(03-10-2016, 01:36 AM)Yunas13 Wrote: Hello everyone. I'm posting this in hopes that I could get a few pointers in creating a character for a fanfiction about FFXIV. The server I'm on isn't RP based and many of my character creations are mainly for writing and not RP.Â
I used to RP a lot on World of Warcraft as a human then gnome by the name of Plua Swiftwind. She was a Mage that had a secret past that only those closest to her knew of. I loved the character and had many RP moments and fiction ideas for years that is until I had my heart broken and I haven't used said character in 5 years as it has too many painful memories attached. Since the. I've not written much of anything, except ideas that come and go before I can elaborate on them. Lately, as you all have read in the posts I've made, I've been struggling to find a new character that I had such a close personal connection with like I did with Plua. I have my main Tsubasa Lightheart back (was lalafell and is now an Au Ra). I've been pulling from the saying "write what you know" for inspiration. I've been pulling inspiration from the anime Sailor moon/horses and a little from my old character's background. For those who write, how do you come up with a character and backstory for writing? I would love to RP but I'm scared to move a character over as the last time I was on Balmung queues to log on to the server were long. Has that changed?
Thank you all for reading this and for any advice you may give.
Greetings from a random Balmunger!
I'll start with the easy to answer question. The server log in queue isn't as bad as it once was. There's not 1k people in line and you can bypass it, most times, by canceling and attempting to enter again. It doesn't always work for a quicker entry, but it gets the job done most of the time.
While not an outright writer, I didn't start on Balmung myself and was on a non-rp server. I use to RP with myself and imagine the daily life of my character. The best way I find to draw inspiration is imersing myself and taking it slow when wandering about. I often do this now in character by walking from place to place. You'll see some amazing things when you slow yourself down.
Music, movies, anime also helps me whenever I write or want to think of something for my character's background. Drawing inspiration for a 'Doman' character gives you a lot to choose from, and I always found Japanese culture, especially feudal Japan, fascinating. While I wouldn't want to draw on it purely, that's how the background of my character was thought up when writing it.
This gets tossed around a lot here, but it's a true statement of Balmung. We have pretty much every kind of RP here you could think of. I'm still waiting for the gundam/mechas to roll down Ul'dah though. Stop slacking!
Joking aside... Drawing from your old character might be a slight hinderance if you're having problems thinking clearly on the new character. Only reason I mention this is you mentioned something happening while RP'ing as that character, and I mean no ill-will when I say this but it might be time to let that character go. Focusing on the good of the character means having to accept the bad as well, and many people get hung up on this. While I suggest letting go, and not drawing inspiration from there as Eorzea is such a large place, you by no means need to listen to me. I never RP the same character twice, because it's a personal preference and it doesn't tie me down to past hardships with people in RP.
Writing can be tough, and if you ever need help visualizing the area you're thinking about, go there in game and look really hard at it. I did this for writing stories about my character in the past. I feel I breath life into my character, and in doing so they even surprise me sometimes and at other times we end up butting heads. It's an amazing experience though so I keep doing it, and let them run their lives and show me their world. Though we still fight. ^^;
I hope I was some help and didn't just ramble non-stop.
~Nodem *modem sounds*
P.S. I'm not a modem
