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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 4, 2005 18:05:03 GMT -5
I find a really good way to get to know your characters is to pretend to interview them. Type questions, then visualize your character and pretend they're answering, and type what they'd say.
It really works for me - I found out that one of my main guys is actually in loff in an almost obsessed way with one of the girls. Which certainly explains a certain plot point... And I found out what happened later in the story, just by asking one of the characters! They're writing the story for me!
Anyway.... I was wondering whether any of you used this method, and what kind of questions you asked?
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 4, 2005 19:11:52 GMT -5
I tried that once, but unfortunatly my character was not very reponsive. I need to try again some time, with a different character.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 6, 2005 13:58:32 GMT -5
I could try interviewing them?
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 6, 2005 16:51:52 GMT -5
Thanks! That would be very helpful...but I don't know which to ask you to interview. Probably Ada, or Gwen.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 6:42:04 GMT -5
OK.... next time you're online, we'll try that.
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 8, 2005 15:09:47 GMT -5
I'm online now. Could you interview Gwen? She's Neraida's daughter (sort of......bit complicated), and a Faery Princess, and in love with Gwion. She also shares a heartbeat with Gwion.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 15:20:44 GMT -5
Sure! Hi Gwen!
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 8, 2005 15:27:15 GMT -5
Gwen: Hello.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 15:28:25 GMT -5
Soooo.... you share a heart with Gwion, huh? How did THAT happen?
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 8, 2005 15:30:08 GMT -5
Gwen: HeartBEAT. When I was born, I was a Siamese twin, and shared a heart with my sister. Unfornately I was the weaker child and I died, so that my sister could live.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 15:31:07 GMT -5
hokay..... so, um, how does this affect your relationship with Gwion?
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 8, 2005 15:35:26 GMT -5
Gwen: Yeah, Neraida gave me new life, don't ask how, because I don't know, but because I didn't have a proper heart, the magic automatically made us share a heartbeat to make me live, as he's my second closest relative. Apart from Neraida, but it was her casting the spell, so her heart had nothing to do with it. It also means I have a slower heartbeat than most humans, because I share mine with a Fae, and vice versa for Gwion.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 15:36:28 GMT -5
Hmmmm.... all right then. But how does that make you and Gwion around each other? Is it ever an issue?
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Post by goblingirl on Nov 8, 2005 15:38:15 GMT -5
Not really. It's quite helpful actually. When Archos got me, and I was REALLY scared, Gwion knew because his heart beat faster. We can also tell each others pain.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Nov 8, 2005 15:39:39 GMT -5
Oooh, convenient. Now lemme think.... What do you think is your greatest achievement to date, and how has it affected you?
And, is a Jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit, and why?
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