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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 1h

Aww this is such a great answer! Hell yes, more good people! ❤️

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🎃 Samhain Vimes 👻 @reaper-man.bsky.social · 2h

It's a trait that all my protagonists share: their humanity. Even though they're not all human. 😅

Beneath all the bluster and banter, they deeply care for each other, and for their city. They're good people. We need good people.

Also, I think they're quite funny. 😁

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

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What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 3h

#AwesomeCharacters
This is such a great question. What a perfect way to love on our characters!

Rushak has a few in my eyes, the most endearing being that he’s in so much pain yet works so hard (not always successfully) to balance this against that in his mind to treat everyone and everything 🧵1/?

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

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Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 3h

Virgil is a contradiction. He is prideful but also hates himself.

But that pride is not the flaw to be overcome, it's *why* he's the hero.

If you truly are the best, you have a responsibility.

If bad things happen it's *his* fault because he should have stopped it.

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Pamela Cochran @pamelaelaela.bsky.social · 8h

#PlotTober 8

The story is going to start off with Annie finding out that Miles cheated on Nadia (her bestie), so the goal of destroying him is entirely new. Plus, Annie might have a few personal reasons why this goal will be more difficult for her to achieve than she wants to believe.

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 8: Conflicts for the MC

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

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#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

8. What are some potential reasons the main character(s) haven't, couldn't, and/or can't pursue these goals yet? Consider other characters, backstory events, circumstances, environmental factors, etc.

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

This was a great prompt today, Charlie 😊

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

No, ramble away! I'm trying to (eventually) do something similar with my Snow Queen adaptation, where the whole central story is about a girl trying to save the boy who is her best friend, & it's all about their love for each other, but it's not romantic. Friendship love can be super powerful!

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 8h

#AwesomeCharacters #SayaAshrah For Ashrah, I'd say her most "endearing" trait is her childish curiosity and fascination with certain things. We don't get to see this a lot in EF, but it's there, and those moments make me smile.

Her most "compelling" trait, though, I think is her unyielding (1/3)

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

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Tara S Ghoul @tarasgeir.bsky.social · 7h

Whilst he’s rare to like people, Cailo is utterly loyal to his friends and secretly admires how positive I’anthal is. Alitzah is the ‘you can swim’ (chucks person into deep end) mentality that can get the best out of others and Oula has a practical solution for everything.
Grio can make a sack sexy.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Alyssa Lauseng 🐉🩸🔪 @5feetofredfury.bsky.social · 7h

As much as I love it when Daisuke and Obito are being clever or devious or outright bullies (😅), I think it's their banter with each other and their opposites attract vibes (even though they're very alike lol)

Separately, it's Daisuke’s street tough attitude and Obito's no-nonsense-perma-exhaustion

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 7h

Lex has a big heart. She's genuinely compassionate and good. Despite her flaws, she has well-meaning intentions.

Daemrin lives every day like it's his last. He feels everything cranked up to 11.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

I will openly admit that I'm a sadist with my characters 😂

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 6h

Once you get past Owen's lies, Kenzie's apathy, Wesley's passivity, and absolutely everything about Rowan Donovan, they all 4 have bright, shining moments of earnestness, sincerity and vulnerability that humiliate me, their author, which nourishes the sadistic voyeurism inherent to all readers.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

"I don't trust anyone but I will commit actual murder for the small number of people I care about" is a super endearing trait ❤️

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Samantha Boo-reaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 5h

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I like Wren because she's snarky, pessimistic, and is always looking for an angle but is also a big softy and has baggage and trust issues but will absolutely shank someone to protect like, 3 people she cares about. Is any of that endearing? I dunno.

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

Can I say, I love the fact that you made them platonic friends instead of love interests? We need more close M/F friendships that don't turn into romance in fiction!

(Not that I don't very much enjoy romance too, obviously, but y'know... variety!)

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

😂🤣😂 Precisely accurate!

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

Omg adorable, give her all the compliments and tell her she's perfect!

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 4h

🥹🥹🥹

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 5h

I love him because he's a bratty little doofus who thinks he's super cool, but also he actually *is* cool and genuinely a really good kid who wants to do right by others ❤️

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Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 5h

I love this question!

I’ve tried multiple angles to make Alexander endearing. I’m interested in what readers think… But IMO chief is his earnestness. Even in selfishness and wrath, he’s brilliantly genuine in a cynical age.

Though *I* like him for his vanity, arrogance, and stubbornness, lmao. 🤣

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 5h

AWWWW what a gorgeous little cutie pie! 😍😍😍

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 5h

There must be something in the air because my brain was mush today and the mush kept telling me that nobody likes me 🙃

Commiseration hugs 🫂🫂🫂 Really really hope your brain gets better soon!

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 15h

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From the time Baron Aleton stopped by just to make sure everyone was properly celebrating the birth of the newborn princess... and to tell Shallot that there would be an execution in the summer.

Shallot performed a short, perfunctory bow. It wasn’t strictly necessary for her to salute a low-ranked noble, but she didn’t want to make her situation any worse than it already was.
“Everything is fine here, Your Lordship. We’re all so happy about the birth of our new princess.” Shallot hoped her voice didn’t sound too sarcastic.
“Very good. Yes, may Her Brilliance live long and well. Mm, not like those scoundrels in the dungeon. Anyway, I came here to let you know we are planning an execution this summer. I’ll send messengers tomorrow to spread the news. Would you care to host the final meal for the condemned?”
“It would be an honor, Your Lordship.”
“Mm, perfect, that’s that squared away. And, ah, expect plenty of guests at your inn.” Lord Velderash scratched at his beard.
“I shall prepare accordingly.”

Shallot from the Good Thyme Inn books. She is a tall, buff nonhuman woman with purple fur and extraordinarily long arms. She is dressed in a white shirt, black pants, and with suspenders and bow tie. She is carrying her ledger book

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 5h

Aww!! Bird pic??? 😃

I don't have a pet bird, but my personality is definitely a lot closer to Kena's than Mireia's. I had to do a few rewrites because I was trying to write Mireia too much like me instead of letting her be her bold, outspoken self ❤️

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