Post by Simile on Sept 8, 2011 21:30:33 GMT -8
This is where I start:
Step One:
Her blonde hair was tied up in a tight bun, the few loose pieces were annoying, however. Her perfectionist nature made little things like that an irritation that she could not put up with. Her slender fingers brushed one sandy strand back behind her ear as she narrowed her blue eyes at yet another imperfection in her life: that mottled discoloration on her fingers. Hmph. If she could do anything, she would get rid of all that mottling on her body of whatever lighter than that was.
Her hands slowly moved from before the deep blue eyes to smooth the dress around her rather sturdy frame. She was thin, but not in her own eyes. She was, of course, built stockier than other women... And with that factor, she could not be as beautiful as they were. It was a fact to her.
Namiina turned towards the door. What a day to go to a Hatching feast. When a dragon hadn't even thought you worthy. What had been the point of going with the search dragon, then? She could have done better as a beast crafter, she was sure. She had left her canine behind for this. She had left Innia, Amia, and her father and mother behind to tend to their craft alone. It was a lot of work for just two daughters and one man... And her mother. Her mother who had not wanted her to go. She was already so old for being a Candidate. She may not even have another chance! She was already nearly twenty-one turns!
((Scenes can be longer or shorter))
Step Two: Filling in any known information from your brief rp post. Use list form for the time being. Make as many inferences based on the general idea of your character as you can.
Name: Namiina
Pronunciation: Nah-me-nuh
Gender: Female
Age: Nearly 21 Turns
Turnday: 52.09.13
Weyr: Ice Stone Weyr
Rank: Candidate
Family:
Father -
Mother -
Sisters -
Innia
Amia
Friends: ?
Pets: None
Appearance:
- Blonde Hair
- Blue eyes
- Built with more muscle, not chubby by any means
- Wears hair up
-Typically wears working clothes
- Has skin condition which mottles different natural skin tones over each other (look up)
Personality:
((You'll want both negatives and positives, of course, but start with the core idea and work out))
- Worries often
- Definitely OCD
- Belittles herself
- Thinks the world looks down on her
-Afraid to make quick choices
- Self-conscious about her skin pigmentation
History:
- Born to beastcrafters
- Has two younger sisters
- Learned craft, had her own canine who she helped birth as part of a team for work
- Was searched from ? Hold (look at hold list and info)
- Mother didn't want her to go, said she was too old
- Father gave his blessing
- She chose to go after blessing of her father
Adoption?: No
Dragon Preferences:
-Something more fun/looser
-Growth dragon
Step Three:
Research is generally minimal unless you are like me and like to include genetic mutations and disorders in certain characters. In this case, I know and understand anxiety disorder and ocd already because... I have it! So.. No research required.
Skin pigmentation - minor research for this minor "mutation" of sorts and perhaps adding something about other instances in her family.
Holds - Just look at the ones where Farm Craft is minor or major and their location.
Alright so... Research results:
Her skin condition is Vitiligo
The most notable symptom of vitiligo is depigmentation of patches of skin that occurs on the extremities. Although patches are initially small, they often enlarge and change shape. When skin lesions occur, they are most prominent on the face, hands and wrists.
The brief description gives you an idea, but it is always good to read more, so bookmark the page just in case, especially for something that might be more... particular.
Hold: For this it may be necessary to use the following for the time being: Holds and Halls on RMW's second webbie Remember if you are looking for RMW or ISW holds. In this case, all we really know of ISW's Holds is Icy Caverns Hold, so....
Looking at this, we will assume that Icy Caverns Hold has a beast craft
So, with necessary changes in mind, we'll start popping them in...
Step Four:
This is where things start to actually come together. Here is also where you think about names for family if you have any unfilled in. Take your scene and write anther one or two if you need to with them in different situations or mood. Rp them! The more you do before you write the bio, more likely you'll play them the way you meant them to be!
Name: Namiina
Pronunciation: Nah-me-nuh
Gender: Female
Age: Nearly 21 Turns
Turnday: 52.09.13
Weyr: Ice Stone Weyr
Rank: Candidate
Family:
Father - Amoran
Mother - Nania
Sisters -
Innia
Amia
Friends: ?
Pets: Ziv - Black Canine left behind at the Hold
Appearance:
Namiina is an interesting person to look at. When down, her blonde hair cascades down around her shoulders. But good luck trying to catch her with it down, however. It is almost always worn in a tight bun at the back of her head, which... then has a tendency to come loose and cause her some significant stress, which is easily expressed in her blue eyes, which large, innocent, and slightly further apart than most. Her nose is rather small and petite.
