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Okay, before anybody starts to think this is some weird idea, let me explain.For anyone who knows how to write (and I mean, REALLY knows how to write), you understand that a good story has everything written out on paper first. You know, stuff like Outlines, Plot Triangles, Character Profiles. This might be of a challenge to some of you and tie you down, but unless you are capable of keeping every piece of information in your mind, this is a good resource to fall back on. If you do not need this, then fine—you aren’t required to use it. According to Science Fiction Writers of America, do character sketches and plot summaries but “do not let yourself be locked in by your planning documents.”
In time, I will devise a website that will help more than just creating your character. On said site, I will post other outlines that will help YOU with YOUR writing, along with some very useful information. There are many rumors and myths that are traveling around about writing and the craft of such talent that people are being forced to believe. I have it, on correct authority, to believe that such myths are created by amateurs and do nothing but hold a writer back from his/her true potential. To this, I say, leave the business of writing to professionals. In the words of Stephen King, “Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.”
What I have created here for everyone to use is a basic Character Profile Outline Sheet, which helps you create your character or break them down piece by piece to find something you're missing (or looking for).
Even if you're a gamer and looking for some way to create 3-Dimensional characters for your WoW (World of Warcraft), D&D (Dungeons and Dragons), or other games! This works with them, also!
If you are an English professor of some sort and wish to use this in your class to help your students—or you are tutoring/aiding somebody in writing their story, please remember to give me full credit. It took me a long time to make this and I would appreciate if I got full credit.
If you were to search “Kitty Felone” you will see that there are several fellow writers who have posted this in their own way and still have given me full credit. Please be sure to do so. I do not mind if you do not inform me that you are using it, but I do mind if you do not credit me and link back to me in some form or another (preferably to kittyfelone.deviantart.com/ )
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REMEMBER:
“Life isn’t a support-system for art.
It’s the other way around.”
~ Stephen King
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Directions:
If you are unsure about what some of these things mean, let me break it all down for you.
Character Name: The only thing that goes on this line is the Character's name that you use in the story.
Full Name: This is the characters real/full name. First name(s), middle, last. Some people have multiple first/middle/last names.
Nick Names: Whatever the character has for a nickname. This doesn't have to be used unless your character has one.
Gender: Pretty basic. Is your character a female, male, transsexual, hermaphrodites?
Age: How old is your character? Is s/he ten years old? Fifty? Six hundred and ninety-seven?
Birthday/year: When was your character born? April 15, 1300 AD? August 22, 2025 AD
Marital Status: Is your character single or married? Are they attached to anyone in particular or are they are a player? (This goes in comparison to Spouse).
Spouse: Who is your character’s lover/mate? Are they gay/lesbian? How does the relationship fare? (This goes in comparison to Marital Status).
Hair: What's his/her hair like? Is it short and brown with blonde highlights? Long and raven black? Blonde in pigtails?
Eyes: Describe his/her eyes. Are they silver and shiny? Are they baby blue like a cloudless summer sky? Are they demonic red like a rose? Do they glimmer? Do they change color depending on his/her current mood?
Origin: Where was this character born and raised? Perhaps s/he was born in Paris, France but raised in New York City? Born and raised in the Nevada deserts? Perhaps s/he was born in Germany during WW2, time traveled to America in the twentieth century to be raised, then time traveled to England in 1682 AD to live out his/her remaining years (if s/he is an elder).
Language: What language does your character speak? Perhaps he was born in Russia but learned only German? Maybe she is a vampire from the 1800s and knows only British English as opposed to American English? Does s/he speak a made-up language? (If you're making up the language, be sure to provide yourself with an alphabet of some sort to be sure your character is accurate and there are no faults to the word meanings. Although, as in Thai, some languages have words that may mean more than one thing depending on how the voice is used. Be sure to explain to the reader what your character is saying; ie: "Egocan non dico vos quotiens Ego adepto dementis." ("I can not to say you as often as I to obtain insanity"). Have it in parenthesis directly after your character has spoken the words or have another character ask to translate. Also, keep in mind, any time you are using another language, the word(s) must be italicized and if you are already typing in italicized letters, they will be non-italicized.
