http://www.karen-strong.com/2009/12/17/character-development/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.karen-strong.com/2009/12/17/character-development/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Karen Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:55:12 +0000 http://www.karen-strong.com/?p=950#comment-258 Yes, the Myers-Briggs helps me at least get an idea of the type of personality I may be molding into a character. Helps me keep them distinct at the base level. You should definitely try it! <br> But I don't think I'm going to do any more in-depth bios/sketches. It takes too much time. I would rather work on the story organically and see where the characters take me. Yes, the Myers-Briggs helps me at least get an idea of the type of personality I may be molding into a character. Helps me keep them distinct at the base level. You should definitely try it!

But I don’t think I’m going to do any more in-depth bios/sketches. It takes too much time. I would rather work on the story organically and see where the characters take me.

]]> http://www.karen-strong.com/2009/12/17/character-development/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Anna Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.karen-strong.com/?p=950#comment-257 I read Brian's post earlier and was thinking about the same thing: is it worthwhile to do character sketches, writing prompts, etc? I think listing things such as likes and dislikes isn't terribly valuable, though I do like exercises that help me get at a character's backstory. I don't do them often, but when I do they tend to help a lot. I agree, though, that characters tend to come to me through plot. I'm intrigued by the idea of using the Myers-Briggs test with character, though. I might have to give this a try at some point. I read Brian’s post earlier and was thinking about the same thing: is it worthwhile to do character sketches, writing prompts, etc? I think listing things such as likes and dislikes isn’t terribly valuable, though I do like exercises that help me get at a character’s backstory. I don’t do them often, but when I do they tend to help a lot. I agree, though, that characters tend to come to me through plot. I’m intrigued by the idea of using the Myers-Briggs test with character, though. I might have to give this a try at some point.

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