#character driven

[beezii]

Monday is Mags Day 🐭✨

#Mags #Mouse #Mousegirl #character driven #illustration #my art #btw if you like mags #stay tuned for some good news this week...

[leahjcastle]

how to build a character-driven story: an essential tip ⚜️ (wattpad: leahjcastle)

first, you design their personality. the traits. the essence. and from the essence, which is their point of convergence, you have all the answers.

my intention with each book was to psychologically explain why they were the way they were. it’s like building a case study.

like what kind of background story makes a man turn out rational, controlling, fearful, introspective?

or what kind of story explains one's impulses, explosive emotions, rage, passion, straightforwardness?

the events naturally surge once you have their essence clear in your head. for instance, i wanted Cade COLD. i wanted Traviz HOT. so their stories revolved around their respective essence.

start from that premise.

Cade's life was cold in every sense. socially, physically. it was a world of hierarchy, rules, expectations.

Traviz's life was hot in every sense. brimmed with emotions, with too much love and too much revolt, dance, hyperactivity.

the environment shapes who you are.

so whenever you’re writing a character-driven story, don’t obsess over plots. no. have their traits defined to a point it is natural to spot their background story (a collection of experiences that range from core memories to trauma).

my books: S.CHORIANS 💙 https://books2read.com/u/bPXR07 and RED PARALLEL ❤️ https://books2read.com/u/3JpAeQ you can read them for free on my Wattpad (link pinned on my page).

#books & libraries #writing #aesthetic #books and reading #bookworm #dancers #novel #novel writing #wattpad #design #creative writing #writing tips #writing 101 #character driven #character design #story #plots #writing prompt #writing problems #writing process

[tinypufferfish]

i’m a sucker for a good character driven book. don’t get me wrong, a good plot doesn’t go unnoticed but unless i actually care about the characters, i’m never gonna love the book.

some things that make a good character driven book:

you know exactly what the characters main goal is. this goal might change over the course of the book but you always know what motivates them

you know what the character stands to lose if things go wrong. you know what the worst case scenario looks like for this character

several of the characters develop a bond to each other such that losing the others would be part of the worst case scenario

some examples of books that are character driven and have well developed complex characters:

six of crows by leigh bardugo

gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir

the foxhole court by nora sakavic

the house on the cerulean sea by tj klune

under the whispering door by tj klune

song of achilles by madeline miller

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid (received as an ARC)

the plot could be watching paint dry but as long as the characters and their relationships are well developed and complex, i’m interested

#character driven #six of crows #gideon the ninth #the foxhole court #house on the cerulean sea #under the whispering door #song of achilles #carrie soto is back

[faierius]

I plan on releasing my 2nd book in early 2024, so it is once again time to remind everyone the first book has been out for nearly 3 years. The ebook is available foe 0.99 USD

Nrekeeka 'Keeka' Seldon knows what it feels like to lose loved ones.

First her father. Then her mother. And now her sister has contracted the deadly Amaran Virus. The Parset Department of Health and Welfare has been searching for a cure to this alien illness for decades, only to come up empty-handed. Desperate, they hire Robyn Stamos, a teenage prodigy with an agenda all his own. For him, finding what has been so elusive is no more than child's play. But he's not ready to hand it over just yet.

When family is all you have, you do everything in your power to protect them. Even if that means stealing from the government.

Binding Moonlight is a character-driven light sci-fi drama, and the first book in the Moonlit Memoirs series.

#writing #debut novel #lite sci fi #drama #scifi drama #lgbtq #found family #sassy characters #character driven

[thecrushheb]

Have been talking to my brothers about A Song of Ice and Fire a lot lately. Talking especially about George's writing, the structure etc. Especially because I'm trying to be stylistically similar for the book I'm writing.

Big topic today was how everything that happens in the whole series is driven by a character, only happens because a character decided to make it happen (with one exception I'll return to). Every POV character is doing what they're doing because they've decided to, or, if they have no agency and things are just happening to them its because someone else is acting on them, and they're still making decisions on how to react to it.

