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kpop idiot | she/her | 23 #JUN: i don't understand, but i luv, but i luv u
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dearwriters

The Minimalist Character Sheet

So I am not the biggest fan of those ten page character sheets that include 100 questions like “What’s their favourite ice cream?”. Don’t get me wrong: If those help you with your writing, more power to you! Do what works for you. But I tend to discover all the little details of a character while writing. I only need the fundamental things. Maybe this works for you too!

The Basics

  • Name: including all nicknames, titles, etc.
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Role in the Narrative
  • Physical Description: focus on defining features

GMC (If you want to learn more about the concept, check out this post.)

  • Internal Goal
  • Internal Motivation
  • Internal Conflict
  • External Goal
  • External Motivation
  • External Conflict

Personality

  • Short characterization: internal personality and external behavior
  • Their biggest failure/issue/flaw: and how it impacts their life/personality/behavior
  • Backstory: and its consequences, such as triggers
  • Speech pattern: at least three speech marks that emphasize their personality (if you want to learn more about speech patterns, check out this post)
  • Behaviour pattern: at least three habits that emphasize their personality
  • Character Arc: where do they start, how do they change, where do they end?

That’s it! Hope this gave you some pointers on how to start out with character creation.

Have fun writing!

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dearwriters

The Minimalist Character Sheet

So I am not the biggest fan of those ten page character sheets that include 100 questions like “What’s their favourite ice cream?”. Don’t get me wrong: If those help you with your writing, more power to you! Do what works for you. But I tend to discover all the little details of a character while writing. I only need the fundamental things. Maybe this works for you too!

The Basics

  • Name: including all nicknames, titles, etc.
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Role in the Narrative
  • Physical Description: focus on defining features

GMC (If you want to learn more about the concept, check out this post.)

  • Internal Goal
  • Internal Motivation
  • Internal Conflict
  • External Goal
  • External Motivation
  • External Conflict

Personality

  • Short characterization: internal personality and external behavior
  • Their biggest failure/issue/flaw: and how it impacts their life/personality/behavior
  • Backstory: and its consequences, such as triggers
  • Speech pattern: at least three speech marks that emphasize their personality (if you want to learn more about speech patterns, check out this post)
  • Behaviour pattern: at least three habits that emphasize their personality
  • Character Arc: where do they start, how do they change, where do they end?

That’s it! Hope this gave you some pointers on how to start out with character creation.

Have fun writing!

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How to get to know your characters better?

(feel free to add your own thoughts to this list, hope it helps!) req by @miricalebabyy44 <3

