Yan Xishan Thought

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\f0\b\fs22 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone CHARACTER INTERIOR CHARACTER SHEET \f1\b0 \cf2   \ Name of Character and Role ________________________\ They (he, she, etc.) were the type of person who would \'85\ 1)\ \ 2)\ \ 3)\ \

\f0\b \cf2 BACKSTORY \f1\b0 \cf2 \'96 how much is too much? Make as much backstory as you need to understand the character. \

\f0\b \cf2 How to weave it in. \f1\b0 \cf2 Your understanding of the backstory will influence the choices your character makes even if you don\'92t explain why they are making those decisions, however, only actually tell the reader what then NEED to know \'96 things that push the plot forward OR reveals something new about the character. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

\f0\b \cf2 Character Arc Internal\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0

\f1\b0 \cf2 Flaws \ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \ls1\ilvl0 \f2 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	\uc0\u8226 	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Good flaws (usually good things that become flaws depending on the situation like being helpful, determined, or thoughtful)\ \pard\pardeftab720\li720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \cf2 \ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \ls2\ilvl0 \f2 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	\uc0\u8226 	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Bad flaws (usually bad things that can become good things at crunch time like being headstrong, impatient, or impetuous)\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \cf2 \ The Painful Shard \ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \ls3\ilvl0 \f2 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	\uc0\u8226 	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Thinking of your character\'92s backstory, what painful shard still cuts and informs their internal conflict and consequentially, their internal character growth.\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \cf2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0

\f0\b \cf2 USE THIS TO CREATE THE INTERNAL GMC (Goal, Motive, Conflict) \f1\b0 \cf2 \'96 The internal GMC pushes character growth forward which informs the choices your character makes regarding their external GMC and thus pushing the plot forward \'96 the outcome then impacts their internal GMC and the cycle repeats.\ Goal (Internally what your character needs \'96 be specific, \f3\i \cf2 example: a family to belong to \f1\i0 \cf2 )\ \ \ Motive (Internally, why your character needs this \'96 \f3\i \cf2 example: because they are afraid of ending up alone \f1\i0 \cf2 )\ \ \ Conflict (what is stopping them from getting it \'96 \f3\i \cf2 example: they are still holding out for the family they lost because the don\'92t want to let go of the past. \f1\i0 \cf2 )\ \ \ \ NOW\'85 \f0\b \cf2 what do they really want? \f1\b0 \cf2 You, the writer, need to decide if what your character thinks they want is the same thing as what they really want (need) in their life and at what point they realize that.\ \ \ \ \ \

\f0\b \cf2 EXTERNAL GMC \f1\b0 \cf2 \'96 the external goal, motive, conflict are the things that push the plot forward in a physical way. This is the doing plot. It is influenced by the internal GMC.\ Goal (what the character wants \'96 can be more than one thing \'96 \f3\i \cf2 example: Character wants to get the scroll to the temple \f1\i0 \cf2 ):\ \ \ \ \ \ Motive (why they want what they want, \f3\i \cf2 example: Because there is an evil threatening the world and the monk is the only one who can save it but to do that, they need the scroll \f1\i0 \cf2 ):\ \ \ \ \ Conflict (who or what is stopping them, \f3\i \cf2 example: a force of evil is throwing everything they can at your character \f1\i0 \cf2 ):\ \ \ \ \ \ \ NOW \'96 Is there a change in goal during the story? Maybe they fail but it turns out what they thought was the goal, wasn\'92t the goal. \f3\i \cf2 Example: \f1\i0 \cf2 \f3\i \cf2 Maybe the monk they were charged with protecting dies and the main character must find another way to defeat the antagonist by getting help from the friends they made along their journey. \ \ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0

\f1\i0 \cf2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Remember \'96 these two plotlines (Internal and External) influence and work with each other. Don\'92t think of them as separate. For example, maybe your character has issues working with others. Doesn\'92t want to end up in a new family group because that would stop them from finding the family they lost, but with all the challenges along the way and the monk dead, they\'92re going to have to admit that they need to let people in, be a new kind of family and have each other\'92s backs. Let the past go and move to the future to defeat the ultimate villain.\ \ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0