Blood Type: What blood type does your character have? Is it human sort like O Positive or B Negative? Perhaps it is a space alien kind? Is it green or yellow or is it red like a human but is taken from a space alien?
Height: How tall is your character? Is he as huge as a giant and the rest of his people are small enough to be ants to him? Perhaps she’s small in size but her great heart makes her huge? Maybe your character can be tiny but with supernatural abilities, can grow into great sizes.
Weight/Body Structure/Physical Faults: How much does s/he weigh? What is his/her body like? What physical faults does s/he have? Does s/he weigh 160lbs with an athletic form but a bad case of acne? Is s/he a warrior who weighs 225lbs but is entirely covered in muscle and has scars all over his/her body? Is s/he aged with wrinkles, heavy set, appearing to look about 215lbs, and has a withered arm or deformed face? If there are scars, how did s/he receive them? Does your character looks every inch human but has wings and horns like that of a demon?
Race/Species: Give your character some depth beside the basics. Could your character be something more than just an ordinary human, perhaps like a deity in a human body--remember Hercules? Maybe your character is a new species that you made up just for this tale--explain it. Perhaps it’s nothing new and just another human race, like a Pacific Islander, a Native American (Indian), or a Spaniard? Maybe your character is an African from South Africa but sounds like s/he is from Australia?
Parents/Elders/Guardians: Who raised your character? Is the mother or father deceased? Was your character an orphan? Does your character know his/her parents?
Siblings: Is your character an only child? If no, who are/is his/her brother(s) or sister(s)?
Friends/Allies: Who are your character's friends or is your character a recluse? Does your character have allies, perhaps a fellow street gang or another territory/country?
Enemies: Everyone has at least one enemy--who is your character's enemy? Is it a rival country that wishes war for religious beliefs? Is it another street gang that's jealous because your character's gang has more power or money? Is it a girl/boy who is jealous of your character for being too popular in school?
Beliefs/Religion: What does your character believe in? Is s/he Agnostic, Satanic, Christian, Muslim, Jewish? Does your character pray ritualistically or worship a Pagan God or several Indian Gods? What are the God's names and what do they have powers over?
Career/Past Careers: Is your character a pizza delivery boy and get paid $6.50 an hour? Is s/he a tavern wench in the Medieval Era? Is s/he an outlaw in a western timeline? Did s/he used to be a chamber maid/servant/cook in a Medieval Castle and marry off to become a mother/father of a large family?
Dreams/Life Goals: What dreams does your character have? What life goals does s/he wish to achieve sometime in his/her life? Does s/he want to become a computer professor at a Pennsylvania University but right now is struggling with a measly retail job and going to school? Does s/he want to become a Knight but is currently a Squire? Perhaps s/he has a dream to be able to walk but is currently crippled and lives in an era where there is no cure for a withered leg or dead nerves.
Hobbies: What does s/he do in his/her spare time? Perhaps s/he enjoys listening to the Boston Symphony playing live in concert? Does s/he enjoy reading mystery novels or writing romance stories? Maybe s/he likes to be around animals and enjoys the comfort of a feline or the dependency of a beast.
Likes: What does your character like? Perhaps s/he enjoys a bouquet of roses? Perhaps s/he likes rain showers. Maybe s/he feels more comfortable in a dark environment?
Loves: What does your character love to do? Does s/he love to paint? Does s/he love a certain pet? Perhaps s/he loves receiving boxes of chocolate from a loved one? How about two warriors dueling-- does your character love to watch or play spare within one?
Dislikes: Your character dislikes something--what is it? Maybe s/he is jealous because a fellow class mate is too smart or popular? Perhaps s/he just can't stand sunshine? Maybe s/he dislikes the color pink because it looks too feminine or blue because it's too masculine.
