Creating a Well-Developed Original Character by amber-sky, literature
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Creating a Well-Developed Original Character
Creating a Well-developed OC
Hello! Welcome to my guide on the creation of a balanced, believable original character! Whether this is your first time creating a character and you want some advice on where to start, or you need to tweak your character, because you're unsatisfied with it, then you've come to the right place. In this guide you'll find details on the importance of every aspect of an OC, from something seemingly insignificant as the name to the powers of a character.
This guide can be applied to original characters of any fandom or purely of your creation for your own story! If your setting doesn't include some parts, like havin
100 Questions to Develop a Detailed Character
Ever have trouble deciding what side of an argument your character will take? Do you have trouble remembering small details about your character, and often change them accidentally in the middle of a story? Try this list of one hundred questions to solidify your knowledge of your character. Feel free to use this and post it as its own deviation. Just please link it to me in a comment if you do. Try to answer the questions in as much specific detail as possible. This is for you, so there is no use in cheating on it. I would suggest doing two for each character: one for the beginning of your story,
Interview Your Character by FifteenthApostle, literature
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Interview Your Character
INTERVIEW YOUR CHARACTER
(YOUNG ADULT VERSION)
CONCEPT:
Choose an original character you have created. All questions must be answered from the character's perspective. The character should remain "in character" throughout the interview. The character may refuse to answer a given question, but must say something in reply to it. The character must answer truthfully, but that does not necessarily mean that their answers must be true, only that the character believes them to be true. Have fun.
CHARACTER:
SETTING:
CATEGORIES:
. DESCRIPTION
. VITAL STATISTICS
. FAMILY
. PERSONALITY
. ABILITIES AND TRAITS
. RELATIONSHIPS
. HIST
Character Interview Template by Wyvern-1, literature
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Character Interview Template
The following serves a few functions: Character development, if needed, or just a fun activity to pursue involving your OC. Some guidelines to follow:
1. Answer the following questions from your character's point of view. As such, the answers should be written in a first-person ("I") format.
2. Feel free to throw in your own answer, if you feel that the answer is incomplete. Yes, you, behind the fourth wall.
3. Since this is supposed to be fun, I'd prefer it if you and your character could minimize the bad language, so that everyone can enjoy these.
4. Have fun. Otherwise, there's really no point. Get into your character's head and have a
.:Character Style Development:. by Veidara, literature
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.:Character Style Development:.
A lot more to think about your character's style.
• What are their theme colors—the colors that they wear the most? What are their other preferred colors? What are the colors they would never wear?
• Does their color scheme hue tend to gravitate towards bright bold colors? Pastels? Super dark colors? Greys and blacks? All warm colors? All cold colors? A bunch of shades of the same single color?
• What repeated themes do they exhibit in their clothing—such as…spikes, graphics, skulls, plaid, goofy patterns, fluff, lace, ripped clothing, belts, netting, leather, ribbon, scarves, hats, stains, overly washed,
.:Character Development of Career And Education:. by Veidara, literature
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.:Character Development of Career And Education:.
Describe your character’s academic and career aspects and influences throughout their life.
• Elementary school life and notable experiences. Describe how this shaped them or had any influence, if it did. Were they a good student? A rebel? Adventurer? Creative? Popular? Did they love or hate school? Were their hobbies and talents glaringly obvious? Just beginning to form? Practically nonexistent? How were their grades? Did they have any imaginings for their future at this time? What kind of friends and influences did they have? Did they have any crushes? What was their definition of love? What was their favorite playtime activit
.:Creating Your Next Generation OC:. by Veidara, literature
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.:Creating Your Next Generation OC:.
~Next Generation Characters~
• WHAT IS IT: A next generation character is simply just the child of one or more parents who are main generation characters. The simple definition would be that a next generation OC is the kid of so and so. It’s a term easy for me to understand so I haven’t given much thought to people who don't really know its details. Next generation has a lot of possibilities though and if you’ve never made NG OC kids for a story or anything I would suggest at some point in your creative career to try it just for fun. The example I will be using to reference throughout this guide is my character Taylor,
95 Questions To Develop Your OC Shipping! by Veidara, literature
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95 Questions To Develop Your OC Shipping!
*FREE TO USE IF YOU LINK BACK TO THIS DEVIATION
• Who is the main pairing?
• What type of people are they attracted to?
• How did this ship come about?
• Who are their other love interests?
• What is the current status of their connection with those people?
• What’s their history with other relationships?
• What do they think of each other’s past relationships?
• When did this ship first meet?
• What caused them to first interact?
• What were their first impressions of each other?
• At what point did they feel attraction for each other?
• What was going on in