\f0\b \cf2 CHARACTER FLAWS, GOALS, MOTIVES, AND SHARDS DRIVE THE PLOT not the other way around. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Interview your character \ \pard\pardeftab720\partightenfactor0

\f1\b0 \cf2 Were you named after anyone?\'a0\uc0\u8232 \u8232 Who in your family does your handwriting most resemble?\'a0 \u8232 \u8232 What is your favourite meal and why?\'a0 \u8232 \u8232 If you were another person, would you be friends with you? \u8232 \u8232 Do you think sarcasm is a good communication device and why?\'a0 \u8232 \u8232 Are you the kind of person who bungee jumps or stays firmly on the ground and why?\'a0\ \uc0\u8232 What is your favourite holiday?\'a0 \u8232 \u8232 What types of clothing do you find most comforting and why?\'a0\u8232 \u8232 What is the first thing you notice about people?\'a0\ \uc0\u8232 What kind of people are you attracted to?\ \ Are there any groups of people you distrust (ex races, classes, gangs, etc)?\'a0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 What is your least favourite thing about yourself?\'a0\ \uc0\u8232 What is your most favourite thing about yourself?\'a0 \u8232 \u8232 Who do you miss the most?\'a0 \ \ What do your dream about the most?\ \uc0\u8232 Who do you tell everything to?\ \ Who would make you cross the street and try not to be seen?\ \ Who or what makes your blood boil and why?\ \uc0\u8232 How do you react when you lose?\'a0\ \uc0\u8232 What is your current mood?\ \uc0\u8232 If you could have one wish, what would it be?\ \uc0\u8232 Who are you jealous of and why?\'a0 \ \ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0 \cf2 Proudest moment of this past year?\'a0\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl259\slmult1\sa160\partightenfactor0

\f0\b \cf2 More Questions\ \pard\tx357\tx714\pardeftab720\li714\fi-714\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \ls4\ilvl0 \f4\b0 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What are the stakes? What have they lost and what do they stand to lose?\ \ls4\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What will happen if they lose? What are the consequences?\ \ls4\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Are they a willing participant in this?\ \ls4\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What or who has pushed them into this situation?\ \ls4\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone How do the odds affect your character\'92s attitude?\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 Lines:\ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \ls5\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What lines won\'92t your character cross?\ \ls5\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What is stopping them?\ \ls5\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What would temp them to cross this line?\ \ls5\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Does the antagonist cross these same lines?\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 Training:\ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What are your character\'92s skills?\ \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone How was your character trained?\ \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Was it willingly or unwillingly?\ \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Do they have a mentor?\ \pard\tx357\tx714\pardeftab720\li714\fi-714\partightenfactor0 \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone How trained are their opponents? (What is the opponents advantage? If not skill, numbers, technology, etc.).\ \ls6\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What is your character\'92s attitude towards their antagonist \'96 this will influence the scene and maybe work against your character.\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 \ Means of Fighting:\ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \ls7\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Is your character more of a distance fighter, a close-range fighter, or an intellectual fighter?\ \ls7\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What is their weakness in this area?\ \ls7\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What are the opponent\'92s skills? \ \ls7\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Are they matched or mismatched with their antagonist?\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 \ Heroic Sacrifice:\ \pard\pardeftab720\li720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 If they had to sacrifice something to save the day\ \pard\tx360\tx720\pardeftab720\li720\fi-720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \ls8\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone What or who would they be saving\ \ls8\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Would they be sacrificing their life, their ideals (that line they won\'92t cross), or an object or power of importance. \ \ls8\ilvl0 \f4 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone {\listtext	-	} \f1 \cf2 \up0 \nosupersub \ulnone Does it end up being worth it?\ \pard\pardeftab720\sl360\slmult1\partightenfactor0 \cf2 Describe your character from another\'92s point of view. Utilize senses (their smell, how they felt, what they looked like beyond the external character description, ect.)\ \ WHEN I THOUGHT OF (character name), THE REMINDED ME OF\'85 }