Tarot (A GREAT WAY TO PACTICE CHARACTER PRFILES0

barbilarry · May 28, 2009

hI all
A couple of weeks ago I had a first chapter critted. One of my greatest weaknesses was my characters were one dimensional. S-o-o I went to Uncle Jim's pages for writing help. As I was reading and studying there I came across plot generaters and through that I found a tarot reading for a plot line it was really cool.
Then I went to facade.com and used my character's profiles to generate readings. Then I used the reading to add more characteristics to my hero and herorine. I did this several times and it helped me round them out and make them much more interesting. I still used what I already had in their profiles, too. I guess it sort of worked like prompts. I used what was written and it gave me ideas for them. Just thought I would share.
Jane

Wayne K · May 28, 2009

I can't say it loud enough Uncle Jim Rocks!

Epiphany · May 28, 2009

That's really cool. Congratulations on making your characters round!

The Lonely One · May 28, 2009

I'm glad it worked for you.

I tried Tarot cards to write poetry (those themed ones). It is like a prompt, as you say. Fun to try on a different hat than my own, but the stuff I wrote never ended up really fitting my style so it ultimately didn't work for me.

But what works works. Keep shoveling out the words!

Tarot (A GREAT WAY TO PACTICE CHARACTER PRFILES0

barbilarry

I just wanna write

Wayne K

Epiphany

Don't kill the bar, Dude.

The Lonely One

Why is a raven like a writing desk?