
100 Character Development Questions for Writers
Aether’s Character Development Worksheet
The 12 Common Archetypes
Six Types of Courageous Characters
Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2
Creating Believable Characters With Personality
Body Language Cheat Sheet
Creating Fictional Characters Series
Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description
7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters
Character Development Questionnaire
How to Create Fictional Characters
Character Name Resources
Character Development Template
Character Development Through Hobbies
Character Flaws List
10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters
Ari’s Archetype Series
How to Craft Compelling Characters
List of 200 Character Traits
Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex
Making Your Characters Likable
Do you really know your characters?
Character Development: Virtues
Character Development: Vices
Character Morality Alignment
List of Negative Personality Traits
List of Positive Personality Traits
List of Emotions - Positive
List of Emotions - Negative
Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)
30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme
Words for Emotions based on Severity
Eight Bad Characters
High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types
Female Characters
How Not to Write Female Characters
Writing Female Characters
How to write empowering female characters
Why I write strong female characters
Red Flags for Female Characters Written by Men
Writing strong female characters
The Female Character Flowchart
Eight Heroine Archetypes
Male Characters
Eight Hero Archetypes
Tips for Specific Characters
Writing A Vampire
Writing Pansexual Characters
Writing Characters on the Police Force
Writing Drunk Characters
Writing A Manipulative Character
Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship
Writing A Natural Born Leader
Writing A Flirtatious Character
Writing A Nice Character
Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains
Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain
Writing Villains that Rock
Writing British Characters
How To Write A Character With A Baby
On Assassin Characters
Dialogue
It’s Not What They Say…
Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue
Speaking of Dialogue
The Great Said Debate
He Said, She Said, Who Said What?
How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters
Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life
Point of View
Establishing The Right Point of View
How to Start Writing in the Third Person
The I Problem
Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline
Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method
Effectively Outlining Your Novel
Conflict and Character Within Story Structure
Outlining Your Plot
Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets
How To Write A Novel
Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is
Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations
The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks
Conflict Test
What is Conflict?
Monomyth
The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps
Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
Plotting Without Fears
Novel Outlining 101
Writing The Perfect Scene
One-Page Plotting
The Great Swampy Middle
How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?
Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps
How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel
Create Structure in your novel using index cards
Choosing the best outline method for you
Hatch’s Plot Bank
Setting & Worldbuilding
Magical Word Builder’s Guide
I Love The End Of The World
World Building 101
The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life
Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1
Creating a Believable World
Setting
Character and Setting Interactions
Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping
World Builders Project
How To Create Fantasy Worlds
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
Creativity Boosters* denotes prompts
*Creative Writing Prompts
*Ink Provoking
*Story Starter
*Story Spinner
*Story Kitchen
*Language is a Virus
*The Dabbling Mum
Quick Story Idea Generator
Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud
Busting Your Writing Rut
Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips To Engineer A Productive Flow
Writing Inspiration, Or Sex on a Bicycle
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits
Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging
Random Book Title Generator
Finishing Your Novel
Story Starters & Idea Generators
Words to Use More Often
Revision & Grammar
How To Rewrite
Editing Recipe
Cliche Finder
Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written
Writing 101: Revising A Novel
20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes
Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language
Grammar Urban Legends
Tools & Software
Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for
Write or Die - Stay motivated
Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites
My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free
Bubbl.us - Online Mind Map Application, Free
Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, Free
Freemind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable
Xmind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable
Liquid Story Binder - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable
Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac
SuperNotecard - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable
yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable
JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable
AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine
Specific Help
Fashion Terminology
All About Kissing
Genre Help: Romance
187 Mental Illnesses
Types of Mental Illness
Eye Color List
Spectral Groupings
INSANE BIG ASS WRITING MASTERPOST 2014
So, this is a masterpost with references and links I found myself AND from other usefull masterposts on writing. I will add credit to the people whose masterposts I took from, so people will know their hard work (because it fucking is). So, this is liveanotherslifes combined writing masterpost anno 2014. :D (that took 5 hours to make so you better reblog)
Feel free to add anything, and message me if you see any mistakes or broken links.
CREDITS:
alliaofrph Reference for writers boofrp herhmione thelastrplord ruthlesscalculus mylifehasbeentakenoverbygayhalp:
CHARACTER TRAITS/ROLES
Writing a bitchy character (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
Writing a cocky character (1,2,3,4) Writing a emotionally character (1,2)
How to play a hippie
Playing the quiet character.
