Characterization Stories

A guide to using the Tarot as a tool in crafting characters, plots, and settings. Included are various spreads and interpretations I've come up with over the years, for use in my own projects. Any deck can be used, though I highly suggest the Rider-Waite deck for its timeless imagery. The Tarot is much more than a simple divination tool. It can be applied in many different ways by writers. My work is heavily inspired by this ancient system, and I'm pleased to share my insights with you. If you have any suggestions, or questions in general, feel free to comment! I can also do personal consultations as my time allows.

It's an arduous, difficult process. Especially so when writing a fully-fledged novel with several hundred pages worth of content that you have to sit down and somehow create something from nothing. Even though one of the laws of science is that you cannot create something from nothing, when it comes to artforms like writing, that is exactly what you're doing. But writing is an art form like no other. Because unlike painting or drawing, you have to use words to potentially describe something that no other living individual has ever laid their eyes upon, or even thought about imagining. It's a daunting task for anyone. So, about writing. This book originated from my visits to the "Improve Your Writing" sections of the community in Wattpad and I, being the introvert I am, had no idea how to enter the conversation like a normal person, so instead I decided to write an all-out piece of advice that I couldn't bring myself to send. As a result, I decided to publish this book to sort it all out instead of just deleting the messages I never sent forever. Feel free to leave behind any suggestions and questions you have that you'd like me to answer!

'The end. It was really the end.'

Coming up with five adjectives to describe your character barely scratches the surface. In order to make your character figuratively come alive, you'll need to know them better than they know themselves. The exercises in this book will make you think about your characters in ways you never have before.

This is a short story I wrote. It's a quick read and it is pretty interesting. It is indirect characterization and if I describe it any more, it'll spoil the story so click to find out I guess haha.

A little sci-fi/fantasy/adventure idea that has been bouncing around my head for a while. Still forming the overall arc in my head but It's all about powered people and human interactions with each other and with nature. I will try to update it when I can. For now it's in its rough beginnings.

This is a concept sketch, and a work in progress. I'd appreciate any criticism or feedback. If you like it let me know!

Karla and Stephanie Lockwood are sisters. Karla is six years while Stephanie is sixteen years. The Peaceful Abode of the Lockwood's is threatened when Karla meets a new 'Friend' after a game of Hide and Seek with her sister Stephanie in the House's Attic. The Untold Story of the Undead is yet another release by the author of Maya's Diary and this Novel promises to capture the bond of family in trying times and the Fate of the Supernatural World. Please do Enjoy Please also do not forget to Vote and Constructively Criticize with possible suggestions Thanks. #Cheeahmahkah#

A game of truth or dare goes wrong amongst friends when the victim of a devilish prank goes missing from school and is said to be dead. Everyone becomes a suspect for the murder including the girl as confusion arises to the possibility of suicide. The question still remains, who killed Mary and why? All her life, she never had the luxury of parental care. Brought up in an orphanage home until a good deed of hers earns her a family where she battles the wickedness of her aunt as opposed to the kindness of her uncle. His kindness and indebtedness made him register her in an all girls' school, Queen's college, the same one his daughter attends. When a fire explosion burns down half the entirety of a neighbouring all boys' school, the boys are obliged to move into Queen's college until theirs is fixed. Hell Mary is a Nigerian Themed Teen Fiction that aims at highlighting the following issues: Rape, Love, Hate, Domestic violence and many more. ❇ 1st in Characterization ❇ 1st in African books ❇ 2nd in Missing person ❇ 2nd in Wattpad Nigeria ❇ 3rd in Catholic ❇ Featured in Na who do am? (Mystery/Thriller) genre Wattpad Nigeria. ❇ 3rd place winner in the Spark Awards. Enjoy the suspense, unexpected plot twists, humour and violence.

Some things I find that are incomplete in the world of characters.

[OPEN] Welcome! Here, you will find an eleven week writing "course," designed to help you get those writing projects of yours done! Craft plot, flesh out compelling character arcs, and build consistency in your writing schedule to finally make the progress on your story you've been hoping to make, but nevertheless been pushing off. Brew a cup and find a seat, because we're about to get started. The original creator of this course is @annie1loves1you, who hosted "Write As Rain" in 2019. They're also responsible for this amazing cover!

I don't tell anyone else about it because no-one else can see it like I can: how the paint spreads away from my lilac finger-strokes like birds flitting from the nest, flying over the wall from one side to another and resting along the skirting board until it plops onto the carpet... it swoops, soars, swings... I don't know how to explain it to other people. They don't understand. All they see are streaks of paint. I wish they could see. Their life could be a lot more colourful that way. (A brief character study of mine, spanning multiple chapters.)

Teenage Jamison Fawkes, crippled and abandoned by his only friend, struggles to survive in the ugly slums of Junkertown.

Cleo is the frost queen, an odd ally for Oro, king of the Sunling lands. But perhaps their friendship makes a kind of sense. This scene takes place after Oro reveals Isla's secret and allies himself with Cleo. (VERY mild spoilers for the end of the book.) Oro just desperately needed some characterization and I wanted to build a bit on the thin scaffolding that Alex gave us. So I, as a character writer, took it on myself to write this little scene.

Just things that I rant and put out there. My own opinions. This is not meant to offend anyone. *Warning Swearing involved* These are entirely my opinions. Sorry if I anger anyone. But do not read any further if you do not like it. Again, these are just opinions. Thank you very much.

Long after Beelzebub's rampage, causing the multiverse to split into two, there came a new threat, that being Nightmare, but they too have been put down together with Dream... Many months after the multiverses recovered and thus expanded into their own individual multiverses, many have noticed a strange 'reaction' between the two multiverses... The birth of a new multiverse. Follow our characters as they witness this very event, and explore the third multiverse as it goes, but it is far from what they expected...