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pechoraflow · 4 months

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A Writer's Guide to Character Development

I don’t know about you guys, but I can only answer “what’s your character’s favorite flavor of ice cream” so many times before I realize those lists are not going to help me actually write the character.

So, instead, I like to drabble practice. Answer these ten key questions about your character (answer in character). Then, after you know them a little better, write ten scenes (NOT part of your planned story) with the ten prompts below. Set it in your world, but it can be whenever you want—pre-story, or post-story, or mid-story. You could even write two scenes for one prompt, contrasting where your character starts the story and where they end up, or write one in first person and then write it again in third.

Just has to cover events that are NOT plot points. The point of the exercise is to come up with scenes you can toss out as soon as you finish them. You might end up using some of the lines or scenes you come up with, but for now you’re just playing around.

QUESTIONS

What does your character tell everyone is their greatest fear? What is it actually? Is it the same? Why or why not?

What is their greatest strength and greatest weakness?

Name the most important people to this character. All of them. Family and close friends and lovers.

Does your character have enemies? Who and why?

What is your character’s favorite holiday and why?

How does your character like to present himself/herself? How do they dress? How do they act? Are they friendly or standoffish? Do they like to make a scene, or are they a wallflower?

What is their love language? How do they express it, and how do they best receive it?

What is their highest virtue? What is something that peers would praise about your character? What do they value most in other people?

Are they messy or neat? Why or why not?

If your character could change one thing about their life, what would it be and why? And, conversely, if they could only save one thing from their life, what would it be?

PROMPTS

Your character has had a bad day. What happened?

Your character’s loved one is sick. What do they do?

It’s your character’s birthday.

Someone is hiding something from your character. How do they uncover what it is?

Your character has just heard the news. A character they loved is dead. Describe the rest of their day.

Your character is on their own for dinner.

Your character has the day to himself/herself. No responsibilities, nothing. What do they do?

In the middle of the night, your character hears a noise in the house.

Your character knows they will die at midnight. What is their last day like?

Your character suddenly develops amnesia. Their loved ones try to jog your character’s memories by taking them to familiar locations and reminiscing.

#writing help #character development #writing tips #writing advice #the last one is tricky!#happy writing!

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letsmcfreackingloseit · 5 months

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Hey-ho! I'm back again with some Apex Polarity art, but this time it's some designs for the humans' snow gear!

It started out with me just trying to figure out a design for y/n in my little comic, but then I thought it would be fun to also try and visualize the other humans, so here's my take of y/n, Vanessa and Michael! I really like how they turned out, although I don't think I got Vanessa's "patchwork" look quite right, but I still like where I landed. I added a blue scarf and I was really tempted to give her those red goggles, since it would've made her resemble Vanny even more, but in the end I desided against it.

So yeah- nothing too big this time, just something fun and easy!

But to round this off, I will of course credit the wonderful author @naffeclipse who is writing Apex Polarity, which you can go read if you click right here (can 100% recommend, especially if you like stories with a bunch of fluff, mystery and drama~!) and today I give credit to myself for the designs of the humans! ;P

#apex polarity #dca #dca fandom #polar!y/n #polar!vanessa #polar!michael #OK SO- I was trying to keep my rambling to a minimum in the main post #but now we're in the tags baby and I am about to RAMBLE!!#So if you're intersted in some extra info/thoughts- tag along!#so one thing I would like to note for y/n's design especially is the coloring choice #the grey jacket was mostly because- you know- ✨y/n-core✨a.k.a. grey #but the rest of the colors are basically the same as eclipse's colors- as a nod to their fated connection (black white red & yellow!)#I also kind of tried to make them look a little bit like a baby penguin- but the colors are inverted- so I guess I kind of failed? XD #but the thought was there!#As for vanessa I said most of it in the main post- except I gave her what I like to call; The Gamer Goggles (⌐■ω■) instead of the red ones #why do I call them that? I have absolutely no idea- so let's leave that and continue!#I designed michael last and he was kind of the easiest to do #the color balancing was maybe a little tricky- but I think the end result looks good!#at the very least he looks like he is ready for the weather AND you won't easily lose track of him in the snowy landscape! :D #I also made him a little fasco logo!#Nothing too fancy- just a happy little fox ready to tag along on an adventure! :3 #and that's about it for these pictures #I was tempted to also add their indoor design in this post (because yes- I also made some indoor designs >:3)#but I've decided to post them on a separate post so I won't ramble too much in this one XD #I mean look at this!!!#the terrible ramble disease strikes again #Will I ever escape it? probably not :P #now thank you so much for reading all of this and I hope you have a lovely day and/or night! XD

