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Ah, I assume it helps you solidify the vibes you want? Or is it to find the meanings behind certain names and match them with the characters?
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Mostly find fitting names for the chars that also have a good ring to them. I know I mentioned I look around in mythology, folklore and stuff, but that can be pretty hit or miss and very time consuming. This really speeds up the process. And this is also a neat bonus, many times I did find a name with a meaning that fit the character, but didn't like how it sounded or vice-versa, found a nice sounding name but the meaning didn't fit the character at all.
Does help the Behind the name page allows you to search real names by themes, location, types and many other categories, which is what I am using the most.
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Peppersalt43
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Found another funny one guys we found Kenjaku's last name
surnames.behindthename.com
Meaning, origin and history of the surname Yap
The meaning, origin and history of the surname Yap
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I redid everything in Raiders story
If you can reread it and tell me how it is, that would be appreciated
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RE-NZUci6FkiwLp-XutQNdBqbg9xizDDz3UrL77TvZ4/edit?usp=sharing
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Alright so...
Nice to see that he's kinda younger, this time it's his daughter that's dead. Also I do like that his relationship with his friends were developed better (And that he had a child with one of them which explains how he even had a child).
The character development makes a lot more sense this time, realizing that his strength wasn't of any use against this one enemy as well as a change in what his goals when he lost what he had are pretty good. An issue I realized though is that I wasn't sure if Mira was dead or not, she gets brought up a lot and becomes one of Raider's motivations but in the scene where he comes back, it seems to specify that both his mother and daughter are dead.
Lastly regarding potential, it seems like it's gonna be a lot harder for all of this development to be revealed on account of the group splitting at the end. I assume they're gonna reunite eventually? Since all these flashbacks seem difficult to tell from a third party
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Lol, it was a matter of time finding this one. These never stop being useful.Found another funny oneguys we found Kenjaku's last name
Meaning, origin and history of the surname Yap
The meaning, origin and history of the surname Yap
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I'm split on this decision. Should I use powerscaling to maintain consistency of my future stories? Or should I ignore it regardless of power level consistency because I care more about writing a good story than making a bunch of godmodes?
I'll list a timestamp segment just to show why I'm split here:
3m31s-5m42s here:
I'll list a timestamp segment just to show why I'm split here:
3m31s-5m42s here:
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Okay-- as someone who doesn't care for powerscaling in stories colliding: here's the scoop
Select a tier for your cast, preferably not something over tier 8 unless that's where you want your story to go, and keep it in mind as you write, rinse and repeat for Speed and LS, beyond that, powerscaling shouldn't matter.
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That or make it extremely simplistic. I have a story where most of the cast are split between Low-Tiers (Mostly civilians and people with low durability), Mid-Tiers (Most of the cast is here), High-Tiers (People who are considered to be strong in-verse), and God-Tiers (There are only like, 3 people here. Reserved for the finale)
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Thank you everyone for the feedback. I'm also trying to set guidelines for myself in using power scaling so I and potentially future people will be incentivized to create good stories than godmodes. This is for the purposes of quality control. So, how do the rules look and should there be any areas of improvement?
- Only use power scaling to maintain consistency, not to make a mary sue/gary stu, strongest character ever, etc like you’re trying to create the biggest number.
- If a powerful or godlike character is within the story and plays a major role in the plot, it has to be written well to where they’re not a mary sue/gary stu or exist for the purposes of worldbuilding.
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Powerscaling matters, but only because Internal Consistency matters, not because the joules required to break fictional concrete are meaningful.
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How do I motivate myself to begin writing again? It's been quite awhile since i've written and I don't know how to get back into the flow.
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Maybe listening to music or taking notes of cool scenes you really like? Or just writte down your good ideas you might want to use? I mean, not try to tackle the full road immediately, try to entice yourself with little steps
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Huh never really thought of that, thanks
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For me, a late senior. Even a couple of years before, I still had some tools to plan an outline, like notebooks and google products like google docs.
As a poor man strat, I used google docs to make profile outlines, profiles and scripts.
This is a verse outline I use for my profiles:
Verse Profile Page Format
Explanation
(Top)(Most of these sections are self explanatory unless stated otherwise or elaborated on. Every section should have correct grammar & complete sentences, with the latter minimum quantity being 1 complete sentence. Every section with an indent is optional unless necessary. Every section with bold should be filled out)
(Title)
(Picture; optional unless if the profile will be public)
“(quote (optional))”
Summary:
Rating: The intended rating of the canon in question. Note that while books and text media may be less direct in their content rating, this system can use the same rating system for Visual media to make things more simple, ore to specify an intended age range. Put “equivalent” after a visual media-based rating for doing any primarily-text media.
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History: (History of the verse be written here if it can be shortened as much as possible without sacrificing major details. Although a timeline of events can be listed in the timeline section below the history section)
Timeline
- (Format: ([Event Name] ([Event Date]): [Event Description]))
Inspiration: (Inspiration for the continuity in question)
Main Premise: (Should be summarized in one sentence only)
Major Characters: (Characters most important to the story’s plot)
Major Plotline(s): (Plot most important to the story’s plot)
Character Development: (How your major characters develop throughout the plotlines)
Power Limitations: (The power limits that should be imposed onto the entities in the story, otherwise there’s bad or no plot/character development)
Prose: (How the sentences & words are picked & chosen to be written)
Rules & Laws: (The universal rules/laws &/or entity-imposed restrictions on the continuity)
Setting:
Culture(s): (The different types of cultures & peoples that live in the continuity)
Environment(s): (The types environments that exist across the canon)
Terminology: (The (major) continuity-exclusive terms frequently used to express it’s canon-exclusive major concepts/entities)
Theme(s): (The major theme(s) of the continuity)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
References:
- [1] (link)
- [2] (link)
- etc.
Copy vvv
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Summary:
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History:
Inspiration:
Main Premise:
Major Characters:
Major Plotline(s):
Power Limitations:
Prose:
Rules & Laws:
Setting:
Theme(s):
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References:
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Copy ^^^
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Summary:
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History:
Inspiration:
Main Premise:
Major Characters:
Major Plotline(s):
Power Limitations:
Prose:
Rules & Laws:
Setting:
Theme(s):
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References:
- [1] (link)
- [2] (link)
- etc.
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Copy ^^^
Sources & Ideas:
- https://www.masterclass.com/articles/the-essential-elements-of-a-good-story
- https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-an-engaging-fictional-world
How I do scripts is I outline short summaries of chapters/large segments, and break each of them down into smaller events. And with the smaller ones, I type a script for each.
Visual:
- (Ch summary)
- Ch event 1
- event 2
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You're welcome!
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Depends on your story!
Opening with ah action scene or the end of one can reveal certain facts about either main characters, heavy hitters in future, or both. Basically, you can use it to build suspense later when certain characters match the descriptions of the people in your opening story.
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It can also serve as a good initial hook for the reader. Kinda... offer them something exciting to look forward to, but also set up certain elements that will be explored later, like who is the person fighting, the powers used and how they are related to the lore, a future conflict, the enemies, etc.
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