Anyone that writes for any period of time goes through moments of ‘writer’s-block’. A time when you just can not seem to find the motivation or inspiration to come up with anything worth while. That creative spark can be fleeting at times, but here’s an idea on how to jump-start it.
For now, forget everything you […]
A little bit ago we posted about Playing the good, bad-guy, now here’s another take on the venerable villian type. The folks over at io9 take a look at the upcoming seson 3 of Heros, which is going to focus on the villians, and they had a couple interesting takes on how their bad-guys are […]
The player behind LdyBelial has put together a very good posting on the basics building a story, along with some tips on fleshing out a character. A couple of the points are noted below, see the link for the complete write up.
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The most interesting characters tend to have a firm concept behind them.
We don’t […]
Here’s another interesting post from Eve over at the Garden of Eden.
Conflict is the key to making roleplay fun, engaging, exciting, interesting, and real. This is true no matter what your playstyle is. And villains, and the conflict they inspire, are necessary for roleplaying.
She goes on to expand on three points she feels are key […]
Both creative writing and free form role-playing can get a bit boring without some sort of conflict. And in most cases, to have conflict you need a ‘good guy’, and a ‘bad guy’. Writing for or playing a bad guy though is not always as easy at it would first seem.
Jerry Stratton wrote an enlightening […]
According to Harriet Silkwood over at bookbymany.com,
Writers are such a moody species. We call ourselves sensitive, but honestly, downright touchy is a truer description. We are so touchy, in fact, […]
I just saw the first trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Beowulf, and while it’s origin is Old English, I think most perceive it as more of a Norse/Viking epic. And since movies such as this often spur a surge in character creations based on their theme, I thought we could dig up some […]
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The Encyclopedia Mythica is possibly one of the most definitive resources on mythology and folklore, and it only continues to get better. Currently housing over 7,000 articles on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary […]
From Ehzoterik
Author Rita Mae Brown compares creating characters to distilling liquor. She says we take bits and pieces of people and boil them down […]