Loathes: What does your character hate the most of all? Perhaps an enemy ruler who is perfect and his people love him--your character hates him because s/he is jealous that the enemy ruler has everything? Maybe your character loathes his/her mother for abandoning him/her in his/her youth?
Fears: What his s/he afraid of? Everyone has a fear; even if somebody claims s/he is afraid of nothing then s/he is explaining s/he fears the absence of nothing. Maybe your character is a vampire and fears the sunlight? Maybe your
character is an 11 year old boy and is afraid of the dark? Maybe your character is a 17 year old girl who lives in a bad neighborhood and fears getting raped? Perhaps your character is an elder and fears getting mugged or ignored from his/her juniors (juniors = younger citizens)?
Strengths: Give your character strength; what makes him/her stronger inside? Maybe s/he can run in track but can't walk a marathon? Your character can write a brilliant novel on the computer but can't form words with a pen and paper? Your character knows sixteen different languages, how to build a super computer, and create a time traveling device but cannot ride a bicycle (see Weakness)?
Weakness: Everyone has to have a weakness--some reason why they are not a powerful God. If your character does not have a weakness then the story becomes fake and the reader will not wish to continue the story because the reality of it has disappeared. Make sure your character has as many weaknesses as strengths. As seen in Strengths, perhaps your character knows sixteen different languages, how to build a super computer, and create a time traveling device but cannot ride a bicycle? Maybe your character can communicate with animals (see Strengths) but cannot communicate with people very well?
Good Qualities: What makes your character good in heart? Remember, even pure evil has some good in it; Satan (in Biblical beliefs) used to be one of the most favored angels of Jesus Christ but had fallen due to his jealousy. Perhaps your character has so much honor and pride as an American hostage in a war and will stand up to the kidnappers and be shot rather than cower in fear (patriotic)? Perhaps s/he has been raised in a very bad family but came out never touching a cigarette, drugs, or alcohol and never received any piercing or tattoos?
Bad Habits: Does your character bite his/her nails until they bleed? Does s/he chew on his/her lower lip when thinking? Maybe your character can't help but pick his/her nose in public? Maybe s/he is almost always sexually turned on and is easy because of it?
Turn Ons: What makes your character sexually aroused or attracted to somebody? What is it that makes him/her get antsy to touch or be touched? Maybe a husband comes home to see his wife wearing only a lacy thong and camisole while doing the dishes? Perhaps a non-popular teenage girl sees the captain of the high school football team washing his car and wearing only his blue jeans while his chest is glistening with sweat? Maybe your character finds the other sex intelligent. Perhaps he finds it a turn to see her driving a standard instead of an automatic vehicle? Maybe s/he is bisexual or gay/lesbian and finds the other sex attractive.
Turn Offs: What makes your character disgusted? Could s/he be attracted to somebody who is fit to perfection like a model but has scars all over his/her body? Perhaps your character is turned off by gays/lesbians? Maybe a boyfriend is attracted to his girlfriend in everyday clothing but her formal clothing is ugly and does not sexually arouse him? Perhaps your character's lover has horrible body odor and smells?
Normal Talents: This is connected to the Supernatural Powers & Ability category. What makes your character different from everyone else? This is where you are allowed to have fun—BUT KEEP IT REALISTIC! Even if your story is science-fiction or fantasy, you still have to make your story believable. Does s/he have luck when playing Texas Holdem (poker)? Is your character a wiz at computers? Can s/he read a four hundred page book in less than four hours? Maybe s/he has a photographic memory? Or perhaps s/he is so good with numbers s/he doesn’t ever require the use of a calculator?
