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get creatured idiot
oh thank fuck i thought i was never gonna get creatured
THE MUMMY (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers
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the shining (1980)
Enjoy a Zombie Jesus for Zombie Jesus Day
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moodboard for when you open the replies on a popular tumblr post
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love gets lighter when you realize it's every where, especially in the little details
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good riddance live
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The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers
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The three C's of being sexy: competence, confidence, and character ...... if yr good at something it makes u hotter if yr confident it makes u hotter if yr weird and unique it makes u hotter ..... aim to have at least two
Hey babe, I think it’s just *so cool* you’re not terrified of me
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HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000), dir. Ron Howard
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got blood work done today and i just remembered a time i got blood work done as a teen. after the nurse drew like 6 vials of the stuff, i asked him “is all that mine?” and he said “not any more” and walked off
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Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later
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Literally me
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Anonymous asked:
Helloooo! Do you have a particular method or tips for when creating and developing a character?
Hi :)
Sorry this took me some time, but there is so much I could talk about here. So I try to go with some basics.
How to create a character
Make a character sheet
some examples for what I usually try to find out about my characters, regardless which genre I’m writing in
basics
- name, age, place of birth, where they live, nationality, ethnicity, education, occupation, religious affiliation, financial status, gender identity, sexual orientation
physical appearance
- eye, hair and skin colour
- distinguishing features (tattoos, birthmarks, scars, visible disabilities,...)
- height and weight (proportions!)
- walk (slow, fast, skipping,...)
- tics and mannerisms (touching their face, blinking, grinding their teeth,...)
speech patterns and communication style
- talk (slow, fast, slurred etc.)
- accents and dialects
- using slang, sounding educated, trying to hide a dialect/accent etc.
- do they talk with their whole body? (gestures?)
extra question for speech and physical appearance: can people tell where the character is coming from and what influences they have from their heritage?
past and present
- how did they grow up?
- happy memories
- academic career
- hobbies
- past trauma or important turning points that still influence their life
- specific lifestyle
- social and political ideology
future
- dreams and goals
- expectations from themself and from outside
Relationship maps
for longer stories it’s even more important to understand your characters relationships to each other
two different approaches:
1. proper list of family, friends, love interests, “enemies”, everyone else
family
- who is still alive and where do they live?
- who did they grow up with?
- what was and what is their relationship?
friends
- how long do they know each other?
- would they trust them with a secret?
- how close are they?
love interests
- what is their relationship status?
- what do they like about them?
- is it reciprocated?
- if they are not together why not?
“enemies”
- how do they know each other?
- what do they not like about each other?
- did they always hate each other?
- can their relationship become better?
2. love, like, hate categories
- make a list of people your character loves (use the different forms of love: romantic, familial, friendly,...)
- make a list of acquaintances
- make a list of people they dislike and people who dislike them
- you could even try to draw their relationships with each other
- make sure you include if the relationship changes throughout your story
Those are just some basic things I could think of that I usually like to write down about my characters. Depending on the story there are some variations of this and more information about specific topics.
Pro tip for developing your characters: write short stories or little sequences with your characters that don’t neccessarily have anything to do with your story. I think of it as fanfiction of your own work. Put your characters with their intended roles and relationships in different situations and just write and let it play out. This is a good tool to find out if and how the characters work together. And it can even give you new ideas for their relationships to each other and new skills or habits for your characters. It’s basically a test run for your cast before you go into your bigger story.
And one last important thing: don’t get too stuck on an idea. Characters can sometimes develop a life of their own. You don’t always have a conscious control over them. So don’t be afraid to change it if something is not working out or you find something else that is working even better.
This took me such a long time and I hope it makes sense and helps you with your writing. Good luck!
- Jana
Edit: Here is a post about how to make a character unique, which could also interest you.
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