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Character Questionnaire

Active Ingredients Convenient location for consolidating facts (986 mg) Useful reminders (310 mg) Advice (127 mg) Uses This is a questionnaire meant for recording important information in a convenient place to facilitate consistency. Directions Copy and paste text into a Sta.sh Writer, .txt, or Microsoft Word document. Highlight information after the colons and type over it. When writing, record facts about your character here to keep track of them. Warnings The questionnaire is not a substitute for proper character development. Do not use if you have not written any scenes with this character. Stop and ask a doctor if you find yourself un

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Finding Motivation

This article focuses on novels, but its advice can be applied to any long-term project. Do you tell yourself that you're going to write and never do it? Do you keep talking about your book but leave it sitting at chapter 2 for five months straight? Is it difficult for you to sit down and actually write something? Most people don't write because there are so many easier ways to spend their time. Their favorite show is on at eight. Oh, look, their friend just posted a bunch of photos online. Then they feel like baking cookies. And suddenly, a day that was supposed to be productive has been spent on TV, the internet, and food. When I tell adu

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Finding Motivation by MissLunaRose, literature

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Finding Motivation

What Is a Mary Sue? by MissLunaRose, literature

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What Is a Mary Sue?

Hover over blue text for elaboration. Overview Mary Sues are a common phenomenon in stories: a character who gets special treatment. The definition of a Mary Sue is subjective, so it isn't always easy to tell whether a character is or isn't a Sue. A male Mary Sue might also be called a Gary Stu, Marty Stu, or Marty Sue. Male characters are less often accused of being Mary Sues than females are. Mary Sues are a natural part of learning to write, and while the writing community often lashes out at writers for creating them, their existence does not indicate a lack of writing ability. Mary Sues can be analyzed, improved, and outgrown over ti

Help! I have a Mary Sue! by MissLunaRose, literature

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Help! I have a Mary Sue!

You know that you have a Mary Sue when she upsets the monochromatic color scheme of my Writer's Guides. Mouse over blue text to see a note. Internet communities often lash out at writers who create Mary Sues. Declaring the writing to be below their standards, they proceed to punish the creators. They mock the characters, verbally abuse the writers, and write hyperbolically about how much they wish the characters would die. Bullying writers (who may be very young) is only going to make them afraid to write—and therefore improve—or share their work. Not only that, but it discourages other writers from speaking for fear of public

Creating a New World by MissLunaRose, literature

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Creating a New World

Please copy and paste this into a Word document or deviation. Then highlight the information after the colons and type over it. Setting Time/Era: Exact year or approximate time Name of Country: For fun, you could alter the name of an old country to amuse more educated readers. For example, I altered the Assyrian Empire's name for a conquering people to evoke images of brutality and Mesopotamia. Geography: Keep track of all the places you mention and their approximate locations. I find it handy to draw a rough map of the area. Landscape: Trees, soil, water, buildings... Imagine you were flying over the place in an airplane. What would you

Knock Yourself Out by MissLunaRose, literature

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Knock Yourself Out

How to Write a [Near]-Fainting Experience Brought to you by Super Editor in 2011, revised 2020 You'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

Your OC's Hair by MissLunaRose, literature

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Your OC's Hair

Brought to you by Super Editor You 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 the

Extrasuperfabulous by MissLunaRose, literature

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Extrasuperfabulous

(with a cherry on top!) Brought to you by Super Editor This resource is outdated and has some sections that are poorly written. Several of the ideas are bad. I am working on revamping this to make it appropriate for all audiences and situations. Here is a better guide. When 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 i

Nobody Loves My Character! by MissLunaRose, literature

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Nobody Loves My Character!

On making characters lovable, in your story and online Brought to you by Super Editor Disclaimer: 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

Planning the Evil Plot by MissLunaRose, literature

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Planning the Evil Plot

A half-guide, half-narrative on writing a story brought to you by Super Editor Basics Before 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 usually jot down some basic ideas: Characters: Sarah, the author: ~13 years old, average-looking, glasses, rather tall and gangly Ellemere, the Mary Sue: ~16 years old, long flowing hair, violet eyes, etc. Forrest (Ellemere's love interest) : ~18, stereotypical pretty boy who is too dark and broody to make a good love interest Leon

Beating the Block by MissLunaRose, literature

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Beating the Block

brought to you by Super Editor Please read this list slowly and carefully, considering not only the individual prompt but ways to bend it. 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 designed mainly 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 anyway, 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 forget

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