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ask-meowscarada · 2 months

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(Cyrus @ Blackjack) "I've been recounting something recently, so I find it necessary to ask- do you have a particular reason in choosing to evolve? Most 'mons that I am familiar with evolve at one point or another... I would be curious to hear your tale, that is, should you wish to share it."

Blackjack: “Aha, well, the first time was actually by accident! W-when it started happening, I knew what was going on, but I didn’t do anything to stop it. It was a little embarrassing!”

Blackjack: “Th-the second time, w-well, um…”

Blackjack: “…It was a-after we left the forest. E-evolution stones are pretty rare, and I’d—I’d given up hope of it ever happening. But…”

Blackjack: “...When Tricky found that stone... L-let's just say it wouldn't have been the first time he saved my life.”

#art post #blackjack roserade #tricky hatterene #BlackjacksAce #(( i meant to answer this one before the end of the last arc so i'm tagging it as that one ))#answered #long post #ic #animated gif #cw injury #cw burns #cw fire

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sealrock · 5 months

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decembhyur, day 6: memory

you're gonna go far, kid.

#decembhyur2023 #decembhyur #mypost.#ffxiv gpose #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv oc #🌪️#this was kinda tricky to do and it may look wonky because oml chiron is a giant. achille is 6ft and he's still short next to him #but anyway: this is from chiron's pov up until the last one. he's remembering achille and how he grew up. does that count for memory #no i'm not crying my eyes are sweating #so my lore on these two changed a bit; chiron raised achille since infancy now. tauvane abandoned him much earlier #first pic is when he was a wee sickly baby after being rescued by chiron #2nd and 3rd pics are of him being a rambunctious (got caught playing in mud) and sweet lil boy #4th pic is when achille got attacked by tauvane. he's hurting physically and emotionally over her rejection and started acting out #5th pic is him after dyeing his hair in an attempt to distance himself from her. chiron is saddened but he can't do anything #6th and 7th pics are of them in the present :')#achille never knew his actual father but he considers chiron his dad without hesitation #and chiron never thought he would be a father but he loves his son to death #that's his babyyyy ough #q.

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skyward-floored · 1 year

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Linkeduniverse au where everything is the same but everyone has a scarf except for Warriors

#battles would be tricky #one wrong step and they’re tangled up tighter than a burr in cat hair #rambles from the floor #linkeduniverse #linked universe #I didn’t get enough sleep last night

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malmagmafr · 6 months

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Another redraw! This time of @dire-vulture ‘s commission!

Redraw on left, original on right

#flight rising #dragon #dragons #commissions #another fun one! the clothes are always the most tricky part tho lmao #like with my last com redraw the rules of the original art apply to this redraw too #dire this art is yours to do with what you see fit!#fr mirror #tundra fr

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mfdragon · 9 days

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I have this weird headcanon about Borsalino, that he only really registers people that are looking directly at him (something about photons hitting the eyes etc) and that his walk is usually almost soundless (get it, cuz... light steps) and I've always thought that it would lead to funny scenarios with Issho. Just thought you'd like to read it.

Now THATS a super interesting theory! Yea that WOULD cause some fun situations with Issho 😂

See I always headcannoned that Lino’s devil fruit is actually a NIGHTMARE to have. Like imagine being made of light. Something about the idea of almost being a hologram; things go through you; there’s no weight to your being (it’s like borderline existential); you have to constantly keep yourself in control because you process everything at light speed and also the slightest wrong movement could destroy everything around you. Maybe that’s why he talks and moves so slow; cause he has to or else!

