HOW TO WRITE A CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY THAT LASTS.
hi, everyone – today i wanted to talk about a topic i see a lot of people struggle with, and that’s writing biographies that can “go the distance” so to speak in a roleplay. now, i’m gonna preface this by saying that there is nothing wrong with appless/biography-less characters, and sometimes, they are great explorations of character. i have some myself, and i’ve sometimes used appless/biography-less characters as a jumping off point to biography characters because, as you may be like me, it takes a little before you truly feel out a character and who they are. things come to you later, they develop differently than you originally looked at them as, etc. i’m also gonna say that all of this is my opinion and i just want this to be something for people to reference when they have a basic idea but might be stuck or want to try and develop stronger biographies for themselves. everyone writes and imagines their characters differently.
with that said, i want to introduce you to a magical formula that has helped me with many characters and keeping them alive long-term: past trauma/hardship + weaknesses + future needs/goals = solid character.
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