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How to create a Backstory easily? episode 2
Your Character will quit the Place she’s born in. Wherever it is the Physical Location or the Identity she’s born with. She will Evolve. How do you define her Evolution from her Backstory? Summary – 5 steps to a Background Define how the Character’s Origins disappointed her. Create a Goal justifying her Departure. In search…
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The Easiest way to Improvise – Combine 2 Elements
How do you Improvise? Combine 2 Things. Which Things? Any Things. Summary – 4 steps to an easy Improvisation Pick a 1st Element Add a 2nd Element Define 3 Relationships between these 2 Elements Add another Element Improvisation is Visualization. Imagining the Object, Character or Environment you try to flesh out is the easiest way…
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How to create a Backstory easily?
How do you create a Backstory easily? How do you create any Story easily? By Starting with the End. Summary – 5 steps to a Backstory Start with the End, or the Beginning of your actual Story. Define the Core Events of your Character’s early Story. Define the Characters she’s Interacted with. Define Issues she…
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15. A Break by the Storeroom
We return to the Storeroom. By the jungle. The air is fresher here. R:”What is this?”P:”A small table.”R:”Why?”P:”I told you.It will look suspect if it’s so empty.”R:”Where did you get this table?”P:”They weren’t using it at the lab.Look, it can act like a fridge.” R:”…”P:”Take one.”R:”Did you… buy these sodas?”P:”No.” He gets the bottle off…
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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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