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I'm starting a new fantasy story, and although I had a loose idea of plot, I began sculpting my characters before writing anything. Creating images of them in my head, developing their personaliti...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:47:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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weakdna says reinstate monica
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2019-12-08T12:47:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm starting a new fantasy story, and although I had a loose idea of plot, I began sculpting my characters before writing anything. Creating images of them in my head, developing their personalities, mapping out their interpersonal relationships, and, my personal favorite, searching for people on Google images who look exactly like the person in my head, are all essential parts of how I develop my characters. However, I'm having a bit of trouble getting started in the actual _writing_, and I'm wondering if that's because I chose to develop my characters before my storyline, and, as consequence, I am molding my plot to fit my characters, not vice versa. What I'm asking is, is crafting characters before plot a bad choice? Which one is _usually_ created first, and which one is most objectively better to start with?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-08-24T14:41:32Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 13