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Open
- (Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?)
- Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022
Good News Good News
- Hugo nominations are open for 2022
- Team Rejection count: 38
- New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character!
- Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story
- Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas
- Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is common with storytellers
- How hard is it to write a character who is completely manipulative/psychologically abusive/etc
- Next, Rory’s Story Cubes as a different story building tool
- Writer Emergency Pack idea cards by screenwriter John August
- Let’s Play A Game: group building a character’s backstory
February 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 13 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
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By Mur Lafferty
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Open
- (Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?)
- Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022
Good News Good News
- Hugo nominations are open for 2022
- Team Rejection count: 38
- New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character!
- Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story
- Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas
- Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is common with storytellers
- How hard is it to write a character who is completely manipulative/psychologically abusive/etc
- Next, Rory’s Story Cubes as a different story building tool
- Writer Emergency Pack idea cards by screenwriter John August
- Let’s Play A Game: group building a character’s backstory
February 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 13 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
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