Not sure if you were aware of it, but Wizards of the Coast has released some stuff for use by authors in works of fiction. They have a list of...
I tend to match character names to culture, but their culture is not always the same as they ethnicity/race. Thus you often see characters of one...
Dated diaries, rarely have the year printed in them. Usually there is a space on the first page for the owner's name and the year. Then each page...
Not sure if this would be useful in your setting or not, but... In my own series, the 3 primary characters are wizards (each using a different...
I do my worldbuilding culturally/society based, and write up a background story for each one (about 10k to 20k words each group) and each...
The Doctor - Doctor Who (esp Tom Baker's version) Uncle Scrooge McDuck (Walt Disney comics) Lord Sesshomaru (InuYasha by Rumiko Takahashi) Capt...
Perhaps my next door neighbour can help you: First encounter: I'm attempting to go in my front door when out of the blue an old drunk man I'd...
As I'm reading this, I'm trying to recall if I've ever consciously gone out of my way to add flaws to any of my characters. I published my first...
How do you want the death to impact the MC emotionally? I think that's the question, rather then how you want it to impact the reader. If he was...
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