Questions 86: Using Character Sheets
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “What sort of details do you recommend for your character sheets?”
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “What sort of details do you recommend for your character sheets?”
Subscribe Here! Rob asks: “Have you ever had problems getting characters to meet-up?”
Subscribe Here! Sgt. Mike asks: “I don’t know if I’m doing sub-plots correctly. Help!”
Subscribe Here! Krysteen asks: “I don’t have a villain in my story–is this okay? How does a person do this?” Books discussed and recommended: Earth Abides by George Stewart Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Caroll Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle …
Subscribe Here! Ben asks: “Why don’t I enjoy my favorite stories as much now that I’m learning to tell stories?”
Subscribe Here! Ben asks: “Why does my brain shut down anytime I learn a new bit of craft?”
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “How can you be sure you’ve put in the right elements to make your story the right genre?” JR asks: “How do you decide what genre your story is in?”
Subscribe Here! JR Asks: “What kind of pre-writing activities do you do to get into the headspace to write in your various universes?”
Caine asks: “What did you mean by ‘granularity’ in fiction?” And JR asks: and “How do you control the plot arc so that it works in short stories”
Subscribe Here! Ben asks: “You keep talk about making the reader care? That’s really annoying me! How do you make a reader care?”