Feb
23
2011
Welcome back to another issue of C3. Last time, we went a little into how we shouldn’t write one-sided characters. This issue however, we’ll look at a few things you can do to actually create an effective character. I mentioned before that one of the best ways was to hang around other people. One way to take this further is to hang around your character. No, I am not telling you that you need to suddenly develop multiple personalities or even become schizophrenic (although that would produce very interesting characters) in order to write effective characters.
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Feb
17
2011
Well on to character writing. This is not meant in any way to be a be-all-end-all rulebook, but rather a general rule of the thumb that will help you get started on writing characters that really work. It’s very hard to look at what should be done in creating characters, so let’s work backwards. In this issue, we’ll look at a major crime in creating characters: one-dimensional characters.
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Feb
8
2011
To be a god. We’ve all wanted to do try our hand at omnipotence one time or the other. To have that absolute power at our fingertips, to be able to say who lives and who die, to watch the rise and fall of nations in heartbeats. What better way to fulfil that megalomaniacal (is that a word?) urge than to build a world?
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