Your Stats and your... Artist's Description?Brought to you by Super EditorNote: This is not a "Writer's Guide" because it is intended for writers and artists.Do the words "4 comments" frequently haunt your deviations? Is it difficult to find an audience for your artwork or writing? Do you yearn for detailed critique on your artistic technique and receive comments such as "nice" and "cute girl?"Low stats result from a number of things. Maybe you don't comment much on other people's works. (You get what you give.) Perhaps you haven't joined any groups, or you haven't submitted to them yet. Maybe you are doing these things, but you're just new to the site.I can't give you automatic
Character Description FormFor commissions, art trades, requests, or any possible situation in which I or someone else could be drawing your characterThis form will give me a sense of how to draw your character! Please copy and paste this text into a note or deviation. Highlight and type over the parts that aren't in bold. You can jump back to this form for the links.Important: Please share as much information as you can think of! The more info you give me, the more easily I can draw your character, and the better the character will look. So non-visual artists, don't think details bother me. You're actually making it much easier and less frustrating.*~*~*~*~*Pr
Nobody Loves My Character!On making characters lovable, in your story and onlineBrought to you by Super EditorDisclaimer: This is a troubleshooting guide, and it doesn't necessarily cover every possible solution. It's based on my own experience, and not every idea may fit every character or work. Please use your common sense and personal taste when applying this information. Thanks for reading!It's every writer's nightmare: your characters, after all the things you've put them through and all the months or years they've inhabited your head, have been eagerly displayed to the public and received an unenthusiastic response. Your audience has not been enchanted. The
Exercise: Your Character's Distinct VoiceBrought to you by Super EditorThe purpose of this exercise is to see how much you've differentiated each of your main characters' voices from each other.How to UsePick a few major characters in your story. (I recommend using between 3 and 6.) For each of the numbered prompts below, choose what each character would say in that circumstance. You may want to write a few sentences of dialogue from that character or a quick internal monologue.These lines are meant to generate short pieces of dialogue (about 1-5 sentences), as it's easiest to compare lines to each other that way. If you start writing long paragraphs or another character's r
Paper VillainsOn writing three-dimensional villainsBrought to you by Super EditorDisclaimer: (as experience suggests that I need one) This resource consists of opinions. There may be better ways to write, and my advice may not fit your type of story. Please use common sense when applying the ideas expressed below. Thanks for reading!Do you remember the Big Bad Wolf? He destroyed the Three Little Pigs' houses and ate them (or only chased them, depending on the rendition). He ran to Little Red Riding Hood's home and devoured her grandmother. The Big Bad Wolf appears in countless fairy tales to eat and terrorize the general populace.In many children's
Planning the Evil PlotA half-guide, half-narrative on writing a storybrought to you by Super EditorBasicsBefore I start writing, I like to have some idea of where I'm starting, where I'm going, and how I'm going to end up there. Let's say that I want to write a comedy about an author who suddenly changes places with her Mary Sue. I should jot down some basic ideas:Characters:Sarah, the author: ~13 years old, average-looking, glasses, rather tall and ganglyEllemere, the Mary Sue: ~16 years old, long flowing hair, violet eyes, etc.Forrest (Ellemere's love interest) : ~18, stereotypical bishie who is too dark and broody to make a good love interestLeon: ~17
Beating the Blockbrought to you by Super EditorPlease read this list slowly and carefully. You'll get much more out of it. (Thinking about specific characters and/or listening to your book's theme music while you read may help.)This list is mostly (but not entirely) designed to give ideas for characterization-related scenes. If your issue is more along the lines of "I don't know where I'm going," then this may not be as helpful. While you can read this just in case, meditation and logic are usually the things that work best.If this gives you an idea, write it down! It's a long list, so you don't want to risk forgetting anything.Not all of these though
I Dub Thee...On the psychology and choosing of namesBrought to you by Super EditorMany authors struggle with names. After coming up with a character who perfectly fits his or her intended role, planning personality traits, clothing, hobbies, and physical descriptions, now you have to sum all of that character's being up in a name!There is an incredible number of ways to choose a name. Often authors are baffled by the vast array of first names and surnames that could be given to a character, and it's almost impossible to start. Whether you're hoping for a name that could belong to any girl on a street or a fantasy warrior from planet Xyla, there ar
Extrasuperfabulous (with a cherry on top!)Brought to you by Super EditorWhen you have a story, there are characters that you like, characters that you love, and characters that you hate. Then there are those characters whom you adore. You think about them a lot. You know their personalities, zodiac sign, blood type, Myers-Briggs type, favorite foods, favorite outfits... you name it! You draw them in your sketchbooks and algebra notebooks. You imagine extra scenes from the character's childhood. You can't stop thinking about that special character!Are you this obsessed with your characters? If you are, that's okay—I am too. However, if you
Your OC's HairBrought to you by Super EditorYou have the unique opportunity to see a Writer's Guide being drafted.Some bug of a mysterious nature decided to delete the resource text last January or so and I think the text is gone for good, so I'm re-writing it. This notice will be taken down when this is no longer considered a draft. (Yes, I'm letting you read my draft. Now you have insights into my evil mind...)*~*~*~The Actual Guide~*~*~*Most girls are taught that there is a standard, all-encompassing way to take care of hair. You brush it every morning and don't pull the tangles too hard. When you wash it, you use a little bit of shampoo for t
Knock Yourself OutHow to Write a [Near]-Fainting ExperienceBrought to you by Super EditorYou've probably all read books or seen movies in which a character passes out. The heroine might swoon gracefully and collapse onto the floor or into the hero's arms. People rush to bring water, a doctor, or something to revive her. She then wakes up, rosy-cheeked and a bit distressed, and she fans herself for a while while insisting that she is fine.Fainting in real life is not nearly so beautiful. Authors, especially ones with no experience, can sometimes fall for such idealized descriptions. I am (un)fortunate enough to have experience in this area, so I will shar
Creating a New WorldPlease copy and paste this into a Word document or deviation. Then highlight the information after the colons and type over it.SettingTime/Era: Exact year or approximate timeName of Country: For fun, you could alter the name of an old empire. For example, the Assyrian Empire (Mesopotamia, BC) was particularly brutal, so a twist off of that name could be interesting for more educated readers. Readers love to be in on jokes like that. Oh, and don't steal Asrian Empire. I already called it.Geography: I recommend you draw a map (it doesn't have to be exact; it's for consistency)Landscape: Trees, soil, water, buildings... Imagine you wer
I Have Writer's Block!Don't panic. Don't bang your head against the wall. (All you get is a headache... trust me on that.) Writer's block requires a thoughtful, logical approach, so hating yourself will go nowhere.The first thing we tend to do when we have writer's block is to leave the book. We close the file or notebook and say we'll get to it later. Well, sometimes that works, but sometimes we still haven't touched it a week later. Or a month later. At that point things get a little worrisome. That's why I've compiled this list.1. Try taking a walk or bike ride. Sometimes you just need the time to yourself. I know you've probably heard this before, but that
Character QuestionnaireThis is a useful questionnaire I have all my major characters fill out. Please copy and paste it into a Word document or deviation. Then highlight the information after the colons and type over it.Name: Full name and nicknames Age: If your character is not a human, give it in animal/fairy/alien/whatever years and human years—for any species you invented, calculate a constant (e.g. 0.6667 alien years per human year)Height and weight: give numbers if possible (Google "girls/boys height weight chart" to help) or use relative values (e.g. he's short for a guy his age)Body type: frame (thin, stocky, etc.), weight, whateverEyes: color, s
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