Character 101--How to make really great characters for role-plays

[Dolphin Lover12]

Okay, here's my tip!

•Give your character a quirk. As in, something they always do when they're feeling a certain way, or lying, or something on that order. Examples;

She twisted her a strand of her bangs around her pinky finger--she always did this when nervous.

He tapped the side of his nose and grinned as he gave his words of advice to her.

Her cheeks grew red--she was lying, again.

[kirsten1995]

oh yeah!! i do that! i think it gives the character a little more almost personality and realism!

[xnewmsx]

A quirk? How very interesting, Dolphin. I've never done that, I don't think. Maybe I should....

Also, Larkrose, since most people [including myself] are too lazy to sift through this entire thread, if you see a great tip on here, maybe you should put it on the front page!

[dogs_rock]

Well for me, what I do is I thinks of the gender I want, then I'll think of the main colour. I'll doodle a wolf and fill in the colour and add some unique markings to them. Then I'll try and find a name that fits around the description. In the magical wolf RP's, I think of powers before names most of the time. Becuase once I know the power I can search up names that mean that power. For instance, say I had a wolf with a fire power. And it was a female, I could name her Serafina which I knows means something like fire.

[Nightowl]

Last night I wrote a whole bunch of questions for people to consider when describing their characters. (Physical and personalities.) Do you guys want me to post them?

[xnewmsx]

Hee hee dogs, you're doing my thing backwards! I find a description to fit the name.

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OOh, I'd like to see 'em Nighty.

[dogs_rock]

I would like to see them to.

Haha newms, I'll do the name first once in awhile.

[orangefairy555]

I like to make up names that I've never heard before and names that are really different! Here are a couple of my names that are really different, Ashinta and Sarasheblia those are some of my fav charries.

[kat95]

Great tips everyone!
I usually give my charries other features for their description.
-Like Peace has floating wings above her back, she can't fly. But she can move them.
-Or Truck has very short fur, and short but sharp claws.
Stuff like that. It also adds to their personality.
-Peace doesn't mind not being able to fly, but she wonders why sh has her tiny little wings for nothing.
-Truck likes to stay indoors because of his short fur, and would prefure heat over cold anyday. Truck also tends bites his nails, that's why they're so short.

I also like to keep one character, making up new names isn't the easiest part of a new charrie for me, so I take one of my older ones, and add more detailed descriptions on them. Like Truck. He's been re-vamped a bunch of times. And I will probably continue to add to him untill I'm content with his outcome.

[xnewmsx]

Oh, so that's why you keep using Truck alot. :3 It's an interesting name...

I tried using Whispersong again, but I had to change it. I couldn't have two Whispys.