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Welcome to Character Development II!
Welcome to Character Development II!
Have you been participating in the previous thread? Check this post to see where you were in the prompts!
Not sure where to start with building a new character? Or how to mesh your old Plaza character with the NuPlaza, and how you've grown yourself in the intervening years? Or does your character keep running into situations you didn't expect and you're not quite sure how they should react?
If so, this is the thread for you!
This second thread will be mostly participant-run. Feel free to ask each other follow-up questions, or to state that you don't want follow-up questions and simply wish to work through the prompts yourself.
Seeking Character Dev Mentors!
So how is this going to work?
There are two available 'tracks': Basic Character Development and Advanced Character Development.
Basic Character Development is for those of you who have no idea where to start and need to work from the ground up. Usually you'll be starting with a brand new character, but not always.
Advanced Character Development is for those of you with established characters who want to delve deeper into your character's motivations, but want some guidance doing so.
For Basic, please fill out this short character questionnaire and answer the first set of questions. This is where those interested in that track should start. Feel free to answer any/all prompts as they become available, especially for those joining in later.
For Advanced, please start with an initial post where you either link to your existing character bio here on the Plaza OR fill out the basic questionnaire linked above, AND briefly explain what you're wanting to further explore with that character for development.
The Basic and Advanced Tracks consist of 15 questions each. This is self-paced, completely any/all that you wish to on your own time frame.
Jump in and out whenever you need to. Don't worry about completing every prompt, or doing them in order.
Posting Guidelines
1. New prompts and threadrunner updates will be posted in blue (#000080). Please refrain from using this color.
2. You are welcome to do both tracks at the same time for either the same character or different ones.
3. It is up to you when you switch a character from Basic to Advanced track, and you are also welcome to go from Advanced to Basic if you find that's what a particular character needs.
4. In each post, include the character name, which track you're working them through on, and include the relevant prompt.(see example below)
5. If part of your character development touches on any sensitive topics (Abuse: sexual, verbal, emotional; Violence: domestic, assault, etc.) please include a content warning (bold, in red) with the appropriate character portion of your post. Please white out the portion of your post where that content is contained, placing it between parentheses ((like this)). (see example below)
Post Example
Character Name: TaethowenTrack: Advanced
Prompt: #1 - Your character has just received tragic news about a dear friend or family member. How do they react? Are their inner reactions (emotions) and outer reactions (physical actions) different, even contrary, to each other? Why?
Response:
Content Warning: Domestic Violence
((Content requiring warning whited out)) Other part of the answer here. Or before the whited out part. Wherever it makes most sense. And of course, if your post does not require a content warning, no need to include that part at all.
Handy Plaza Links
Roleplay Practice Prompts: Vignettes
roleplay writing practice
Character Submissions - Rivendell/Lone Lands/Bree (Imladris)
Character Submissions - Lothlorien/Mirkwood/Lindon (Imladris)
The Dwarven Welcome Center: Character Creation
Character Submissions (Gondor)
LeóÞ swá Worð (Hall of Rohirric Histories)
Character Submissions (Shire)
The Glade of the List -- Fangorn Character Submissions
Minions of Mordor (Character Biographies)
Roleplay Practice Prompts: Vignettes
roleplay writing practice
Character Submissions - Rivendell/Lone Lands/Bree (Imladris)
Character Submissions - Lothlorien/Mirkwood/Lindon (Imladris)
The Dwarven Welcome Center: Character Creation
Character Submissions (Gondor)
LeóÞ swá Worð (Hall of Rohirric Histories)
Character Submissions (Shire)
The Glade of the List -- Fangorn Character Submissions
Minions of Mordor (Character Biographies)
Handy Resources
Fantasy Name Generators
Rinmaru Games Mega Fantasy Avatar Creator
The best way to 'save' your avatar from here if you make one is to screenshot it.
If you click the gold emblem in the upper left hand corner, it hides the creator menu.
Easy Damus D&D Alignments
5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
5 Ways to Use Myers-Briggs for Characters
Well-Storied.com - All Articles on Characterization
Fantasy Name Generators
Rinmaru Games Mega Fantasy Avatar Creator
The best way to 'save' your avatar from here if you make one is to screenshot it.
If you click the gold emblem in the upper left hand corner, it hides the creator menu.
Easy Damus D&D Alignments
5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
5 Ways to Use Myers-Briggs for Characters
Well-Storied.com - All Articles on Characterization