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Inspiration: Character Flaws

One of my favourite things about character creation would be flaws and quirks. There are many that can picked, twisted, and combined. Some are more popular than others, especially among newer writers or even young roleplay and writing enthusiasts. Heterochromia, face scars, unusual hair and eye colours are some of the physical quirks that I noticed in my roleplaying days. While erring to not give…

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Where do I see myself during a zombie apocalypse?

I’d like to say that I’d be prepared for a zombie apocalypse, but I always feel over or under prepared for everything. I’ve gone through possibilities in my head a variety of times.The possibility that I’d be stuck outside while at work. Which often results in me thinking about how I could hunker down in certain areas of wherever I’m working, then set out to loot once it quiets down. How I might…

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International Read to Me Day

With International Read to Me Day coming up on March 19th, I’m reminded of a goal that I had in mind for myself when I started my site. I had planned on narrating classical works, and perhaps even my own. It wasn’t a lofty goal that was on daunting heights, but rather something that I could work towards. Something that I could build on, and work on as I get myself settled into an online…

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Writing: Mary and Marty Sue, and The Over-Powered

After looking at character flaws, I couldn’t resist reminiscing about my younger writing years. The time when my characters, and those of others were Mary Sues, Marty Sues, and Overpowered. The most unrelatable, annoying trash pile of characters that are constant repeats of young, new, inexperienced, or lazy writers. During my days as a young roleplayer, I saw plenty of these cookie-cutter and…

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Writing Inspiration: Characters

When creating characters, it can be hard figuring out where to start. When I started writing, I didn’t know how to start with my characters. I didn’t know what I was doing, and I had no experience. That was when I discovered roleplays on forums. I discovered these roleplays in 2007-2009 or so, and the character profiles could be very simple. They’d ask for the very basic…

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On Writing: Tools and Technology (Part 1)

With the technological advancements being made, writer’s tools have changed over the years. Today, I’d like to talk about the current tools that I noticed are being used by other writers. Most being online tools and apps like Chat GPT, Dragon Diction, Write or Die, Ulysses, Scrivener, Grammarly, Hemingway, Evernote, Google Docs, ProWritingAid, and Werdsmith. While I can’t speak on the efficacy,…