I struggle to give credit to all the important work that is part of writing.
I think that work can be roughly sorted into three categories:
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Be Boring: Making fun characters, Quick Thoughts
Last week I said that your characters should be hungry.
This week I’ll add: be boring.
“Be boring” is for your character’s history, it’s for their personality, it’s for their hopes and dreams. Character creation doesn’t have to be a painstaking chore. You don’t have to create a beautiful new being, perfect and unique.
Be boring. Be average. Be a familiar trope. Use things you’ve seen elsewhere.
Be unoriginal.
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Fistful of Wits 