After you have completed step one (finding your idea, and then becoming obsessed over it) and step two (researching the crap out of it), you are now ready to move on to the next step!
Step Three
Create your characters!
For me this is also one of my favorite steps, a necessary evil to some, but it has to be done.
You are basically creating people from scratch, their physical traits, their personalities, their back stories, EVERYTHING!
Here's the list of questions that I usually answer when I am creating my characters:
Full Name
Nickname
DOB
Place of birth
Residential Address
Height
Weight
Body type
Hair color
Skin color
Eye color
Hair length
Hair texture
Voice tone
Hobbies
Smoking Habits
Drinking Habits
Diet preferences
Education
Distinctive features
Scars
Tattoos
Occupation
Likes
Dislikes
Clothing style
Music preferences
Sexual orientation
Parents
Siblings
Family history
Traumatic events
Relationship status
Medical Condition
Nervous habits
Normal habits
Okay, so you get the general idea. There are obviously more questions that you can ask, but those are the basic ones. Depending on your genre, of course, add your own questions, like their race, their physical age (in the case of vampires that look 20 but are really 300)
During this process, especially the physical traits of the characters, select your cast. Scour the internet for celebrities that you can "see" as that specific character. Make sure the couple (if applicable) fit well together.
Your characters are freaking important to the story, so make them good ones. Make them interesting, make them over the top. Nobody pays any attention to bland, boring and ordinary characters.
Well, I know I don't.
xxx S
Step Three
Create your characters!
For me this is also one of my favorite steps, a necessary evil to some, but it has to be done.
You are basically creating people from scratch, their physical traits, their personalities, their back stories, EVERYTHING!
Here's the list of questions that I usually answer when I am creating my characters:
Full Name
Nickname
DOB
Place of birth
Residential Address
Height
Weight
Body type
Hair color
Skin color
Eye color
Hair length
Hair texture
Voice tone
Hobbies
Smoking Habits
Drinking Habits
Diet preferences
Education
Distinctive features
Scars
Tattoos
Occupation
Likes
Dislikes
Clothing style
Music preferences
Sexual orientation
Parents
Siblings
Family history
Traumatic events
Relationship status
Medical Condition
Nervous habits
Normal habits
Okay, so you get the general idea. There are obviously more questions that you can ask, but those are the basic ones. Depending on your genre, of course, add your own questions, like their race, their physical age (in the case of vampires that look 20 but are really 300)
During this process, especially the physical traits of the characters, select your cast. Scour the internet for celebrities that you can "see" as that specific character. Make sure the couple (if applicable) fit well together.
Your characters are freaking important to the story, so make them good ones. Make them interesting, make them over the top. Nobody pays any attention to bland, boring and ordinary characters.
Well, I know I don't.
xxx S
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