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#101
Old 05-26-2013, 07:00 AM

Over on the other thread on the issue of Mary Sue, I was pointing out a fact that too many good traits of the Mary Sue, overall is a weakness itself. I put in the perspective that it actually make the Mary Sue a challenging character to write, which is why people don't like it. XD

I think for the case of the unbalanced characters, I like them because I am attracted to Mary Sue characters myself. I can't say if it is the same for others though. But yeah, I love Mary Sue characters. But then, how they work in a story is a whole different case. lol.

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#102
Old 06-30-2013, 09:25 PM

I write on WattPad, so it gives you the option to put the name of the celeb that looks almost like your character or you can even put pictures of the actual person the character is based on, and clothes.

Also, since not everyone checks that description I just hint tiny details like 4 times a chapter, like for example "whipping her blonde hair" or "as her icy blue eyes tear", I just find that much more fun and interesting that just giving plain details. (:

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#103
Old 07-01-2013, 03:59 AM

I have never heard of WattPad, but it sounds interesting.

I'm not actually sure how i feel about Mary Sue characters yet... i really haven't decided. Part of me is annoyed by too perfect of characters. and part of me probably has written something that could be considered mary sue before and haven't noticed.

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#104
Old 07-03-2013, 01:51 AM

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How do you come up with your characters for a story? Do you write full bios for them, or just develop them in the story and hope to keep all the details about them correct?
I do a little bit of both. Some stuff I write down ahead of time, some stuff the character 'tells' me as I write them. Take my current character I've been focused on, Sophie Warren, for example. She's a rare natural-born necromancer (or so she thinks) that, through the help of her (now missing) uncle and a vampire friend, has been allowed to reach maturity. (Vampires have a nasty habit of killing necromancers since they control the 'dead' and vampires are... well... dead.) I haven't written down much for her past what she is, or what fuels her magic. I keep a malnourished, mini-history for them in my head and the rest fills out as I write.

Like my novel is a bouncy castle, the only idea I have is the deflated shell, really. What I want it to look like. But when I write, it's the air that fills it up and makes it look nice.

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Have you ever felt that they are real? Or been so into your characters that when you talk about them to other people its like you're gossiping?
Oh my goodness, yes. I have a city of characters living in my brain, and I swear they talk to me. Sometimes trying to figure out how my characters would react to situations I'm in helps me mentally flesh out who they are so I can better understand them and write them better. It helps to make my characters feel more real, I think.

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#105
Old 07-03-2013, 01:54 AM

I really like the bouncy castle idea. that's interesting. *high fives* yay for another city of characters in your head!! And that is also a great way to flesh them out. Not sure i've done it exactly like that. But I most definetly have had people think i was gossiping when I was trying to figure out things about my characters, discussing them outloud. (with tate...xD lol )

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#106
Old 07-03-2013, 02:04 AM

Here's what I know about Sophie Warren:

She's currently 28 years old and employed at bar owned by the local alpha werewolf. The bar serves mostly fantasy creatures, but occasionally humans (with or without magic) wander in from time to time.
The only reason Sophie (by all rights, a human) is tending the bar is because she's a necromancer. (Not really, she has something called Death's Grace, it's different, but she doesn't know that in the beginning of her story line.)
Seven people know she's a 'necromancer'. Four are dead. Her Uncle is missing. Aidan is her vampire BFF and Kitch is the alpha werewolf that employs her. Not even her parents know.
She has a female human best friend named Lauren.
She lives by herself.

And that's all I know as far as her biography goes.

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#107
Old 07-03-2013, 02:25 AM

Which is actually a fairly large amount of information. impressive.

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#108
Old 07-03-2013, 05:33 AM

Bouncy castle? I like that. It reminds me of the inflatable castle thingy...
I know you are not talking about that.

I have this OCD of designing EVERYTHING from the universe down to bacteria. So architecture is in between, I design them too. I would at least get some main shape done, especially those that are usual setting of my story.

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#109
Old 07-03-2013, 03:40 PM

I was totally talking about the inflatable bouncy castles. Haha.

I tend to let the world build itself? I'm really good at remembering minute details, so I never really lose track of any continuity. Plus it's like I get to explore the world as I create it, which is fun!

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#110
Old 07-03-2013, 04:14 PM

D: I thought your bouncy is a metaphore, as in the castle have a lot of areas you don't know how it work out yet?!

I build and design EVERYTHING that is important to the storyline. Yes. If it is about the costume of the main cast/sub cast, then everything about the costume. BUT not the costume of passer by or those alien that exist only by mention.

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#111
Old 07-03-2013, 04:17 PM

It still is a metaphor. Haha.

I have friends who worldbuild like that, but I just can't do it. D: Which makes me feel bad sometimes but we're all different. For instance, I'm just getting into the idea that I don't have to write my novel linearly.

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#112
Old 07-03-2013, 04:34 PM

... I enjoy world building.
But I have a hard time coming out with names. x.x

You sounds like a Discoverer writer type.
I a planner type.

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#113
Old 07-03-2013, 05:15 PM

A discoverer writer type?

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#114
Old 07-03-2013, 08:39 PM

Yep. That build the story/character/setting along the way~
Planner type, plan a hell lot of thing before starting the journey.

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#115
Old 07-04-2013, 12:55 AM

I seeeeee. That's so much easier to say than my whole explanation of my writing process. Haha.

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#116
Old 07-04-2013, 01:05 AM

I like to have a basic idea of the setting.

But I'm pretty flexible in what kind of stories i can do.

if its completely my world I like to design the world, than go to characters with their basics, than move into the story and let that develop on its own.

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#117
Old 07-04-2013, 04:51 AM

How good is your memory with characters?
Like... how long you can remember their details with inactive update?

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#118
Old 07-04-2013, 05:33 AM

Pretty good. I have a talent for recalling information, even if it's been years.

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#119
Old 07-04-2013, 05:44 AM

D: *jealous*
I forget some details of the characters...
And there is this story, a secret society system, I develop more than 30 names... and I can't remember all of them. T__T

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#120
Old 07-05-2013, 01:45 AM

secret society stories are always super fun.

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#121
Old 07-05-2013, 01:53 AM

I'm intriiiiiigued!

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#122
Old 07-05-2013, 05:05 AM

yes quite. do tell what you can recall. :]

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#123
Old 07-06-2013, 02:17 PM

... I have a LOT of secret societies, if not then some sort of elite society in my story. I love 'spy' ish story... to the point that I think I am overusing that kind of 'structure' in ALL my stories. Which seemed to be repetitive.

I remember the background story and the role of the society. It is just the names of the important members that I can't remember. x.x Those are nice names too... but lol, I did keep a record on paper. I was just saying that I can't remember certain details if I left the story untouch for a long period of time.

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#124
Old 07-06-2013, 07:25 PM

probably nothing wrong with that. Call it your secret society style. :]

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#125
Old 07-06-2013, 07:56 PM

Nah, I think MOST people would get bored after reading the same 'structure' of story. Like... if they read 100 different fantasy, they will be fed up.

I am not the most people though. XD

 


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