Comments on: Want More Conflict in Your Novel? Go DM & Balance the Party

By: Donna Herrera

Donna Herrera — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:07:04 +0000

I found a pretty good tool for learning about character differences. It provides examples of the different archetypes and explains them (with examples of characters from other stories). It provide details on the alternate character types as well. I’ve found it to be very useful in selecting the place where my characters will each fall in the line of suspects (so to speak). The tool is called Persona by Mariner Software. It costs about $40.00.

By: warjna

warjna — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 06:12:00 +0000

Oh, and I’m also forwarding this link to my gamer friends, too!

By: warjna

warjna — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 06:11:11 +0000

Found you from a link on Pinterest (evil thing that it is!). AWESOME article, Kristen! Interesting take, and I’m going to trundle off and see how to apply this to one of my problematic characters. And I’m going to link to your blog, to see what other good ideas you put out! (And I’m a gamer, too!)

By: Ron Seybold

Ron Seybold — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:09:40 +0000

Reblogged this on The Write Stuff and commented: This article is among the clearest I've read on how to ensure your characters live in a world of conflict. The examples (from stellar TV, and movies, of course) are superior. It has helped me better define the conflict between my antagonist and my protagonist.

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By: sharonholly

sharonholly — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:05:14 +0000

Reblogged this on sharonholly and commented:
Love this post.
Kinda wishing I had played D&D in high school. But it’s never to late to start, right?

My main character aligns with Neutral Good but this post has left me wondering how that might change over time as she’s so young. My villain is Neutral Evil, with a side of Lawful.
I’m going to spend some time thinking about where my other characters fit into this 🙂

By: louckslindsey

louckslindsey — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:30:48 +0000

Great post! I keep the D&D descriptions in the back of my mind as I create characters. It’s such a useful tool! I want to play D&D with you so bad! No one will play with me! 🙁

By: danielfbowman

danielfbowman — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:40:17 +0000

Reblogged this on Daniel F. Bowman and commented: Unique ideas on adding dimensions to characters--simple too.

By: shad0wrav3n2014

shad0wrav3n2014 — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:22:51 +0000

OMG! THIS is how I brain storm some of my BEST pieces! I play table top rpgs and i am typically the GM – game mistress, mostly BECAUSE i am the writer. I absolutely LOVE to F with the team and create as much conflict as possible without completely making it an episode of The Real world. I’ve often had the team where everyone gets along, everything is sun shine and rainbows and all we ever have to worry about is the bad guys….BORING!!!!

I wanna see the team almost wanna tear each other apart and in some cases actually DO IT. I agree with you, totally one THE BEST ways to really create a working conflict and/or believable plot for a fictional universe.

By: Laure Reminick

Laure Reminick — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:54:04 +0000

I now can clearly identify the agenda of one of my main characters. Believe he’s Chaotic Good. Thanks! I’ve noted and bookmarked for future use. I’ve also tried to reblog, but not sure if I’ve mastered that little detail yet