The reason for this is because every acting character is given a name and a purpose, so everything can be tracked backward in why it happened.

The second big thing, is that characters both show and tell their motivations and intent. They act it of course, but they're also thinking about what they're doing and why. It grounds them in the world and story and makes them more real to the reader.

As obvious as this all sounds, it's very rare to have it all the time for all characters. And of course, even others that do it well (Guy Gavriel Kay comes to mind) do it with a smaller cast.

Okay I said I'd come back to the exception - The White Walkers are not this. They are a force whose motivations we don't understand and it makes them so fucking scary. It doesn't work when its 1/3 major players that don't follow the intent rules, but when its acting force 1/40 in your story that doesn't follow the same narrative rules? Palpably different.

It's why it's the story you can most theorize about what will happen next. There are only a few things someone could do about their situation because you know them so well. Will they follow what they seem most likely to do they have reasons to break that?

Anyway brilliant writing and such a difficult thing to do, though I'll try

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #character driven

[fanciestghost]

gonna finally make a blog for my project, maybe this'll cure the mental illness that is illness-ing rn

#there will probably be two blogs idk #one for posting about it and one for the arg (?) aspect of it #analog horror #cosmic horror maybe #the genre and details are up in the air and all mixed up but these are some of the aspects id like to have #digital horror #nostalgia horror #time travel/different universes/multiverse #self awareness #character driven #moral dilemma #etc etc #internet horror #project #writing project #internet project #ouija board ghost

[girl4music]

I love how Season 3 of ‘Station 19’ is just showing us all the main character’s backstories. This is what I’m talking about when it comes to character representation and development. Show us who these people are as well as who they’re not anymore. How they’ve grew, how they’ve evolved, transitioned through their adolescence to the wonderfully complex and dynamic people that they are today. How they’ve been influenced by their past and their youth. All their mistakes, all their conditions, all their flaws, and all their traumas. That’s what I want to see in TV shows. A proper exploration of characterization in everything. The positive and the negative so I can see that they’re well-rounded individuals that deserve my attention.

This is how it should be done every time, all the time. Forget about plot because the plot should be wrapped around the characters. Never the other way around.

If you do it the other way around you force things to happen that don’t have any logical reason to happen. Focus on characterization helps you use themes and narrative plot points with substance behind them.

For example, because we know Travis Montgomery is gay and has been married and has lost his husband while on duty, he has a resistance to the system and his bitterness fuels his need to help people who are going through the same or similar emotions he does.

They make the narrative relate to him and his story so the narrative itself for that specific episode resonates even more than it would if that was not ever explored. You feel something from the main narrative because of Travis’ ties to it through his character backstory.

Characterization writing is crucial to any lasting story. Not enough TV show creators/runners are utilizing the characterization to tell the story of the show itself. They’re moving on from it too quickly because they believe getting to the plot beats is more important.

But what is the point of the plot if there’s nothing there that relates to or resonates with the audience? You’re missing the bigger picture of the whole show because you want to hurry up with telling the story. But you can’t tell a truly compelling story without proper characterization exploration. It doesn’t work.

Exploring main character backstories and relationships or even just one-off character interactions are very important to storytelling and I honestly believe that the TV art/entertainment industry has lost the plot because they focus too much on the plot and not enough on characterization.

Everything becomes a mess and nothing gets a successful and satisfying endgame because of it.

Don’t put the plot first. Don’t make it the focus.

Put characterization central to everything else and I promise you that the plot will practically write itself.

Tie themes to characters. Tie narratives to characters. Show us who the characters are and who they’re not.

Let the characterization drive the whole show.