She is built muscular, but not chubby. However, by her thinking, she might as well be overweight, unattractive, and downright ugly in her mind when, however, she is quite beautiful.
She has a skin condition known as Vitiligo, which is a lack of brown pigment in the skin, causing mottled or discolored patches on her skin, especially on her hands, arms, and feet and just a few on her hands. She is not the only one in her family who has suffered from it, though it is not overly common. This imperfection bothers her deeply and, at times, she can be seen to attempt to "scrub" the spots from her skin, which is more evident in an incessant rubbing of the skin.
Because of this particular issue, she tends to wear things with longer sleeves or that tend to cover up most of her skin, especially clothing that covers up the most noticeable spots. Unfortunately, her hands are not always amongst them unless she happens to wear gloves for whatever reason.
She tends to stand in a way that makes it appear that she is shrinking in on herself, her anxiety often getting the better of her. Her shoulders are often hunched, but, standing up straight adds almost a full two inches to her 5'3" height. She is almost guaranteed, at this point to have a bad back as she ages.
Her face is expressive, though her feelings and emotions are often missed as she makes herself good at being invisible. It is better than the comments she has a tendency to get. No. She was not sick. She is just different.
Personality:
((At this point, you probably have some other ideas to add to personality, so make sure to add them to your list and your descrip!))
- Worries often
- Definitely OCD
- Belittles herself
- Thinks the world looks down on her
-Afraid to make quick choices
- Self-conscious about her skin pigmentation
History:
- Born to beastcrafters
- Has two younger sisters
- Learned craft, had her own canine who she helped birth as part of a team for work
- Was searched from ? Hold (look at hold list and info)
- Mother didn't want her to go, said she was too old
- Father gave his blessing
- She chose to go after blessing of her father
Adoption?: No
Dragon Preferences:
-Something more fun/looser
-Growth dragon
Step Five:
For Step Five, you review what you've gone through, re-reading your scenes then reading your bio and seeing if maybe you need to change anything. Check for typos or inconsistencies. Decide if you like the character better with those changes or without and then, finalize it! Make sure to flesh things out and make it as detailed as you feel you need it to be for your own good and for others to understand your char!
((When I have skipped step five, I have had MEGA edits and problems! X3))
Step One:
The Scene
Her blonde hair was tied up in a tight bun, the few loose pieces were annoying, however. Her perfectionist nature made little things like that an irritation that she could not put up with. Her slender fingers brushed one sandy strand back behind her ear as she narrowed her blue eyes at yet another imperfection in her life: that mottled discoloration on her fingers. Hmph. If she could do anything, she would get rid of all that mottling on her body of whatever lighter than that was.
Her hands slowly moved from before the deep blue eyes to smooth the dress around her rather sturdy frame. She was thin, but not in her own eyes. She was, of course, built stockier than other women... And with that factor, she could not be as beautiful as they were. It was a fact to her.
Namiina turned towards the door. What a day to go to a Hatching feast. When a dragon hadn't even thought you worthy. What had been the point of going with the search dragon, then? She could have done better as a beast crafter, she was sure. She had left her canine behind for this. She had left Innia, Amia, and her father and mother behind to tend to their craft alone. It was a lot of work for just two daughters and one man... And her mother. Her mother who had not wanted her to go. She was already so old for being a Candidate. She may not even have another chance! She was already nearly twenty-one turns!
((Scenes can be longer or shorter))
Step Two: Filling in any known information from your brief rp post. Use list form for the time being. Make as many inferences based on the general idea of your character as you can.
Name: Namiina
Pronunciation: Nah-me-nuh
Gender: Female
Age: Nearly 21 Turns
Turnday: 52.09.13
Weyr: Ice Stone Weyr
Rank: Candidate
Family:
Father -
Mother -
Sisters -
Innia
Amia
Friends: ?
Pets: None
Appearance:
- Blonde Hair
- Blue eyes
- Built with more muscle, not chubby by any means
- Wears hair up
-Typically wears working clothes
- Has skin condition which mottles different natural skin tones over each other (look up)
Personality:
((You'll want both negatives and positives, of course, but start with the core idea and work out))
- Worries often
- Definitely OCD
- Belittles herself
- Thinks the world looks down on her
-Afraid to make quick choices
- Self-conscious about her skin pigmentation
History:
- Born to beastcrafters
- Has two younger sisters
- Learned craft, had her own canine who she helped birth as part of a team for work
- Was searched from ? Hold (look at hold list and info)
- Mother didn't want her to go, said she was too old
- Father gave his blessing
- She chose to go after blessing of her father
Adoption?: No
Dragon Preferences:
-Something more fun/looser
-Growth dragon
Step Three:
Research:
Research is generally minimal unless you are like me and like to include genetic mutations and disorders in certain characters. In this case, I know and understand anxiety disorder and ocd already because... I have it! So.. No research required.
