Category: Characters

  • How to create Diverse Characters?

    Function Protagonist Who’s the Protagonist? Why is this Character the Protagonist? Is it the right Function for her? Could she be the Antagonist? Why is she not? What does she Accomplish? What does she Achieve? Who does she surrounds herself with? Does she do any good? How does she do Good? What makes her a…

  • How to Improvise? Conditional Storytelling

    How to Improvise? Conditional Storytelling

    A Simple Scene How do you Start Fast? Where are we? What’s the Atmosphere? What is the Scenery? What are the Landscapes like? What are the dominant Colors? What are the dominant Form? What’s the weather like? How much Light is there? What has been Seeded in the Setting? How does it hint at the…

  • How to help your team take Initiatives?

    What do they want? What Truly Interest them? What do they tell you about? How many topics are they? How often do they speak to you about them? Who do they share their ambitions with? Why this person? What do they have in common? Are they interested by the same topic? What’s this topic? Do…

  • How to write a Teacher?

    Identity Patience Patience… How does the Character display Patience? How does she Show? How does she Explain? How Slow is her breath? How Slow is her speech? How Slow are her moves? Does she Pause after each question? Does she Pause after each answer? Detachment The Good will pass, The Bad will pass. How does…

  • How to Write a Merchant?

    Identity Initiative Is there something to do? Is there a need? Is there an unexploited niche? Is a concurrent getting weaker? Do they start providing unsatisfying products? Is there a new Technology available? Who’s interested by it? Who’s willing to pay for it? Who else maybe willing to pay? How should we show these people…