Anyone Else? discussion

Oh, I don't think you know what you've gotten yourself into, Emily. I think you might have an idea of how much I care for characters, and when they're my own, well, it could get interesting.

Jane D. Camp. Stubborn, sweet, funny Jane.

Asher Glade? I'm not quite sold on the last name. We'll see. Serious, thoughtful, kind Asher.

Rayne Winchester. My sweet, sweet innocent Rayne.

Raylen Winchester (Her kid)
Oceana Thomas. (Her kid)
This is a futuristic story.


((PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY NAMES WITHOUT CREDITING. I MADE THEM SO RESPECT THEM))

You got a name from a dream?

That's awesome. I never get names or faces from dreams.

Wow, that's great. It's hard for me to really imagine faces, if you will. I mean, I know what the faces are doing, but, when I try to focus on the face, it disappears. It sounds weird, but really, it's a pain in the neck.

That's good advice.

Like them! If you dislike the villain, even if you think they are just annoying, you aren't going to write them correctly. It sounds odd, but it really does help. If you like the villain, they will come across as human(or whatever they are). And not gum on your shoe. Because villains have reasons for doing what they do, just like the good guys.

Emily wrote: "Oh, trust me, the villains are always my favorite so that wont be a problem."

Lol

Oh, I can totally see that happening! I'm laughing so hard!

Good! My character just learned a very important lesson. How's yours?

Just keep going. You'll get there!

I still don't understand your love to kill, SHINE. I'm about to kill a character. I mean, I just did, really, but we don't know anything about her, she was just a guard. But, I'm about to kill a character that we know and love. It'll be hard.

Like who?

Oh, I see.

Lol

I am HORRIBLE at writing. but one time, I was messing with a character and decided to make a death scene.
OML my whole class like fawned over it!

Zero!

@Shine I know this sounds bad.....But I like hurting my characters. Well, okay, not "like" but I do it a lot.

@Emily umm, how bout, girl: Zaliki, Katina, Korova? Boy: Zarr, Zerex? Sorry I'm really bad at sorcerer names.

Zerooooo

SHINE wrote: "How many characters do you own all together?
By gender and what side they’re on?"

Around 35ish. I have names, and I know what they do, and who they are, but I don't know some of their personalities. A third of them are on the opposing side, and their genders vary.

Ooh I just found this
I have three main characters:
Kyle Princeton
Red hair, freckles. Age: 21
Maya Ashtar
Short brown hair. Age: 20
Ivie Stillwater
Albino. Very light blond hair and light skin. Age: 12

@Shine I own over 100 characters! I have a good mix of female and male characters, and a good mix of good and evil characters. All with back stories and other details like names and blah blah blah....that kind of thing.

Lol, I have them all in a box organized by genre. So whenever I need one I just choose the genre and pick one blindly.

I just remember. I don't know. Just like you remember characters in books, that's how it is for me in writing. I have three different books going, and then other book ideas that I already have characters for, so that's where mine come from.

Same Harper. Although sometimes I pull out old characters from books I wrote as a kid, normally I don’t end up recording a bunch of extra info about my characters outside of my novel. And being an artist, sometimes I’ll end up drawing a person and then spontaneously decide I actually want a character to look like that. And then I’ll use it. I am definitely a very pantserish (is that a word?) writer and normally do very little to no planning before diving into a book. That’s just how I write :)

That's a lot like me, Joey. Which is really funny, because I am such an organized perfectionist that loves to plan. Lol But, I really don't. I mean, I know the main points that are going to happen in my book, and my mind likes to wonder, so that's usually where the "planning" happens. But I don't have much written down other than the book itself. I'm more of a pantserish writer as well. Lol

Usually, I can see about a page ahead of me, if you know what I mean.

Well, to put it simply.
Yes!!!!!
But then put them back together XP

I try to connect all my stories with one character at least. Like i take a character from a different story of mine and put it in the new story! Idk why. its kinda a habit.

I’ll do that too, but I like creating new characters too ;)

:)

Alyssa wrote: "I try to connect all my stories with one character at least. Like i take a character from a different story of mine and put it in the new story! Idk why. its kinda a habit."

i do that as well

Joey wrote: "I’ll do that too, but I like creating new characters too ;)"

and this too

Most of mine just got captured lol

How are everyone's characters going?

Lol

Mine are alright. I guess. I haven't seen them for like two months. It's a bit sad. I really miss them.

Lol

I've been kind of stuck for a while now, but I am coming up with a short story, but no character yet.

Thanks!

I have a problem. I saw a cool picture and thought, "That'd make a great character. Now to write a story." I thought she'd be a minor character, but she's taking over!

Thats a Good idea Shine!
And wow, Stan, I’ve definitely had that problem. 😂 that’s always tough, and it’s so difficult to put the attention back on the main character

Stan wrote: "I have a problem. I saw a cool picture and thought, "That'd make a great character. Now to write a story." I thought she'd be a minor character, but she's taking over!"

You could do what Andy Weir did. He was writing his book The Martian, and he really liked this characters Jazz. But she was a minor character, and shouldn't take the stage. So he stuck her in another one of his sci-fi stories so both MCs could have their center stages.

Or you could use a more Conan Doyle approach and make the MC your character who's taking over, and your side character the narrator, much like Holmes and Watson. Or your MC could just be a normal dude and your side character the amazing one!

I know I sound cheap, telling you to copy famous authors, but there you go.

Joey wrote: "Thats a Good idea Shine!
And wow, Stan, I’ve definitely had that problem. 😂 that’s always tough, and it’s so difficult to put the attention back on the main character"

The main character is her distant cousin, but I didn't know there was a cousin when I began writing. What was going to be an underlying sub-plot across several novellas and short stories is coming into a major role in this plot now.

So, why do you capitalize "dreams"? Just wondering.

Oh, okay! Lol

SHINE wrote: "I seriously need different questions about characters..."

How about...

What is your character's goal in life?
Who does your character consider "kin"?
Does your character have a "shame/honor" or "guilt/innocence" motivation?
How does your character view self-preservation?

SHINE wrote: "Perfect questions!"

Thanks! Glad I could help!

SHINE wrote: "Anyone?"

Goodness, with COVID-19 I've been mobile. I haven't worked on fiction at all lately. I've also just jumped into another degree program, so it'll be non-fiction for me for a while.