Character Dev 101: Personality and Morality

<p class="p1">Join Writing in the Tiny House’s Patreon! Go to <a href="http://patreon.com/writinginthetinyhouse"><span class= "s1">patreon.com/writinginthetinyhouse</span></a> today!</p> <p class="p1">The following is a transcript of this episode. The complete transcript can be found on the podcast’s website.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2">[00:00:00]</span> If your character were a puddle of water, could you splash around in that puddle and not even get your feet wet? If you think that your character is pretty shallow, then let's talk about this second installment of Character Development 101. Today on Writing in the Tiny House. Hello, hello, hello! And welcome back to the show.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2">[00:00:46]</span> Welcome to Writing in the Tiny House. I am your host Devin Davis, and I am the guy living in a tiny house who is here to show you that you can write that work of fiction regardless of how busy you claim to be. Last week, if you remember very well, last week we talked about the importance of names. We talked about the importance of if you're writing a work of fiction that takes place in current times, or if it takes place in other times, but in this world, it's important to do some research, to make sure that the name makes sense, to make sure that the name fits. I said points like if your character is 37 and make sure that you choose a name that came from the eighties, likely.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2">[00:01:38]</span> Also, I invited you to explore the possibilities of what your character's parents might be like. You may not have to do a big character profile thing for them, for this character's parents. But knowing who the characters parents are and knowing a little bit about how they might make decisions can lead you in the right direction toward finding a good name for your character.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2">[00:02:13]</span> If you're, if the character is parents are conservative, they would likely choose a common and popular name. If the parents are progre