March 02, 2020

Character Evolution Cast E19: How Plot Plot?

54 minutes

In a bonus Evolution Cast episode (because March has an extra Monday) we tackle how to plot out your characters story using goals and motivations.

Announcements

Descent into Midnight Kickstarter

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Princess World Kickstarter

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Pasión de las Pasiones Kickstarter

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The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends

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Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)

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Character Creation Cast on Stitcher

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Character Creation Cast on Facebook

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Announcements

04:58 - Introduction

08:36 - Desires and Motivations

12:06 - Decisions vs. Goals

15:46 - Motivations

20:10 - Motivations can change

22:04 - Make them credible

25:06 - Cause and effect

26:11 - Conscious vs. unconscious motivation

29:02 - Impulsive vs. careful

31:22 - Don’t make it easy

32:43 - Show, don’t tell

34:03 - Make it complex

36:53 - Obstacles

37:39 - How to do this

38:13 - In-character journaling

42:02 - Ask questions

43:19 - Thanks

43:50 - Closer

45:04 - Show Blurbs

45:52 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e19-how-plot-plot/transcript

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4181-our-story-begins

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clip 2: Touching Story by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/)

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March 02, 2020

Character Evolution Cast E19: How Plot Plot?

54 minutes

In a bonus Evolution Cast episode (because March has an extra Monday) we tackle how to plot out your characters story using goals and motivations.

Announcements

Descent into Midnight Kickstarter

https://dimrpg.io/ks

Princess World Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-world

Pasión de las Pasiones Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bleongambetta/pasion-de-las-pasiones

The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends

Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:

Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1

Character Creation Cast on Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Character Creation Cast on Stitcher

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr

Character Creation Cast on Facebook

https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast

Timestamps:

00:00 - Announcements

04:58 - Introduction

08:36 - Desires and Motivations

12:06 - Decisions vs. Goals

15:46 - Motivations

20:10 - Motivations can change

22:04 - Make them credible

25:06 - Cause and effect

26:11 - Conscious vs. unconscious motivation

29:02 - Impulsive vs. careful

31:22 - Don’t make it easy

32:43 - Show, don’t tell

34:03 - Make it complex

36:53 - Obstacles

37:39 - How to do this

38:13 - In-character journaling

42:02 - Ask questions

43:19 - Thanks

43:50 - Closer

45:04 - Show Blurbs

45:52 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e19-how-plot-plot/transcript

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4181-our-story-begins

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clip 2: Touching Story by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/)

Our Podcast:

Character Creation Cast:

Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)

Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/

Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/