Comments on: How Do You Keep Track of Your Characters?

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:47:40 +0000

Colleen – thanks for that. I’ll do the google thing. I do have some sheets in a couple of my books on characterization. The thing is after filling out a three page character sheet I get bored with my characters. I like to start off vague and write my way into the character. I guess that’s why I’m not a fan of plotting. I get bored if I know what happens.

By: Colleen Love

Colleen Love — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:37:13 +0000

I just double checked and google has quite a few different ones listed. I just make my own though. I just list what I use the most in a character. :)

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:52:10 +0000

Ah, Colleen. I should have guessed. Where would I find one of these D & D character sheets?

By: Colleen Love

Colleen Love — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:56:58 +0000

Hi Shelley!
I’m so sorry. D&D stands for Dungeons and Dragons. It’s a role playing game that is usually associated with nerdy people. But it is sooooo fun and very addicting. I still use the Monster Manuals to get villan ideas. It’s great!!
Now they have all kinds of on line communities supporting the game.

Hope this helps.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:21:16 +0000

LOL Karen, my editor makes me.

Shelli – I sort of have notes every where and I can never find the right notebook, which is why I need to get a bit more organized.

Coleen and Maia – what does D & D stand for?

Amy – ah, another index card fan. I might have to go stationery shopping in the near future. My favorite thing!

By: Karen Erickson

Karen Erickson — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:39:34 +0000

Wait a minute…I’m supposed to keep track of my characters????

By: Shelli Stevens

Shelli Stevens — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:23:23 +0000

If I’m motivated, I do a spread sheet. Otherwise…crtl f. LOL. Search, baby, search! My memory is okay at some points, but at others I get a little lost. Especially if characters show up in more than one book!

By: Colleen Love

Colleen Love — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:51:37 +0000

I’m with Maia! Love the D&D way!!
I also include a loose astrological chart in my character sheets.:)

By: Maia Strong

Maia Strong — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:49:14 +0000

Being a life-long geek, I use my own version of that D&D standard: a character sheet. It lists name, birthday, height, hair, eyes, history, family, etc. It does not, however, list hit points. ;-)

By: Amy W.

Amy W. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:25:59 +0000

You ladies are all amazing! I don’t know what I would do if I had to write and keep track of all that myself. I do like to read… a lot and I can tell you that I always do a little dance when I spot a character in a series or sequel who has changed characteristics. I’m weird I know. I also think it’s funny when they put the wrong name down. Like there’s two brothers in a book, but this scene is just Jack making love but suddenly it’s David who was removing clothing, then we go back to Jack. they just make me giggle that authors are human too, and make mistakes too.

That being said I say index cards. Those bad boys are wicked useful for so many things! I use them to keep track of Christmas presents so people don’t get repeats or similar items from year to year. I mean you can’t give Grandma the same fruit basket each year.