====== Characters ======

Meme discusses characters and characterization a lot. Here are some resources, plus various FFA threads on the topic (note: not even close to a complete list of the latter).

//Outside threads//

  * [[http://krisnoel.com/post/118386856484/real-people-vs-characters|Real people vs. characters]]
  * [[http://yourcharactersjourney.com/|Victoria Lynn Schmidt: Your Character's Journey]]
  * [[http://fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment.tumblr.com/|Fuck Yeah Character Development]]
  * [[http://www.miniworld.com/adnd/100ThingsAboutUrPCBackGround.html|The 100 Most Important Things To Know About Your Character (revised)]]
  * [[http://chaperoned.tumblr.com/post/48050799024/readers-tend-to|Creating Proactive vs. Reactive Characters]]
  * [[http://kidlit.com/2011/05/18/interiority-vs-telling/|"Interiority" for character writing]]
  * [[http://krisnoel.com/post/84521380139/the-unreliable-narrator|The Unreliable Narrator]]
  * [[http://ezinearticles.com/?Create-Emotion,-Not-Sentimentality,-in-Fiction&id=160141|Create Emotion, Not Sentimentality, in Fiction]]
  * [[http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/FindingUnusualWaysToDescribeEmotions.html|Finding Unusual Ways to Describe Emotions]]
  * [[http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-emotion-thesaurus.html|The Emotion Thesaurus]]
  * [[http://www.businessballs.com/body-language.htm|Body Language]]
  * [[http://parallactic.livejournal.com/20333.html|Characterization and Body Language]]
  * [[http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/body_language/body_language.htm|Understanding Body Language]]
  * [[http://source.southuniversity.edu/examining-the-mob-mentality-31395.aspx|Examining the Mob Mentality]]
  * [[http://www.aliciarasley.com/artmotive.htm|Character motivation]]

//FFA Threads//

  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26728.html?thread=117734248#t117734248|why does everyone suck at writing drunk!characters?]] (Jan. 14, 2012)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27044.html?thread=118831524#t118831524|how many pov characters are too many?]] (Jan. 17, 2012)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27151.html?thread=120448271#t120448271|The "Oh, it's you" writing thread]] — //"how do you handle a situation where there's a character who logically makes sense to be included because of canon relationships but is a poor fit for this particular fic?"// (Jan. 22, 2012)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/146793.html?thread=776647785#cmt776647785|Writing characters moving from traditional into poly subcultures]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/142457.html?thread=810523257#cmt810523257|Writing religious characters for non-religious authors]]
  * //[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180960.html?thread=983031264#cmt983031264|"]][[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180960.html?thread=983031264#cmt983031264|What's your favourite doll/avatar maker to create your OCs on?"]]//

  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181614.html?thread=986861934#cmt986861934|Coming up with (government agency) job for OC]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/177480.html?thread=964975688#cmt964975688|Character Development]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184201.html?thread=1001055113#cmt1001055113|OCs]] 

 



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