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Character Development: Zodiac Traits – Pisces

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This is the second part of my new blog series on…

Character Development using Zodiac Traits.

It’s my favorite writing tool…to create living, breathing characters that jump off the page. After giving my characters a name and finding images of what my characters look like (not necessarily in that order all the time.) I give them a birthday.

Then I start searching for Zodiac Traits.

Pinterest is a great place to get information on Zodiac Traits. Check out my board…

Writing Tips: PISCES Character Development – Zodiac Traits

https://www.pinterest.com/MMAlexander15/writing-tips-pisces-character-development-zodiac-t/

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I start with negative and positive keywords for each Zodiac sign. 

These negative keywords are very helpful for character development. Especially for developing your antagonist or a character that’s not so nice. You can use several of these negative keywords, sprinkled with a few positive keywords to create a living, breathing antagonist. People are complex, no one is all bad or all good. Creating an antagonist that has some good qualities makes them scarier…in my opinion.  

Characters need layers, depth…that’s what makes them real.

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These positive keywords are very helpful in developing your protagonist, side kicks and mentors, sprinkled with a few negative keywords and you have a living, breathing character with flaws. Someone people can relate to.

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Then I dig deeper with this book  “The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.” 

I love this book!

It has information, on every single birthday.

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My character Violet Shoemaker

The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.

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My character Charlene Lawrence

The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.

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Hope this is helpful!

Aries is next

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Character Development: Zodiac Traits – Aquarius

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I’m starting a new blog series on character development using Zodiac Traits.

It’s my favorite writing tool…to create living, breathing characters that jump off the page. After giving my characters a name and finding images of what my characters look like (not necessarily in that order all the time.) I give them a birthday.

Then I start searching for Zodiac Traits.

Pinterest is a great place to get information on Zodiac Traits. Check out my board…

Writing Tips: AQUARIUS Character Development – Zodiac Traits

Aquarius negative keywords with text

I start with negative and positive keywords for each Zodiac sign. 

These negative keywords are very helpful for character development. Especially for developing your antagonist or a character that’s not so nice. You can use several of these negative keywords, sprinkled with a few positive keywords to create a living, breathing antagonist. People are complex, no one is all bad or all good. Creating an antagonist that has some good qualities makes them scarier…in my opinion.  

Characters need layers, depth…that’s what makes them real.

Aquarius positive keywords with text

These positive keywords are very helpful in developing your protagonist, side kicks and mentors, sprinkled with a few negative keywords and you have a living, breathing character with flaws. Someone people can relate to.

Zodiac Traits

Then I dig deeper with this book  “The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.” 

I love this book!

It has information, on every single birthday.

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Here’s a look inside

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My character Gwen Harris

 The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.

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My character Sarah Adams

The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers – The Complete Personology Reference Guide by Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan.

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Hope this is helpful!

Pisces is next

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Inspiration Board #6 – part seven

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For a split second, I thought I saw something in the window on the second floor. Suddenly a gust of wind blew my hair in my face, and I couldn’t see. I pulled my hair away from my eyes, and that’s when I saw it. I froze. I couldn’t move. I was afraid, but yet I was fascinated. I took a couple of steps closer, so I could get a better look. It looked like a girl standing in the window, but not a real one. It was a misty white cloud in the shape of a girl. I stared at the window, then suddenly the misty white girl looked real, and she was staring right at me. I gasped. I couldn’t look away, I don’t know why. I just kept staring at her, and she kept staring at me. Then she put her index finger to her mouth, like she didn’t want me to tell anyone. I shivered. The hair on the back of my neck was standing up, and I could feel goose bumps all over my body.

“This can’t be real. It can’t be!”

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Inspiration Board 6 – part one

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Images, make my story come to life!

They inspire me, they help me see my characters, where they go, what kind of trouble they get into, and sets the mood of the story. That’s why most of the images are dark and moody…with a little touch of color here and there. Just like my story!

Images are such a useful tool for me, especially since I’m an artist/designer/potter/photographer and writer. They help me design my story world. I can visualize my story in my mind, but seeing images related to my story takes it a step further!

That’s why I make these inspiration boards.

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Raven Hill!

Top 200 boys names from 1900 – 1909

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I’ve decided to post baby names, for character development. I want to have a list of names at my fingers tips. I don’t want to surf the internet every time I need a name for one of my characters. This way, I will have instant access to names anytime I want, and so will you. Especially once I pin it to one of my boards on http://www.pinterest.com

Here’s the top 200 most popular names for male babies born during 1900 – 1909, according to http://www.ssa.gov ~ The Official Social Security Website. The names are listed by popularity and was taken from 1,467,487 male births.

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 How cute are these vintage photos!

Hope this is helpful…It certainly will be helpful for me!

I’ll be posting names from the 1930’s next, so stop by and check!

Vintage Girl Names from 1900 – 1909

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I’m doing a blog series on character names.

 I’d like to have a list of names at my fingers tips, and not have to surf the internet every time I need a name for one of my characters. This way, I’ll have instant access to names anytime I want, and so will you. I’ve made the list of names Pinterest friendly, so you can save them to one of your Pinterest boards.

Here’s a list of the most popular names for female babies born during 1900 – 1909, according to http://www.ssa.gov ~ The Official Social Security Website.

The names were taken from 3,106,369 female births.

How cute are these vintage photos!

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Inspiration Board #5 part six

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Images, make my story come to life!

They inspire me, they help me see my characters, see where they live, where they go and sets the mood of the story. That’s why most of the images are dark and moody…with a little touch of color here and there.

Images are such a useful tool for me, especially since I’m an artist/designer/potter/photographer and writer. They help me design my story world. I can visualize my story in my mind, but seeing images related to my story takes it a step further!

That’s why I make these inspiration boards.

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