How to play the stalker.
Writing distant, indifferent characters.
How to write a character who stutters.
Writing a character who is sassy.
A guide to playing a southern character.
Portraying characters with crushes.
How to portray a teen mom.
How to play a character who is mean.
Playing an efficient male character.
Portraying the asshole.
Playing a character who suffers from shyness.
Writing a happy character.
Writing a leader.
Tips on writing the pregnant female.
How to write a bad ass character.
How to write a worry wart.
Portraying a character with diabetes.
How to play a prankster.
Playing a character who has been adopted.
Portraying a vampire.
How to play a serial killer.
Writing a tomboy.
How to play a bitchy/vicious character.
Playing a pregnant woman.
Playing the burn-out.
Writing a “nice” character.
How to play a gentleman.
How to play a shy/introvert character.
How to play a naive character.
How to write pirates.
How to play a character who isn’t ready for sex.
How to play the geek.
Playing the manipulative character.
Playing a rebellious character.
Playing the bullies.
Playing a promiscuous male.
How to portray a bubbly character.
How to portray a power driven character.
How to portray the shy character.
Portraying a hippie.
Portraying characters who have secrets.
How to play someone creepy.
Portraying a foreigner.
Portraying an emotionally detatched character.
How to play a strong, female character.
Playing angry characters.
Playing a character who is smarter than you.
How to portray a dominant character.
Playing a character who is faking a disorder.
Playing a prisoner.
Playing the opposite sex.
Portraying the “dumb” character.
Writing a closeted character.
Playing a werewolf.
Portraying a character who is British.
Playing a Brit.
Playing heroes.
Portraying a witty character.
How to play an INTJ.
How to play a vampire.
How to play a character who is manipulative.
Portraying the natural born leader.
Portraying the character who is flirtatious.
Writing a nice character.
Children
Old Persons
Horror
Introducing Characters
Characters You Need to Reinvent
Making Characters Likeable
Heros and Villains
100 Positive Traits
Conflicts and Characters
Portraying the drug dealer.
How to play a swimmer.
Portraying a ballerina.
the 12 archetypes
Writing A Vampire
Writing Characters on the Police Force
Writing A Manipulative Character
Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship
Writing A Natural Born Leader
Writing A Flirtatious Character
Writing A Nice Character
Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains
Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain
Writing Villains that Rock
Writing British Characters
How To Write A Character With A Baby
On Assassin Characters
123 Character Flaws
Character Trait Cheat Sheet
List of Personality Traits
Character Virtues And Vices
JOBS/HOBBIES FOR YOUR CHARACTER
Actors
Ballet Dancer (2)
Christianity
Foreigners
Gamblers
Hinduism
Hitmen
Satanism
Smokers
Stoners
Taoism
Journalists
Vegetarians
LOCATIONS / TIME PERIODS / WORLDBUILDING
The South (2) Info about the 50s/60s/70s
Magical Word Builder’s Guide
Australia
Boston
California (2, 3)
England/Britain (2, 3, 4, 5)
New York
Prison
London
World Building 101
The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life
Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1
Names for fictional worlds
Fictional languages
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
Creating a Believable World
Setting
Character and Setting Interactions
Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping
World Builders Project
How To Create Fantasy Worlds
EMOTIONAL/SEXUALL ASSAULT/ABUSE
Sexual Abuse
How to play a sexual assault victim.
Portraying sexually/emotionally abused characters.
How to play a victim of rape.
Domestic Abuse
LOSS:
Writing a character who lost someone important.
Loosing Someone
Writing a character who lost someone important in their life
GENDERS
Writing Female Characters How Not to Write Female Character
How to write empowering female characters
Why I write strong female characters
Red Flags for Female Characters Written by Men
Writing strong female characters
The Female Character Flowchart
Eight Heroine Archetypes Females Eight Hero Archetypes Males Transgender People Portraying a trans characters Playing the opposite sex How to write female characters
INJURIES:
Burns
On scars
Physical Injuries (2, 3)
SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS
Asexuality:
AVEN- this site is run by and for asexuals, and is very educating.
How to write an asexual character.
Pansexuality:
Playing a pansexual.
Writing Pansexual Characters
Homosexuality:
Writing a character who is homosexual.
How to portray a lesbian.