#station 19 #travis montgomery #jay hayden #characterization #character representation #character development #backstory exploration #character over plot #character focus #character centric #character driven #character everything

[sealwithfeels]

Sometimes I see someone describe a book/thing as 'character-driven' and I recognise it/go check it out and go 'bitch, what characters? Those bland cardboard cutouts who get bounced around by the plot?'

I'm seriously confused by your definition here

#books #bookish #bookblr #character focus #character driven #me being cranky #but also utterly confused and horrified #just because one character is hashtag relateable or quirky doesnt mean the whole thing is character driven #especially when they have zero growth or agency #and i say this as a person who loves character driven stuff because i keep getting completely terrible recs for it #looking at you murderbot

[bookishlyvintage]

The Poison Season, Mara Rutherford (out 12/06)

check out my thoughts here

#the poison season #mara rutherford #standalone #standalone fantasy #ya fantasy #fantasy #character driven #book review #mini review #book sleeve #shop small #small business #winter #autumn #bookblr #booklr #cozy reads #cozy #reading #currently reading #book lover #book nerd #books #bookish #coffee and currently reading

[authorkarajorgensen]

How I Develop Characters

This week's post is a practical how-to on how I flesh out my characters into people who feel real. Click the link to learn more!

As I mentioned a few blog posts back, I asked around on Twitter if there was anything anyone wanted me to write about on my blog (PS- hit me up in the comments if you have ideas), and one of my Twitter peeps asked if I ever use character sheets and if so, how detailed are they. Today’s post will be about how I develop my main characters. To answer the question very succinctly before I run…

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#backstory #character development #character driven #characterization #characters #how to build a main character #writing #writing backstory #writing characters

[selfsufficientspaceshow]

Do you like quiet science fiction, podcasts, and character-driven stories?

Self-Sufficient is an upcoming 9-episode audio drama series. It follows a researcher as her ship drifts through the vast solitude of space. Her navigation system is broken, her requests for help are going unanswered, and she's the only witness to a tragic event.

If that premise interests you—if you're drawn, despite yourself, to listen as her story falls apart into its inevitable conclusion—then follow us here or on Twitter (lonelyspaceshow) to see more content about the show and hear about release dates and other production updates as soon as they're available.

Safe travels, and remember: the universe is listening!

#science fiction #audio drama #self-sufficient #podcast #scifi podcast #scifi #fiction podcast #solitude #quiet scifi #character driven #space #outer space #spaceship #tragedy #indie podcast #if your favorite tma entities are the lonely and the vast you've come to the right place #the universe is listening

[nasuversekinkmeme]

And as a third, since I don’t wanna go in with too many, howwww about Anne Bonny x Mary Read, with the specific request of Do Something Character-Driven? Cuz Y’know like. Their character gets reduced for horny enough anyway.

give these girls some character!!

edit: now with a fill!

#freezing-kaiju #prompt #fgo #anne bonny #mary read #bonnyread #femslash #character driven

[rottmnt-episode-ideas]

Love a good stock parody episode so:

Donnie is working on an experiment in duplication "to increase one's efficiency by X00%" and Y is his test subject (could be donnie himself too, just anyone you like)

But uh oh! Now theres X versions of Y, all representing different parts of Ys personality! SHENANIGANS ENSUE!

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#rottmnt #stock parody anon #filler style #character driven #prompt

[letthebodyfall]

Under the Influence - Chapter 1 is up!

Chapter 1

#spy x family #spy x family modern au #twiyor #Loid Forger #Yor Briar #fluff #character driven #domestic #simp loid forger #some pining and hurt/comfort in future chapters #humor

[halleyys-comet]

#polls #book poll #books #movies #tv shows #storylines #character driven #plot driven #reading #dark academia #chaotic academia #fanfic

[onlycodcanjudgeme]

🎶 It's Music Monday time! 🎶

We want to hear your song recs, whether they are from the COD games, whether they make you think of a certain character, or even playlists that help you create!

Let's fill Monday with music!

#call of duty #musicmonday #song recs #playlists #inspiration #character driven #game music