Talk:Character creation tutorial

Starting Points

I didn't want to ingrain these in the tutorial yet, so I figured I'd just give some starting points here, that people can use to work from. Feel free to go where you will with it, as we'll all have a chance to cull the best ideas and edit them into a great article. --Wolf 15:22, 30 Oct 2005 (CST)

• Tips
  • Start small. If you create too much backstory from the start, you'll box yourself in.
  • Avoid widow/orphan syndrome.
• Creation and Upkeep of a Character Page
• Process
  • Start with species
  • Pick a gender
    • Pros/cons of picking opposite gender than the writer
  • Get a name
  • Motivations
  • Childhood
  • etc...
• Forum threads
  • [1]
  • [2]
    • [3]
    • [4]
    • [5]
    • [6]
    • [7]
    • [8]
    • [9]
• Other resources
  • Fiction factor
  • Writers Write
  • About.com

Feel free to add to the list.

Orphan

Just stumbled upon this completely by accident. It's orphaned from the rest of the wiki. Could it be linked into the Character Hatchery somehow? - Lt. Salak^Talk 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

Probably more to the larger Characters Guild area. Just haven't felt like trying to integrate it :-\ The original purpose was to have something to link-to from the Cadets area of the main website. --Wolf /^{talk page} 23:48, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

Ah, okies. Might have to add it to my list :P - Lt. Salak^Talk 10:38, 15 July 2008 (EDT)