Supernatural Powers & Abilities: This goes hand-in-hand with the Normal Talents category. This is where you state what your character is or what his/her supernatural ability or power may be. If your character is not supernatural, this category can be left blank. Either way, you must remember to “KEEP IT REALISTIC!” Even if your story is science-fiction or fantasy, you still have to make your story believable. Even supernatural creatures from other planets are realistic enough to believe. Remember, you want your reader to understand what you’re writing about—not be turned away if your character has a godlike syndrome. Perhaps your character has the unconscious effort to suspend time or perhaps your character can ignite fire with the flick of a wrist? If your character has the ability to fly at night and when the sun sets wings appear, that would be considered supernatural (wings would be mentioned beneath the Weight/Body Structure/Physical Faults category). Maybe your character can shape shift into another creature or character? Perhaps s/he is telekinetic/psychokinetic (ability to move things with your mind), telepathic (ability to read and control minds), or has the ability/power to create fire without using anything but your hands or mind? Maybe s/he can go invisible? Supernatural is anything that is “Super” and “Natural” (like Superman). It needs to still be natural but more superb than our natural.
Temperament: This is where you explain your character's basic personality. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? Is s/he a class clown or a shy book worm? Was your character born with the heredity genes to be a wild-driven party-lover? Perhaps s/he is difficult to deal with? Maybe s/he is easy when it comes to sexual activity. Is your character understanding of others? Or maybe s/he was held back in education by a learning disorder?
Background: This has the largest writing section available because this is where you are going to explain your character's life story up to the point where s/he is first mentioned in the story (though some writers still continue the background throughout the character's appearance in the said tales). Even if your character is a 3 year old child, you still explain his/her background; how old was the child when s/he learned to speak or walk? This is where you can have as much fun as you would like with your character, but again KEEP IT REALISTIC! Perhaps your character is a 16 year old orphan; what happened to make him/her an orphan and explain his/her life up until s/he enters the story. Maybe your character is a senior citizen; explain most of his/her life if it is required for the story.
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Character Profile Sheet
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Character Name
Full Name: ________________________________________________________
Nick Name(s): _____________________________________________________
Gender: _____________________
Age: ____________________________________
Birthday/year: ____________________________
Marital Status: ___________________________
Spouse: __________________________________
Hair: ____________________________________
Eyes: ____________________________________
Origin: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Language(s): ____________________________________
Blood Type: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Height: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Weight/Body Structure/Physical Faults: _____________________________________________________________
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Race/Species: ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Parents/Elders/Guardians: ________________________________________________________________________
Siblings: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Friends/Allies: __________________________________________________________________________________
Enemies: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Beliefs/Religion: _________________________________________________________________________________
Career/Past Careers: _____________________________________________________________________________
Dreams/Life Goals: ______________________________________________________________________________
Hobbies: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Likes: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Loves: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Dislikes: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Loathes: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Fears: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Strengths: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Weakness: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Good Qualities: _________________________________________________________________________________
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Bad Habits: _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Turn Ons: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Turn Offs: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Natural Talents: _________________________________________________________________________________
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Any and all feedback is much obliged.
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Comments: 841
TiiaBear In reply to ??? [2011-11-09 21:25:44 +0000 UTC]
This really does help
I've been trying to find something like this, but I can't seem to find one.
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KittyFelone In reply to LadyLilly617 [2011-11-09 05:09:41 +0000 UTC]
Lifesaver? Glad to breath air into your lungs!
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devilangel198322 In reply to ??? [2011-11-04 13:21:39 +0000 UTC]
thx much appreciated worked wonders
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photonManipulator In reply to ??? [2011-11-01 12:24:41 +0000 UTC]
>mfw this was linked in an assignment in my media arts class at school
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KittyFelone In reply to photonManipulator [2011-11-02 03:37:50 +0000 UTC]
MFW?
And which school and what assignment? I'm interested now.
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photonManipulator In reply to KittyFelone [2011-11-07 18:37:22 +0000 UTC]
"mfw" means my face when, and there's a school assignment in my media arts class, we had to create a "character profile", and my teacher linked us to your outline thing, yeah
so thanks for making this lol
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KittyFelone In reply to photonManipulator [2011-11-09 05:10:34 +0000 UTC]
welcome! Actually, now that I think about it, I think someone else from a class like that mentioned it being used. Just happy to help.
