Sarah Cahill | Character Creation Made Easier? | Everything I Need to Create Complex, Relatable Characters @SarahCahillWrites | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
In this video, I show you my ADHD friendly character creation toolbox, which includes everything I need to build realistic, multi-dimensional characters while still giving me room to be creative down the road.




TIMESTAMPS to avoid the British Ramble, (or more specifically, the parts where I sort of explain what each of these sections are and why they’re important.)

04:59 want, need, lie, ghost
07:15 traits
08:36 archetypes and fatal flaw
09:54 virtues and vices
17:06 the line they won’t cross and the chip on their shoulder
24:01 family and education
24:32 quirks, fears, talents, strengths
31:12 highs and lows
32:12 external and internal goals
34:20 the impossible choice
36:10 history, best and worst memory
37:00 who they were raised to be / who they have become



Aristotles virtues and vices: researchgate.net/figure/Aristotles-Ethics-Table-of-Virtues-and-Vices_tbl1_283472673

Character archetypes: dabblewriter.com/articles/character-archetypes

50 lessons from Arcane writers: youtu.be/dcjB2DU5MdU?si=4YP3dW7nUDBeOssY



Ending music: Why- Freckleland


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