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RE: Character Journals - Maril - 01-14-2015
I keep journals for all of my characters, but I do not share them on public sites. I can't really see why anyone would read them when they do not know my characters, and I am stupidly shy with my writing. That and the risk of metagaming.. Though I have considered keeping a copy in google docs of them so that I could link them to people outside of my FC if I was brave enough.Â
If I opt to go with that I'll send you a PM.
RE: Character Journals - Gegenji - 01-14-2015
I've thought of making a journal to keep a running tab on all of the stuff that happens in Chachan's life. Never really followed through on it.
I mean, I'd want to go whole hog on it if I did. I'd need, like, the Mr. Saturn font from Earthbound and a whole mess of little doodles to intersperse throughout the pieces before I felt it was fitting the character. Of course, I could always just describe the goofy little pictures and such like I do in my little pen-pal thing I'm doing...
... Wait, what's my excuse for not doing it again?
Seriously, I might start one, though it makes me wish I had started one right from the get-go. It seems awkward to suddenly start a journal in media res when he technically had a little book to write names in right at the beginning. And retconning some journal entries sounds difficult since I can't quite recall a lot of the details of previous events - including some rather serious character building ones like his two little temper tantrums.
RE: Character Journals - Parvacake - 01-14-2015
I just have my journal for Lili and one half-ass one for Xelra in my sig that are threads on the forums
RE: Character Journals - Elysia - 01-14-2015
My character's journal can be found on the forums (link in my signature), but I also host her entries on a tumblr account I've created for her.Â
I see first-person journals as a means of digging deeper into my characters' psyches and figuring out exactly how they tick. I enjoy seeing Avis develop gradually over time, and I use her journals to try to make her as real and human and flawed as possible.Â
That and the fact that journalling really rounds off the immersive MMO experience. I love the FFXIV world, and making Avis an avid diarist (though I'm severely backlogged by now) is my own way of appreciating it. (:
RE: Character Journals - Telluride - 01-14-2015
I will sadly admit that my own journal thread has lapsed for a while. I have this great transitional scene all mapped out in my head, with multiple layers of commentary, but every time I think, "I should update this thing", my brain becomes a cornucopia of All The Things I Can Do Besides Updating The Journal.
Of course, I think it may be because usually, I have a new song for every one, and thus the journal becomes my character's songbook for those "Hey Bard, sing us a song!" moments (thus making it useful), but this piece I had planned is about a developmental story instead. I do think that's the block.
RE: Character Journals - D'aito Kuji - 01-14-2015
My character, D'aito Kuji, has a kind of "adventurer's newsletter" that she publishes semi-regularly excerpts of which appear on her tumblr.
She makes observations, gives advice, and speculates about the news of the day and the wider world. Â She is especially keen to publish the lives of the Miqo'te she encounters with her "Miqo'te Appreciation Posts."
I am trying to post more frequently but I'm not in-game as much as I'd like so I don't always have anything to say. Â I also try not to reblog things OOC but that's very challenging.
You can find it at:Â
adventurer-daitokuji.tumblr.com
RE: Character Journals - Canuklehead - 01-14-2015
I've been keeping a journal for my character, when I can remember to do it. Â
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=9607
It's just silly fun
RE: Character Journals - Aya - 01-14-2015
(01-14-2015, 08:20 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: I do need to kick mine back up again, but I'm not able to remove older entries and the like.When you are exploring a character's inner thoughts, reflections, and her self when away from public eye, its tough to fit that into RP with other people
I dunno...journals are a weird thing. Â On the one hand, I like to write them, but on the other hand it just seems like these sorts of interactions would be more fun with people than written out in a solo story.
Inner life and outer life are not often the same.
RE: Character Journals - Velaena - 01-14-2015
I should start doing this for creative writing! I think it'll be posted on my tumblr, or I'll create an IC blog... hmmm...
RE: Character Journals - Aysun - 01-16-2015
Thank you all for sharing your links. I finally got through to them all so now I have a nice little list on my Links page to click through. ^^ (That said, if anyone doesn't want their link there, just poke me and I'll remove it. It's for my convenience more than anything since I fail at bookmarking. >>)
Like some have said, the real enjoyment many get from journaling IC seems to be just getting into their character's head. Another reason I like it personally is it helps me remember what has happened in RP. Especially when there is a lot going on! I try not to make the journals simply documenting things, of course, as that can feel boring to me, but its still very useful!
But why do we share them? Why not keep them to ourselves? Hmm. I guess I just like the idea that someone could be reading it. Even if they aren't!
Meta gaming is a risk with journaling (as can be a revealing wiki), however it's easy to simply say [wait, you can't know that, we've never talked about it], but I usually trust folks to know not to meta.
Looking forward to some reading :3
Anyone else, feel free to share more~