[ISBW] Let’s Build A Character!

<p><strong>Open</strong></p> <ul> <li>(Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?)</li> <li>Mur’s newest, <em>STATION ETERNITY</em>, will be out on October 4 2022</li> </ul> <p><strong>Good News Good News</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hugo nominations are open for 2022</li> <li>Team Rejection count: 38</li> <li>New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character!</strong></p> <ul> <li>Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story</li> <li>Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas</li> <li>Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is common with storytellers</li> <li>How hard is it to write a character who is completely manipulative/psychologically abusive/etc</li> <li>Next, Rory’s Story Cubes as a different story building tool</li> <li>Writer Emergency Pack idea cards by screenwriter John August</li> <li>Let’s Play A Game: group building a character’s backstory</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">February 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 13 | murverse.com</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License</span></p>