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[ISBW] Let’s Build a Character
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- (Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?)
- Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022
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- Hugo nominations are open for 2022
- Team Rejection count: 38
- New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character!
- Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story
- Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas
- Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is common with storytellers
- How hard is it to write a character who is completely manipulative/psychologically abusive/etc
- Next, Rory’s Story Cubes as a different story building tool
- Writer Emergency Pack idea cards by screenwriter John August
- Let’s Play A Game: group building a character’s backstory
Links
- Better Backstories
- Storycubes
- Merch Shop
- Mur on Twitter
- John Anealio on Bandcamp
- The Garages on Bandcamp
- The Garages on Twitter
Twitch schedule for Feb 13-19:
- Monday: 2-3:30pm AMA
- Tuesday: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
- Wed: 3-5pm Gaming TBD
- Thursday: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
Support Local Book Stores!
- Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
- OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!
I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
February 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 13 | murverse.com
“Let’s Build a Character” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
