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"How do I make a great RP character?", you may ask.
The key to making a good character is having a 3 dimentional, dynamic, unique character.
Backstory
The 1st step to making a unique character is the backstory. Where did he come from? What is his motivation in life? What are his goals and ambitions? All of this will have a bearing on your character's temperment, views on life, and connections. I find it easiest to start at this point and get to the physical description later, because that will rely hevily on who the person is. (A preist won't usally have a mohawk and a whole bunch of body piercings)
Dynamic vs. Static
A static character is one who stays the same throught the whole piece, and dosn't really change throughout. A dynamic character is one who starts out one way, but after going through something changes in some way. Its ok to make a character a bit underdeveloped or "weak" so that they have room to change and grow. They can learn from experiences, and most importantly, remember what they had for lunch, and decide what they like and don't like.
Cliches
This will be covered a bit more in the next volume, but cliche's should be avoided, but its ok (and sometimes necessary) to have one or two. Here's a good excercise: if you can say something to a person about your character, and they guess what happen next, then its probally cliche.
Ex: Mina was born in a lab, and for 12 years, went through tortorous experiments...
And then the second person would guess what they did. If the person can guess in a few tries, then it might be best to look at it and rework the story a bit.
You can try your hand at this excercise here.
As always, if you have something that you could add, then please feel free to post. :)
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I like this! :3
I actually have a book called, Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card that focuses on these subjects. It's really easy to just create a character and slam a bunch of clichés and whatnot. But it takes critical thinking to build one from the inside out.
A quote from this book (Also seems to be off topic, I think):
We who write fiction have no team of actors or musicians to do our bidding, so it's easy to forget that our work, too, has a composition stage and a performance stage. We are both composer and performer. Or rather, we are both storyteller and writer.
I actually have a book called, Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card that focuses on these subjects. It's really easy to just create a character and slam a bunch of clichés and whatnot. But it takes critical thinking to build one from the inside out.
A quote from this book (Also seems to be off topic, I think):
We who write fiction have no team of actors or musicians to do our bidding, so it's easy to forget that our work, too, has a composition stage and a performance stage. We are both composer and performer. Or rather, we are both storyteller and writer.
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