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doctorstone In reply to ??? [2011-10-31 17:23:12 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much. I've been looking for a good character creation outline for a long time, and I find this. I had some characters going around my head for a while now, and I needed to pu them on paper for some stories. Thank you
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xXxKuramiXxX In reply to ??? [2011-10-14 02:09:26 +0000 UTC]
You are amazing this has given me so much help with outlining characters for an upcoming story I'm planning to start and publish on FictionPress!
This is just beyond awesome and what I really needed to get my start, thank you so much!
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GiggleHoot In reply to ??? [2011-10-09 15:26:30 +0000 UTC]
I have to thank you for posting this
I tend to forget about how my characters are and the plot to the story but with this i can always look back and see what my characters are and how they are seen to other people
So again i thank you
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KittyFelone In reply to GiggleHoot [2011-10-09 16:48:19 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome. Don't focus about plotting out your character up front. Let it come to you as you write and jot down the notes that work as you go. This way you don't tie yourself down.
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Doomknight08 In reply to ??? [2011-10-08 18:11:05 +0000 UTC]
I have always been loath to set up my character profiles in a fashion such as this but I finally broke down and tested it on one. While I did end up making several adjustments to the categories based on my preferences, I did find the greater organization to be beneficial, more so, to my surprise, than the block-style essays I have been using since I began writing.
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KittyFelone In reply to Doomknight08 [2011-10-08 21:41:14 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, to be honest I don't use this myself. I did in the very beginning, when the outline was much smaller, but it seems to tie me down. With MS Word's "Search and Find" feature, if I ever wonder something I'll look up what I've written. The problem with outlines is that it CAN constrain you when you're not careful. And at the same time, when you've written the same story so many times and revised it, it can get to be tough trying to remember what you kept and what you changed. Likewise, if you keep changing the outline, you're wasting time worrying about the details and not the story itself.
I'm glad this outline works for other people, not just gamers. If I can help people who need this sort of refinement in their writing then fantastic. I'm glad it helps. But after years of writing and keeping my notes on the side, I find this actually traps me. I mean, you can't create a fully 3-dimensional character straight off the bat. It's the story, its actions and dialogue, that really make the characters come to life. Anyone can sketch a character, it's basically a worded drawing, but not everyone can breathe life into one.
I'm truly pleased to find somebody so advanced in their writing that they don't need something like this. How long have you been at the craft?
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Doomknight08 In reply to KittyFelone [2011-10-09 06:21:23 +0000 UTC]
Well, I said that I made a few adjustments (and at the time of writing that it was true) but looking back I guess what I really did was take the base you supplied at reworked it at a completely personal level so that it no longer holds the same form it did. The reason I did end up using this was for a reason that you outlined, in that I have trouble keeping my characters updated on both paper (or I suppose, text documents would be more accurate) and with what I keep constantly spinning in my head. I'm not the type that likes to go back and rewrite an entire paragraph just to maintain the original eloquence that was destroyed when I added or removed one tiny fact; my character essays have degenerating to the basic traits of the characters they reflect, therefore it actually makes more sense to keep them in a list fashion until they become more concrete. Unfortunately I am very nit-picky so this may never truly happen.
In the end it may not prove as useful to me as it initially appears but it has to be a step better than the tangled messes that I'm currently using. While I don't seek to dismiss the many other aspects involved in writing, my stories tend to be character driven, so keeping things in line for instant author referral is of utmost importance. It can be a hassle when trying to recall information about how a character would normally think but let personal feelings over some event that happened recently influence how I write, and then later notice that a characters actions do not reflect the beliefs I had buried behind a text wall.
