[ SECRET POST #2971 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2971 ⌋

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da

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, see, I can't understand that approach to character-building at all because I'm one of those people who just sits down with a pencil and starts sketching to see what comes out. I never start out with a character concept in mind; I just draw and then look at the results and build their personality from there. Trying to build a character from the ground up just feels so forced and artificial to me.

Re: da

[sarillia]

When you say you build their personality from there, it seems like you might have a similar process to mine, just that you come up with the initial seeds at the spur of the moment instead of consciously choosing some off a list like I do. Or maybe your process is still completely different, I don't know.

I find all the different ways people approach writing really fascinating.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

Well, see, I think the difference is that I start literally with a blank page. I don't have a story concept or a character concept in mind when I start drawing, I just draw, see what I get, figure out what the character's personality is based on what I drew, and then create the story around them. Which apparently is unusual? A lot of people I've talked to say that they come up with a story idea and then make their characters to fit into that.

I just can't do that. I've tried, and every time I do, the characters come out flat and forced somehow. I have to organically build the world around my characters rather than the other way around.

Re: da

[sarillia]

I sometimes do that. I actually got curious a while back about what my stories started with, so I tallied all of them up, and I was surprised that the ones that started with the beginnings of a plot weren't even more of a majority than they were. The totals came out Plot: 27, Character: 23, Setting: 17. Now I kind of want to add in WIPs to see how that affects things...

Sorry, went off on a tangent there.

But in all these cases, I actively go looking for ideas instead of letting them come to me. They do come to me on their own sometimes, but I absolutely love the process of coming up with ideas so much that it's pretty much a hobby in itself for me.