  • what will your character be like if they were in your shoes?
  • is your oc the mom friend or the dad or the childish one in their friendgroup ?
  • do those "poet, king, soldier" quiz for your oc. im being fr
  • do the "36 questions to fall in love" quiz as your oc.
  • ik your ocs trauma have an impact on their character, but how would they be like, if they hadn't gone through that experience?
  • does your oc have similar tastes as you do? (music, art, fashion, coffee/tea etctetc)
  • will they "i only live once so I'll do it for the plot." or will they "i only live once ffs, i don't wanna die." ?
  • what is your ocs opinion of love? how is/was their love life on a scale of 1-10?
  • will your oc let go of someone precious to them when they know they're putting them at danger?
  • around whom does your oc lets their guard down?
  • are they romantically constipated or a hopeless romantic?
  • what type of music does ur oc like?
  • write a lot about your oc if you're struggling to get to know them. find a drabble prompt, and write what they'd do.
  • do they trust others easily or do they get trusted by others easily?
  • what is something your oc will never talk to anyone about? (their answer can be deep, like some emo trauma or like smthng like back when they shit their pants or smthng yk)
  • do they give off golden retriever energy, or a black cat energy? (or both?)
  • what will THEIR opinion be on YOUR current life? will they be ur friend? will they trust you?
  • will your oc survive in a fantasy setting, a war setting, a dystopian setting, a futuristic setting, a medieval setting? will ur oc survive after getting stranded on an island, or a forest?
  • does your oc like their parents, do they like how their life is, do they feel like they're born in the right gen?
  • if they are ever to get one wish definitely granted, what would they wish for?
  • how did they react to their first kiss? (if they have had it by now lmao)
  • what's an ideal day for your oc?
  • lastly, who does your oc go to when they've fucked up?
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  1. a modern-day city: flashy signs, culture, people
  2. a countryside town: farms, markets, fresh air
  3. a school: students, uniforms, classes
  4. a small house: shared rooms, large meals, family games
  5. a large house: empty halls, quiet nights, loneliness
  6. a swim meet: slick floors, loud whistles, team cheers
  7. a workplace: offices, papers, chaos
  8. a blog: curated posts, a careful eye, also chaos
  9. a government facility: taps of shoes, brisk orders, sharpness
  10. a farm: fields and haystacks, ladders, checkered tablecloths
  11. a ship: the sunset on water, crashing waves, sliding cutlery
  12. a ball: swishing gowns, champagne flutes, lilting music
  13. a club: the press of bodies, pounding music, hoarse voices
  14. a kid's party: a character appearance, ice-cream cake, colourful balloons and stacks of presents
  15. a medieval castle: rich silks, red wine, bustling people
  16. a cottage in the woods: soft birdsong, quiet chores, open lake
  17. a space station: dark abyss, beeping machines, emptiness
  18. a superhero facility: training grunts, advanced tech, posters
  19. a football game: spotlights, cheers, divided colours
  20. a movie theatre: quiet giggles, spilled popcorn, sticky hands
  21. a tennis match: bonk, bonk, bonk
  22. a dingy basement: a lighter, a coil of rope, a can of oil
  23. a restaurant (customer): close tables, quiet chatter, That One Screaming Kid
  24. a restaurant (worker): stacking orders, clinking coins, greasy floors
  25. a flower shop: cloying sweetness, dampness, the crinkle of plastic
  26. a grocery store: the squeal of cart wheels, scrape of boxes, crackle of the announcements
  27. a witch hut: bubbling cauldron, bright potions in round bottles, funky jars of ingredients
  28. a bakery: fresh bread, tinkling bells, morning sun
  29. a ruin: dust, beating sun, crumbling rock
  30. a wedding: smashed cake, white lace, cheers
  31. a cliff: crashing waves, swaying reeds, sharp rocks
  32. a concert: nicest clothes, gilded halls, the sound of music
  33. a bank vault: beeping alarms, flashing lights, piles of coins
  34. a sauna: slick tiles, misted mirrors, stifling air
  35. a mine: scuttling rocks, the clank of picks, cool breeze
  36. a cruise ship: bouncy music, sound of laughter, ocean wind
  37. a diner: neon lights, booths, milkshakes with a straw and cherry
  38. a garden: soft breeze, shifting leaves, green flowers
  39. a graveyard: crunch of stones, eerie lighting, the whisper of trees
  40. a house party: clink of glasses, soft voices, flowery perfume
  41. a family dinner: roaring laughter, grabby children, sense of warmth
  42. a foreign planet: rising smoke, hissing steps, green faces
  43. a prison: scratches on walls, thumps of boots, creaking of cots
  44. a jungle: cry of birds, rustling of trees, patter of rain
  45. a gaming room: click of keyboards, flash of lights, scroll of mouses
  46. a forest: howl of wolves, whistle of wind, crunch of underbrush
  47. a waiting room: tick of the clock, tapping of feet, flip of magazines
  48. a lounge: jazzy music, gilded mirrors, plush chairs
  49. a sporting event: cheering crowds, bags of snacks, flashing videos
  50. a fantasyland: roar of dragons, clank of metal armour, thump of horse hooves
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KPOP MV DESKTOP WALLPAPER

SEVENTEEN 『ROCK WITH YOU』 🎸

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KPOP MV DESKTOP WALLPAPER

TXT 『LO$ER=L♡VER』 🌫

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2022-04-09

Spring, Cherry Blossom

Canon EOS R3 + RF15-35mm f2.8L IS

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