BODY LANGUAGE:
Body Language (picture)
Understanding Body Language
Body Language Cheat Sheet
body language
Body language
DEATH:
How to die horrible deaths (2) (3)
Likely way you will die
Overdose Basics
Drug overdose
Famous people who died from drug-related incidents
HOW TO WRITE SUMMARIES:
Hook Me: Common Problems
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT / CHARACTERIZATION
Character Development Exercises
101 Character Development Questions
Art of Character Development
character development sheet
characterization tips
10 days of Character Building
Name Playground
Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
Seven Common Character Types
Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters
Web Resources for Developing Characters
Building Fictional Characters
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Character Building Workshop
Tips for Characterization
Character Chart for Fiction Writers
Villains are people too but…
How to Write a Character Bible
Character Development Exercises
All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!
Medieval Names Archive
Sympathy Without Saintliness
Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)
Behind The Name
100 Character Development Questions for Writers
Aether’s Character Development Worksheet
The 12 Common Archetypes
Six Types of Courageous Characters
Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2
Creating Believable Characters With Personality
Body Language Cheat Sheet
Creating Fictional Characters Series
Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description
7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters
Character Development Questionnaire
How to Create Fictional Characters
Character Name Resources
Character Development Template
Character Development Through Hobbies
Character Flaws List
10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters
Ari’s Archetype Series
How to Craft Compelling Characters
List of 200 Character Traits
Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex
Making Your Characters Likable
Do you really know your characters?
Character Development: Virtues
Character Development: Vices
Character Morality Alignment
List of Negative Personality Traits
List of Positive Personality Traits
List of Emotions - Positive
List of Emotions - Negative
Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)
30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme
Words for Emotions based on Severity
Eight Bad Characters
High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types
MBTI Personality Test
MBTI Personality Descriptions
Underused Personalities
7 Rules For Picking Names
DIALOGUE
Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue
Speaking of Dialogue
The Great Said Debate
He Said, She Said, Who Said What?
How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters
Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life
Dialogue tips
It’s Not What They Say…
PLOT / STRUCTURE / OUTLINING / CONFLICT
Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method
Effectively Outlining Your Novel
Conflict and Character Within Story Structure
Outlining Your Plot
Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets
How To Write A Novel
Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is
Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations
The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks
Conflict Test
What is Conflict?
Monomyth
The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps
Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
Plotting Without Fears
Novel Outlining 101
Writing The Perfect Scene
One-Page Plotting
The Great Swampy Middle
How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?
Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps
How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel
Create Structure in your novel using index cards
Choosing the best outline method for you
Hatch’s Plot Bank
NAMES
Name generator 1
Name generator 2
Meanings of any names
Popular baby names
Upper class names
Common last names
Fancy last names
Aristocratic/royal names
Random name generator
Random place name generator
List of latin words
English to latin translator
English to greek translat
Greek mythology database
The culture of ancient rome
List of legendary creatures
Fantasy name generator
Names that have specific meanings
Surname master post
COMBAT/TORTURE
Fight Scenes (2, 3, 4)
Words to use while writing combat
What not to do while you’re character’s fighting
Disarming person with gun (gif)
Managing pain
Torture
DISEASES / DISORDERS / ILLNESSES / ADDICTION
Playing a character with an eating disorder.
Playing a character with ADHD.
Portraying a character who is anti-social.
Writing characters with anxiety.
How to portray someone with dyslexia.
Amnesia
How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.
Portraying a character with severe depression.
How to portray a character who has asthma.
Mental Illness in Writing
How to play a blind character.
Writing a compulsive gambler
Portraying a character who has PTSD.
Playing a character who stutters.
Portraying characters with Aspergers Syndrome.
How to play a depressed character who selfharms.
How to portray a sociopath
How to play a mentally ill/insane character.
Writing a character who self-harms.
Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.
Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.
Portraying the shopaholic.
Portraying a mute character.
Portraying a kleptomaniac.
Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Writing a character with depression.
Writing a character with schizophrenia.
Playing a fe/male character.
Writing a character with Nymphomania.
How to write a character with HPD.
Portraying a character with diabetes.
Playing a character who struggles with Bulimia.
Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.
Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.
Writing insane characters.
Playing a pyromaniac.
Playing characters with memory loss.
How to write a character who smokes.
How to write characters with PTSD.
Playing and writing autistic characters.
Playing a character with cancer.
Playing a character under the influence of drugs.
How to RP a blind character.
How to play a character with social anxiety.
How to write a mute character.1
Types of Mental Illnesses
ADDICTIONS / INFLUENCED CHARACTERS
Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.
How to portray a character high on cocaine.
Tips on writing a drug addict.
