Category: Environments
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Why give your Characters a Handicap?
Why would you handicap your Characters? All Characters have handicaps & disabilities. Every Character begins with Issues & difficulties. The question is how to make them memorable. Summary – 5 steps to Immersion through Handicap Define a Scar branding the Character Develop her Identity through this Scar Make the Character evolve alongside her Handicap Let…
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How to Create a Setting? Horror
How does Horror unfolds? Horror accumulates gradually in a closed Space. Independently of this Space’s scale. Horror saturates. And then Bursts. Summary – 6 steps to Horror Establish a Changing Atmosphere. Create a Place of Comfort. Place a Precious Object in this Place. Place a Threat. Let Brutality & Pain accumulate. In order to prepare…
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How to Create a Setting? Mystery
Mysteries are Enticing. They’re both a Demonstration & a Story. And they look complicated to craft. Though, all you need is People acting in a simple Time frame. Summary – 5 steps to Mystery Define the Location where the Crime is perpetrated. Define a Time Frame. Establish the Relationships : Victim Suspects Investigator Perpetrator Display…
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How to Write Relatable & Sympathetic Monsters?
Sympathetic Monsters… Why do we expect Monsters to be Horrible? How to make them more Sympathetic? Summary – 6 steps to Relatable/Sympathetic Monsters Establish Expectation & common Biases. Create Relatability by comparing them to Humans. Give them Multiple Emotions other than Anger. Explain why they engage in Conflicts. Display manifestation of Intelligence. Describe how they…
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How to Draw a Fictional Map? Geography
Your Maps should look Coherent. The Position of each element should seem to be the product of multiple phenomena converging to the actual Structure. Synergy is Key. Summary – 6 steps to a Nice Geography You need Mundane locations. You need to set up Surprising locations. You’ll want to tell the Story of your World…