I have been "writing" since I was in middle school, the quotations there are for the laughably derivative eyesores I created from my favorite books and games at the time. However I suppose you have to start somewhere and by high school I had distanced myself from that habit and became focused on creating more original works. I am in college now and my interest in writing has yet to waiver though I often question my own motivation and ability, regardless I have no intention of abandoning writing, especially when I think of how much I enjoy it and how far I have come from where I started.
Well it's late and this is all I can write for now, I'm sure I've left some flaws and I didn't say all I meant, but hopefully that can wait until later.
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KittyFelone In reply to Doomknight08 [2011-10-09 17:05:16 +0000 UTC]
We share a common history in writing. I began writing the moment I knew how to string words together (no joke) and haven't stopped since. I don't look down on people who write fanfiction of any sort. I look down on the ones who do. Writing fanfiction isn't necessarily bad, but it doesn't unlock one's full potential because you're given plot and characters to mess with. It's like a cliff-notes version to writing, if you will. When fanfiction first hit it's golden age in 2001-ish, I was all over it. I wrote the same but it gave me a reason, gave me readers, and gave me a chance to work on my writing. Any of my minions (rabid fans who became friends over the years) can tell you how much I've changed from when I first began to what I'm writing today. I sometimes feel ashamed of my past stories but everyone starts somewhere. I'm delighted to see how far I've come since I began writing fanfiction. Now unfortunately, I can no longer read fanfiction, no matter how hard I try, because it will actually begin to change my writing structure for the worse. That, and many of the new fanfiction writers are where I first started and their age of knowledge frightens me (the last story I read, the writer didn't know what a chandelier was! She didn't realize that it'll take more than an hour to clean up the shattered Paris Opera chandelier.)
I do my best not to rub off what I know onto people who don't know as much as me. I've yet to be published and working my butt off to become an author but I have the knowledge that divides professionals from novel writers. Every writing book I read I'm labeling myself on the side of a pro. I don't want to sound egotistical but I've been writing for a very long time (at the moment, 20+ years). But because of the things I've learned over time, I do what I can to help those around me who are struggling. I've had a few people ask me to read their fanfiction and give them advice; the only advice I had to give was to add detail. Lot's of fanfiction writers lack detail and description; they give dialogue but no action. And believe it or not, I actually wrote my first fanfic back before 2000. It was at the end of Reboot's second season...
If you're trying to write for publication, then let me give you a fair warning that I never received in all my years of writing and self-teaching: Consider word count. I never knew there was a limit to how much somebody could write for their first book and unless you wrote a super big hit as a fresh face, you won't even get your foot in the door. Hell, the agent won't even open the door to see who you are. Because of this, I'm cutting down my 170k+ novel as much as I possibly can, taking things out and shrinking/meshing things together. If only somebody had told me a year ago, when I rewrote the bloody thing.
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Doomknight08 In reply to KittyFelone [2011-10-11 20:15:44 +0000 UTC]
I personally never did much in the way of fanfiction, when I first started I was blatantly plagiarizing and creating amalgamations of things I liked. Of course at the time I didn't really understand the concept of copyright and I never made it far enough into anything at that time to attempt to publish it (that too was almost a foreign concept), looking back I was unbelievably immature in that respect.
Thanks for the tip though I've yet to make it far enough into a project before I rework it for that to be of concern, however, I do have a good feeling about my current one so fingers crossed. To be honest I'm not sure I'm really that concerned with getting my work published. While the idea is nice, for the most part I just enjoy having creative outlets, even if no other ever lays eyes on them.
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KittyFelone In reply to Doomknight08 [2011-10-12 00:50:36 +0000 UTC]
Also to add, if you enjoyed this you might also enjoy the other thing I posted on DA. It's nothing I made; I copied it all out of an old education book during work. It discusses the person's personality and what others portray it as. Very helpful in creating a character.