Writing insane characters.
Writing a character with an addiction to sex.
Portraying a recovering alcoholic.
Writing a character who is drunk.
How to portray a character high on cocaine.
Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.
Playing a character under the influence of marijuana.
Writing a character with a hangover
Writing a character who is drunk
Writing Drunk Characters
DESCRIBE…
Colors
Description: Ethnicity and Skin Tone
Descriptive words for skin tones
Describing Clothing
How to Describe the Body Shape of Female Characters
Character Apperance Help
Words to Describe Voice
helpful descriptive words
Eyes
Weather Example
POINT OF VIEW
Establishing The Right Point of View
How to Start Writing in the Third Person
The I Problem
ACTUALLY WRITING / GRAMMAR / REVISION
Editing Recipe
Cliche Finder
Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written
Writing 101: Revising A Novel
20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes
Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language
Grammar Urban Legends
234 synonyms for ‘said’
How To Rewrite
Placement of Speech Tags
Grammar and Spelling
Grammar Slammer!
American vs. British Grammar
HyperGrammar
Grammar Girl
Punctuating Dialogue
How to Use the Semicolon
Introduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation
Comma 101
All About Dialouge
11 Grammar Tips
Comma Usage
Correct Use of Apostrophe
Proofreading
Transition Words
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation
Better Writing: Grammar & Spelling
Semicolons and Colons
Underlining and Italicizing
Dashes and Parentheses
Hyphens
Apostrophes
The Ellipsis
TOOLS / SOFTWARE
Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for
Write or Die - Stay motivated
Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites
My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free
Bubbl.us - Online Mind Map Application, Free
Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, Free
Freemind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable
Xmind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable
Liquid Story Binder - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable
Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac
SuperNotecard - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable
yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable
JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable
AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine
EVERYTHING ABOUT SMUT/SEX
Regular guides on How To Smut:
Huge guide on smut.
Writing a Sex Scene
Writing from a Male’s Perspective
Writing Sex
Writing Smut
Writing Smut for the First Time
Writing Smut when You’re a Prude
Writing Tips
12-Step Program [How to Write Sex]
The Basics
The Basic Ideas
Smut 101
Smut 101
Smut Guide!
How to Write Smokin’ Hot Smut
How to Write good smut: A Tutorial
Writing Smut, A Guide
3 Part Series on Writing Smut
Bella-Helps: A Smut Guide
How to Write Sex Scenes - The 12-Step Program
Writing a Sex Scene
Tumblr User Beermuda’s Guide to Not Writing Sex that Makes People Want to Cry
A How To Guide to Writing Smut
Writing Sex Scenes is Hard… er… Difficult.
So I Heard You Wanted to Write Smut.
Writing Smut, A Guide
Writing Guide: Making Love
Here’s a guide on writing general smut scenes
Guide to Casual Sex
How to write smut
For Virgins:
How to Smut (for virgins)
A Virgins Guide to writing Smut
The First Time
A guide on how to smut if you’re a virgin yourself.
WonderWriting: A Girl’s First Time
WonderWriting: A Boy’s First Time
Helpful Blogs:
Blog dedicated to how to write smut.
Smut-101 [A Blog Dedicated to Smut]
Dedicated to smut
How to Smut blog
Smut-Thesaurus
Blogs/Websites
Soyouwannasmut
Words/Phrases/Language for smut
Masterlist of phases/words for sex.
Masterlist of sexy adjectives.
How to smut guide that talks about the language used in writing smut.
Language in Smut
Words and Synonyms
Words for Sex
Smut-Thesaurus
Gay/Lesbian:
How to write an accurate gay sex scene.
Guide to gay smut.
Guide to gay smut.
Lesbian Smut
Lesbian Smut
How to write Lesbian Smut
Here’s a guide on gay smut focusing on anal
Here’s an extremely detailed guide on writing gay smut
Here’s a guide on smut with a section on gay smut scenes
How to Write Femslash: Lesbian Sex 101
How to Write Lesbian Smut
Advice and tips on smut:
Smut-writing advice
Tips
Tips from Smut-101
Writing Tips
General Smut Advice
Sex Tips for Slashwriters
Smut-101 Tips Tag
Tips
Blowjobs:
How to write a blowjob
Tips to Writing a Blowjob Scene
50 Tips on how to Give a Good Blowjob
Kisses:
What is a kiss?
What does a kiss mean?
7 Kinds of kisses & What they mean
How to kiss: Four types of kisses men love.