But then you can have more wholesome thoughts like, he’s probably the only human that can go to space and survive and just like watch the stars. That’s a nice thought ✨

#ask the dragon #one piece #kizaru #Borsalino #I also always liked the idea that he fights by turning into light and then at the LAST SECOND his limb becomes solid #cause otherwise the attack would just go through people #but apparently if something with weight moved at light speed it would cause so much destruction which is why it’s tricky to do that

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violinist-rachel · 6 months

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#dynart #castle of nations #rachel #karl #red #memory lane #I like the way red came out in that last panel #he can be a little tricky to draw sometimes #I'll draw him smiling and having a good time one day #unfortunately today is not that day

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screwpinecaprice · 4 months

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My 2023 drawing summary! ✨

Links to the featured drawings:

jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec

Barely remember the year to be honest. Just a lot of work and chores. Lol

Just some ramblings under the cut.

Let's see...

Achieved start of the year goals

Didn't fulfill my last year's goal of making commissions a full time job. I mean, I did for a little bit while but it's still not the right time yet.

Though what I did unexpectedly accomplish is that my fear of cockroaches had decreased. We had a family of house shrews this year (usually we had mice) and I learned they mainly eat insects. I still like to avoid killing the few huntsman spiders we have hanging around so the next big insect available would normally be a roach. So I'd bonk one if I find one (instead of immediately bolting out the room) so I can feed the shrews. I mean cockroaches, specially the American cockroach, still freaks me the heck out. But, like, it's shrew food.

Oh, also bought a display tab. I'll always be grateful to the Ko-fi supporters for reaching this goal! I'm still in the middle finding my rhythm with the tablet. Considering getting a paperlike screen protector to minimize the glass texture.

2024 goal

A new laptop of course. My ideapad is in the cusps of dying. 😭

I don't feel that productive in the drawing department this year. :/ My current day job does pay a little higher than my commissions and ko-fi requests combined... But I really don't fill fulfilled when I make less drawings. Let's see if I can make commissions a full time job this year. Or at least try to see if I can make my top source of income drawing related.

There are other goals I hope to accomplish this year, but these are the main drawing related ones.

Regarding commissions

There will be some adjustments to the background prices in regular commissions. Because, like, I shouldn't price it lower than the base price if I spent as much time drawing it. Lol

I think I'll rate Ko-fi doodle requests based on what the piece literally contain instead of basing on the amount of time spent drawing the request. It'll make things simpler specially with comics. I'll make a post about the changes when I decide on the settled rates

#Still used the template from last year's summary #my shiz #drawing summary #2023 #On the July one you might notice the link shows it's uploaded on August. But I did draw it on July but had to refrain from posting it then.#The huntsman spider guys do creeps me. But they eat cockroaches and I HATE cockroaches.#My fear of cockroaches is bad enough that I can detect one scurrying on my peripheral vision better than any other moving object.#We used to have a cat that is so bad at catching mice but specializes in catching roaches. RIP my calico baby. 😔#2023 summary #Btw are Asian House Shrews fine if they eat cat food? Not sure if they took some but I spilled some kibble #and later there were little crunchy noises among the squeaking.#Oh man. I realized it's a little tricky to give exact rates to my comic Ko-fi requests.

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lakemichiganlolita · 4 months

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seattle mariners tshirt masterpost

<3

#patrick stump #fall out boy #the last one seems to Not Exist in higher res but i'm a completionist #patrick #tricky clothesposting

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wildflowerteas · 6 days

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where's that anon who asked you for an event timeline they're about to be obsessed with me and my excruciating detail

FUCK ME THIS IS INSANE???? the fact that it's chronological and not in story-telling order too oh i am ill this is crazy i'm so impressed but also simultaneously terrified to make any timeline slip ups now. i think i might need to be sedated. just

insanely grateful and so so so impressed by this. it's a tangible thing that i can stare at and marvel at and it makes the effort i've poured into this fic feel so much more real tysm now please go to sleep and get some quality rest my head is hurting just thinking about you being up at two am.

#ask #also sskk not having / ( needing ) a warrant for this new storage unit will be unveiled next chapter. the law is tricky #and mark is technically right about them needing one if the unit is up-to-date #still paid for #and such but there's some stuff conspicuously missing from that last section of the chapter.#thats all i will say #u_u im going to sleep #peacefully

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madcom-stuff-of-interest · 5 months

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