In this section of the workbook, I'm asking you to jot down notes about the preferences, influences, and biases that the culture you've created imposes on your characters. As with other sections of the workbook, I encourage you to think thoroughly about each of the choices you make and the answers you write down.
Refer back to the work you've done on earlier pages of when you're setting up the basic personality of your character. Don't just record an answer, also add why.
Do this with each of your major speaking characters, to help flesh out how their home culture influences every aspect of their personalities.
NAME
AGE & STAGE OF LIFE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS
APPEARANCE
GENDER
SEXUALITY
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THEIR PERSONALITY
RELATIONSHIPS
BIGGEST DESIRE / LIFE WISH
BIGGEST FEAR
MOST LOVED FOOD & DRINK
MOST HATED FOOD & DRINK
MOST EATEN FOOD & DRINK
MOST LOVED CLOTHES
MOST HATED CLOTHES
MOST WORN CLOTHES
MOST LOVED PLACE
MOST HATED PLACE: THE PLACE THEY SPENDTHE MOST TIME
RELIGION and / or FAITH & DEVOTEDNESS
MOST LOVED WAY OFCOMMUNICATING
MOST HATED WAY OFCOMMUNICATING
WHERE THEY GET MOSTOF THEIR INFORMATION & THE PROVIDER'S BIAS
OFTEN USED SAYING ORPHRASE
IF THEY WERE ACOLOUR, THEY WOULD BE
IF THEY WERE A SONG, THEY WOULD BE
RELATIONSHIP WITHAUTHORITY
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Worldbuilding Through Culture
Ficción GeneralWorldbuilding is more than just maps! Culture is the WHY we think, believe, and behave the way we do. Creating a believable secondary world, with consistent internal logic, idioms, taboos, and politics can be tricky. Luckily, I'm here to help you de...