Guide to different kinds of kisses
15 songs about kissing
Kiss & Tell: How to write a kissing scene
How to write a kiss
How to write a kiss
How to write a kissing scene
How To Write A Perfect First Kiss
Others:
Kinks & Fetishes
Guide to bottoming
Boners
Domination & Submission
What Not to Do
The Do’s and Don’ts of smut
How to write an orgasm
Write a Better Orgasm
Once Upon An Orgasm
The Female Orgasm writing about public sex
Writing about an Orgasm
CREATIVITY BOOSTERS* denotes prompts
*Creative Writing Prompts
*Ink Provoking
*Story Starter
*Story Spinner
*Story Kitchen
*Language is a Virus
*The Dabbling Mum
Quick Story Idea Generator
Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud
Busting Your Writing Rut
Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips To Engineer A Productive Flow
Writing Inspiration, Or Sex on a Bicycle
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits
Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging
Random Book Title Generator
Finishing Your Novel
Story Starters & Idea Generators
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT
Hey Quel! How do you play a sociopathic character?
Uuhh… :| How do I play one, or how do you play one in general? Because they’re two different things in general.
I suppose answering the latter would be more helpful. First, figure out how your character is “sociopathic”. These type of characters don’t always need to be the “sadistic serial killer that steals your babies in the night and feeds them to demons mwahahaha she’s so evil!”
Regard these persons not as “how evil” they could be, but first think of what “sociopathic” means. What people consider “sociopathic” actually tend to be prevalent in highly successful people:
a lack of shame
highly competitive
incredibly ambitious
muted to no empathy
easy liars, expert liars
react to extreme emotional stimuli in very stoic manner
very charming and charismatic
high intelligence
highly manipulative (emotionally or psychologically)
violent (this can be physical, but it can also be emotionally or psychologically)
extreme self-confidence (could be to the point of megalomania)
Many people have these traits individually, or a select few of them. I, myself, have a lack of shame, muted empathy, I’m told I’m very charming and charismatic, I hardly respond to stimuli that would make others anxious or afraid, I have high self-confidence, and high intelligence. I have what psychology calls “primary psychopathic traits”; the affective aspects of psychopathy. There’s also the “secondary psychopathic traits”, which is, in fact, not psychopathy, but ASPD. These concern mostly a lack of socially rewarded behaviour.
Now, the “primary” part is nature, whereas the “secondary” is nurture. You can have “primary” traits, but that doesn’t mean you turn out to be a ruthless killer that stomps on bunnies for fun. It’s undoubtedly that you’ll note a person with “primary” traits in your life, but it takes two pieces of the puzzle to turn a person into the “sociopathic character of tales and fantasies”. A Hannibal Lecter, if you were, if I had to name someone most everyone is familiar with.
So how do you play a “sociopathic” character? It depends on what route you want to go. Do you want this to be an overall good person - or as good as they can be - or an overall bad person? If they’re a “bad” person, do they want to change it? Do they not care? Do they revel in it? If they’re a “good” person, what is it about them that makes them good, despite perhaps their “primary” traits? Do they recognise their lack of empathy and try to make up for it by rational sympathy (not caring from the heart, but caring from the mind, not “feeling” it, but doing it anyway because it’s a good thing to do)? Do they isolate themselves from other people, or do they try to reach out to people? How do they cope with their inability to really connect with people, or do they have people they have connected with emotionally?
There’s really no simple answer. A person with “primary” and/or “secondary” traits can be just as complex as you, yourself, and maybe even moreso. There’s no one way to play a person with this brain and behavioural structure. Two people can have the same sets of traits, and still be vastly different people. What matters here is intent, motive, desire. What is your intent for this character? What is your motive, and what is your desire of it? Even better, what is their intent, or motive, or desire?
I know you probably wanted an easy answer, but there is none. Despite myself, despite Tomo, and John, and Nikolay, I cannot tell you how to play a “sociopathic” character. Despite the fact that I, Tomo, John, and Nikolay all share so-called “primary” traits, I am not any of these characters, and these characters are nothing like one another. Four examples of how these “primary” traits work, and four different personalities altogether.
That’s all I can really say about that.
♔ RYANSRPS GUIDE TO: HOW TO PLAY A DRUNK CHARACTER
Most of this is purely from my experience with drinking. I know there's a bunch of 'How to play a drunk character' guides, but none that I have read have covered everything. These are mostly followed by real life examples of mine. Here we go.
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