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Star Wars: Writing Sith
The article delves into the character development of Darth Vader, the author’s experience writing Jedi and Sith, and the alignment of the characters. The author invites readers to explore the Sith characters’ adventures.
Writing with Music
This week’s Inspiration Monday explores the power of music in storytelling. The author discusses how music inspires and shapes different characters and their journeys, highlighting the crucial role of music in their writing process.
Character Development: Writing from Picture
The writer reflects on character development, inspired by Star Wars, roleplay, and face choices for characters like Curupira. Characters’ backgrounds and future developments are explored through unique biographies and play-bys.
Why the Story of Anakin Skywalker was Important
The author reflects on their earliest memory of Darth Vader and the impact of the prequel trilogy. They discuss Vader’s evolution from a menacing villain to a character with a complex backstory and humanity. The article highlights the importance of understanding a villain’s origin and its influence on the author’s writing, ending with a nod to George Lucas’s storytelling.
Villains in my Mind
The content discusses “Wednesday Creativity,” a segment where the author delves into the creative process. The post reveals three villain characters: Veronica Harlington and Corran Xothorn from the “Just One” book, and Naha’va from the author’s Star Wars roleplaying. The author describes their complex backgrounds, appearances, and personalities.
My Terminator Fan Fic
The author shares their creative process of imagining and developing characters and stories within the universe of existing movies and TV shows, frequently resulting in fan fiction. A notable example is “Reese Connor”, an imaginary twin sister of John Connor from the “Terminator” series. The author underscores how such creative exercises have helped improve their writing skills and character development.
Katrine Van-Derveld
Immerse into an incredible journey of character creation with Katrine, a quirky purple-haired girl born from the Star Wars Roleplay universe. Created from an amalgamation of inspirations, she grows from teenager to adult, experiencing in-depth character development. Through love, loss and curse, Katrine becomes a beloved character potentially destined for her own book series.
This is Kivana Eli
The blog post introduces Kivana Eli, a key character from Just One Series. Played by the writer’s dream cast, Kate Beckinsale, Kivana is a past life figure whose story intersects with other characters. She sports distinctive black iris as part of her Ryctorian heritage and shares a strong bond with her twin brother, Corran. Burdened by a tragic love story, and gifted with clone-like abilities, her narrative serves as a potential spoiler for the series. The post ends with a teaser about a new character, Katrine Van-Derveld, from a short story competition entry.
Character Development
This week’s Inspiration Thursday talks about developing fictional characters in roleplay, fan fiction and even my upcoming book Just One. There’s also a section about minor characters of Just One, giving a further sneak peak into my work.
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