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Q&A Writing character cards?

The term "card" is fungible. Your card can be a 36x48 poster or seventeen pages in Scrivener or an entire notebook of thoughts. It could be a character quiz, a playlist, a drawing, a list of favori...

posted 13y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T11:59:58Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3223
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:43:54Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3223
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T01:43:54Z (over 4 years ago)
The term "card" is fungible. Your card can be a 36x48 poster or seventeen pages in Scrivener or an entire notebook of thoughts. It could be a character quiz, a playlist, a drawing, a list of favorite books, photos of actors, bullet points, quotes, or all of the above.

Whatever helps you as the author to get a handle on your character so you know how the character will behave in the situation you are creating is what you put on your card. And not all the things on the card have to go into the story, either.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-06-28T21:08:12Z (almost 13 years ago)
Original score: 2