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✧ Character Art and OC Lore ✧ Autumn Enthusiast ✧ Abby ✧ She/Her ✧ 1998 ✧

[mossycloak]

Well the antagonist rolled a nat 20 and then she rolled a nat 1 immediately after. This is going great

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Will Hatsune Miku fight on our side in the ai war

yes

no

Voting ended onJan 3

[mossycloak]

So, when I write fight scenes, I know in general what's going to happen and who's going to lose, but I like to use dice to keep it "fair" so that I'm not favoring the protag and wowie...this guy.

Like he was supposed to lose, but because of the other guys' really high rolls it was almost embarrassing how bad he lost. I felt like I was favoring him just by keeping him /alive/. Like no, dude, it's just chapter 5. We have a contract. Get back up.

[mossycloak]

I've read a lot of writing advice on Pinterest (aka not professional advice) and for every opinion there's always a crux--someone advising the exact opposite.

But one that's stuck in my head that I don't really care for was to "treat your characters like characters, not like people." Now, I love making characters that feel real, so why would anyone advise this?

Maybe I haven't figured out each character's "thing." Maybe I need to make more of a caricature? Something easier for the reaser to predict. Unsure why this one specifically bothers me..

[mossycloak]

I wonder if it's the difference between learning how to draw A Human vs making a character concept that's parsable from just a silhouette...

[busybeecreates]

I’ve come to think of it like this: I made the character, I made the situation, but I can’t control how they react to the situation.

That’s all them.

Yes it all came from my head but I have to think of my character as a whole separate person if I want them to act realistically. If you treat your character like a character, then you run the risk of Flanderizing them. Which is great for characterizing them, but if you’re writing a longer piece and developing your characters long-term, then it can feel constraining. Your characters only start to grow when you recognize that you can’t always predict their behavior. Sometimes, by virtue of how you made them and their story, they’re going to act in unexpected or surprising ways.

That’s what made my characters feel alive.

[mossycloak]

Exactly! And there's whole story structure templates revolving around a character covering up their Flaw, sometimes behaving the exact opposite of who they truly are just to prevent having to face their own wrongs. The story itself /relying/ on the character's versatility for the Black Moment and the Heart of the story.

I do try to give something for the reader to kind of latch onto, though. Something simple. Something to remember them by. A prop, an animal feature, a job title.. I think there is maybe a way to make them both punchy and Human in the same stroke.

[mossycloak]

I've read a lot of writing advice on Pinterest (aka not professional advice) and for every opinion there's always a crux--someone advising the exact opposite.

But one that's stuck in my head that I don't really care for was to "treat your characters like characters, not like people." Now, I love making characters that feel real, so why would anyone advise this?

Maybe I haven't figured out each character's "thing." Maybe I need to make more of a caricature? Something easier for the reaser to predict. Unsure why this one specifically bothers me..

[mossycloak]

I wonder if it's the difference between learning how to draw A Human vs making a character concept that's parsable from just a silhouette...

[mossycloak]

I've read a lot of writing advice on Pinterest (aka not professional advice) and for every opinion there's always a crux--someone advising the exact opposite.

But one that's stuck in my head that I don't really care for was to "treat your characters like characters, not like people." Now, I love making characters that feel real, so why would anyone advise this?

Maybe I haven't figured out each character's "thing." Maybe I need to make more of a caricature? Something easier for the reaser to predict. Unsure why this one specifically bothers me..

[mossycloak]

I have changed my username almost religiously once a year for awhile now. If you want to find me, you will have to search by smell

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15k in the 2nd draft. Act 1 down

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Working on second draft and also why is there no critical role campaign 4 fanart of this specific scene between Bolaire and Azune

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Hit 61k words. Why are you juggling.

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Has anyone seen any October art prompts lists they like ?

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Nevermind I found a book written by an 11yo and it is absolutely delightful. You blast that bear with your ice beams, Silverfang.

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THREE years. October will mark three years I've been working on this

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I hit the wordcount goal. Which isn't saying much because I've written multiple hundred thousand of words on this particular book but this is the first time I've not scrapped it and started over. I have actually been writing bits of the third act and it feels weird because I've gotten so used to Building Up To the good part that I don't know how to write The Good Part.

[mossycloak]

..Still here still writing..

[mossycloak]

Just a little update, I'm not actually posting anything anywhere right now but I have kind of moved away from this blog. I've mostly just been working on my fiction book but the entire thing has been so inconsistent that I don't feel like it would be helpful to share it right now. It has been freeing that I don't have anything tying me to one storyline, though.

I've thought about trying to make an account somewhere just for the book, but haven't found a good platform. (also I'm not good at it).

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Another year another uquiz! Find out what kind of personality you are

There are nine total answers and you'll likely get a new one every time