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KittyFelone In reply to Doomknight08 [2011-10-12 00:47:18 +0000 UTC]
I was like that myself, not worried about publishing and just wanting to write. But then I learned that if I can write well and people (from the age of fanfiction) enjoy reading my stuff, why not do it for a living? Plus, I stopped putting my things online because I worry about plagiarism and that made it hard for my readers to keep reading my stuff. I've found out that somebody was actually copying each chapter I posted, editing it, and then getting reader to send it to print with their name. I had an anonymous tip warn me. I'm sorry but if I spend time to write something, I want full credit and if somebody going to get paid for it, it'll be me.
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NikkiXOdd4eva In reply to ??? [2011-10-06 16:56:04 +0000 UTC]
Wow! This is really thorough! Very well done. I think I'll use it to help with my character design homework tonight.
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KittyFelone In reply to NikkiXOdd4eva [2011-10-06 22:27:10 +0000 UTC]
Glad to hear it. Thanks!
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KaliAngelKat In reply to ??? [2011-10-02 13:51:19 +0000 UTC]
I love this and the Personality sheet! Cannot wait to see the Plot Triangle sheet!
I'm posting both as helps for NaNoWrimo when the new site is up in a week!
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KittyFelone In reply to KaliAngelKat [2011-10-02 21:24:09 +0000 UTC]
Love the help. Always open for more people to share it. Thanks!
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Zio379 In reply to ??? [2011-09-22 04:18:50 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the outline.
Been trying to get my arse to write for some years now, hope I can kick it off with this.
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KittyFelone In reply to Zio379 [2011-09-27 15:12:49 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I stumbled across that void again now.
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KitKitFTW In reply to ??? [2011-09-19 14:45:52 +0000 UTC]
Just an idea, but a good addition to this might be something like "accessories" for those characters that always wear a certain piece of jewelry or a hat or something. Also, things like weapons could go into this catagory. ^^
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Kenziiquinn In reply to ??? [2011-09-19 02:45:51 +0000 UTC]
Hey you might be tired of hearing this, but thanks for this. I have a slight learning/focusing disability, so it's been hard for me to organize my thoughts about the story I'm trying to write. Now I have some grounds to work off from. Truly, thank you
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KittyFelone In reply to Kenziiquinn [2011-09-19 21:07:06 +0000 UTC]
Well yes I've received many thanks but never one from somebody who admits they have a learning disability. I'm glad that what helped my learning disability is helping someone else. <3
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Kenziiquinn In reply to KittyFelone [2011-09-21 00:20:48 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, glad to know I'm the first
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KitKitFTW In reply to ??? [2011-09-18 23:01:07 +0000 UTC]
THANK YOU. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU.
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KittyFelone In reply to KitKitFTW [2011-09-18 23:22:25 +0000 UTC]
Welcome! WelcomeWelcomeWelcome
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Stalza In reply to ??? [2011-09-14 18:34:33 +0000 UTC]
This has been such an amazing help with my new story I can't even explain how much I appreciate it! Thank you Thank you!
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Britt-is-awesome In reply to ??? [2011-09-06 21:25:12 +0000 UTC]
Awesome, now if i feel lazy i can just copy and past the diagram
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u-plus-k In reply to ??? [2011-08-29 16:31:30 +0000 UTC]
I love this thing so much. Thank you!!!
I'm writing an article on how to get to know your characters. Would it be all right if I copy and paste your sheet in it? All credit for it would go to your of course.
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KittyFelone In reply to u-plus-k [2011-09-02 01:48:43 +0000 UTC]
Go right ahead. Hope it reaches more people.
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akunamaru In reply to ??? [2011-08-22 04:45:38 +0000 UTC]
Hey, I really liked this worksheet. I've been reading through a bunch to keep track of all the characters in my thought bubbles. It really helped.
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akunamaru In reply to KittyFelone [2011-09-02 03:28:46 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I sometimes write down the generic things, assuming I'll remember the traits that really make the person unique, but then I find the paper later and completely forgot everything about them.
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