Skin pigmentation - minor research for this minor "mutation" of sorts and perhaps adding something about other instances in her family.
Holds - Just look at the ones where Farm Craft is minor or major and their location.
Alright so... Research results:
Her skin condition is Vitiligo
The most notable symptom of vitiligo is depigmentation of patches of skin that occurs on the extremities. Although patches are initially small, they often enlarge and change shape. When skin lesions occur, they are most prominent on the face, hands and wrists.
The brief description gives you an idea, but it is always good to read more, so bookmark the page just in case, especially for something that might be more... particular.
Hold: For this it may be necessary to use the following for the time being: Holds and Halls on RMW's second webbie Remember if you are looking for RMW or ISW holds. In this case, all we really know of ISW's Holds is Icy Caverns Hold, so....
Looking at this, we will assume that Icy Caverns Hold has a beast craft
So, with necessary changes in mind, we'll start popping them in...
Step Four:
This is where things start to actually come together. Here is also where you think about names for family if you have any unfilled in. Take your scene and write anther one or two if you need to with them in different situations or mood. Rp them! The more you do before you write the bio, more likely you'll play them the way you meant them to be!
Name: Namiina
Pronunciation: Nah-me-nuh
Gender: Female
Age: Nearly 21 Turns
Turnday: 52.09.13
Weyr: Ice Stone Weyr
Rank: Candidate
Family:
Father - Amoran
Mother - Nania
Sisters -
Innia
Amia
Friends: ?
Pets: Ziv - Black Canine left behind at the Hold
Appearance:
Namiina is an interesting person to look at. When down, her blonde hair cascades down around her shoulders. But good luck trying to catch her with it down, however. It is almost always worn in a tight bun at the back of her head, which... then has a tendency to come loose and cause her some significant stress, which is easily expressed in her blue eyes, which large, innocent, and slightly further apart than most. Her nose is rather small and petite.
She is built muscular, but not chubby. However, by her thinking, she might as well be overweight, unattractive, and downright ugly in her mind when, however, she is quite beautiful.
She has a skin condition known as Vitiligo, which is a lack of brown pigment in the skin, causing mottled or discolored patches on her skin, especially on her hands, arms, and feet and just a few on her hands. She is not the only one in her family who has suffered from it, though it is not overly common. This imperfection bothers her deeply and, at times, she can be seen to attempt to "scrub" the spots from her skin, which is more evident in an incessant rubbing of the skin.
Because of this particular issue, she tends to wear things with longer sleeves or that tend to cover up most of her skin, especially clothing that covers up the most noticeable spots. Unfortunately, her hands are not always amongst them unless she happens to wear gloves for whatever reason.
She tends to stand in a way that makes it appear that she is shrinking in on herself, her anxiety often getting the better of her. Her shoulders are often hunched, but, standing up straight adds almost a full two inches to her 5'3" height. She is almost guaranteed, at this point to have a bad back as she ages.
Her face is expressive, though her feelings and emotions are often missed as she makes herself good at being invisible. It is better than the comments she has a tendency to get. No. She was not sick. She is just different.
Personality:
((At this point, you probably have some other ideas to add to personality, so make sure to add them to your list and your descrip!))
- Worries often
- Definitely OCD
- Belittles herself
- Thinks the world looks down on her
-Afraid to make quick choices
- Self-conscious about her skin pigmentation
History:
- Born to beastcrafters
- Has two younger sisters
- Learned craft, had her own canine who she helped birth as part of a team for work
- Was searched from ? Hold (look at hold list and info)
- Mother didn't want her to go, said she was too old
- Father gave his blessing
- She chose to go after blessing of her father
Adoption?: No
Dragon Preferences:
-Something more fun/looser
-Growth dragon
Step Five:
Review:
For Step Five, you review what you've gone through, re-reading your scenes then reading your bio and seeing if maybe you need to change anything. Check for typos or inconsistencies. Decide if you like the character better with those changes or without and then, finalize it! Make sure to flesh things out and make it as detailed as you feel you need it to be for your own good and for others to understand your char!
((When I have skipped step five, I have had MEGA edits and problems! X3))