I've been playing video games for most of my life. There's always been something great about the escapism games offer, and something more about the power and choice games give you. The agency players have is something that you can't get from books or films. Add that to the vast increase in writing quality for … Continue reading An Ode to Digital Friends
Tag: character development
REBLOG – Character Plotting
If you didn't know, Richie Billing is one of the authors in the shared fantasy universe I manage. He is also a much more dedicated and skilled blogger than I am. Check out this cool little post he recently wrote on character planning. Character Plotting Posted on November 9, 2018 by richiebilling I’m a bit of a planner … Continue reading REBLOG – Character Plotting
REBLOG: Man vs. Self – A Guide to Writing Internal Conflict — R. Morgan Stories
Here's a great rundown of psychological struggles for you characters that I couldn't help but share. R. Morgan does a great job distilling concepts like gestalt down into digestible bits. Some of you might recognize the must vs. need conflict, which I think is very similar or the same as the "truth and lie" concept in … Continue reading REBLOG: Man vs. Self – A Guide to Writing Internal Conflict — R. Morgan Stories
Discussion: Developing Characters
So I am coming to find that some of my most interesting characters start life a lot simpler. In my planning, these characters are often only props or tools for the protagonist to interact with. But after I start writing, they deepen into something more significant. The character profiles I have posted thus far on … Continue reading Discussion: Developing Characters
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