Konsaki wrote:Just a general question to those of you who write or have written fanfiction before: Do you have a separate file in which you list out all the characters in your story along with all pertinent details to those characters? Like this:
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I'm just asking because I've found myself needing to create one instead of just holding the information all in my head due to the amount of OC's I've had to create for my current work and have started having trouble keeping small details straight, like eye color for example.
If you do use one, please post an example of one of your character detail lists for comparison.
I usually make a character bible to discuss differences from canon, if I deviate. Not so much for physical details, I rely on SM/Ranma height charts I have found for height...
except when I continue a fanfic that specifically overrides canon EG: In "Lines of Destiny", Ranma's female form is the same height as the male one. So I make note of that as an exception for
"The Daughter of Terra". I also collect data non-character from various sources and paste into a document for future reference. EG: For
"Honor and Love", I gathered astronomical and mythological details of the large moons of the Solar System.
Sample for "Honor and Love":
Sailor Io: Saotome Ranma (AKA Saotome Kikuko), 16, Student, Juuban High School
Color: Skirt: Light Green; Ribbon: Yellow
Mentor: Kino Makoto
Attacks: Tempest Flare
Skills:
And here is one from long-abandoned "Cascaded Universe"
Natsume: She loves three people and the Art. The
people are her mother, Kurumi and Happosai. As
stated earlier, Happosai would NEVER harm Natsume or
Kurumi. She has no knowledge of her mother's past, and
Sayuri will not willingly tell her. Of course, she loves
her sister Kurumi. She is one of Kunou's new "trinity"
(Ukyou, Natsume, and Kurumi), but I hope she doesn't
marry the loser like she did in Sunrise! Her new
half sister Ranko fascinates her. She had not seen
a Jusenkyo curse until now (she thinks!) and she is
amazed. She isn't quite sure how they can be sisters,
as Sayuri and Nodoka couldn't have children, could they?
She also likes Akane, the four of them can often be
found together shopping, working out, sparring,
practicing, learning new Kendo, Kempo, Anything-Goes
techniques, etc. Akane's sisters seem nice, but
they aren't martial artists. Ukyou is becoming
a good friend, and Natsume would like to learn more
about those cool spatulas! I would say that Natsume
is the embodiment of the canonical Ranma in this
series, Brash, bold, socially maladjusted, good at
sticking her foot, if not an entire leg, in her mouth.
Kurumi stands ready to mallet her if she gets too
far out of line. Genma's son OOPS! Sayuri's
daughter through and through!
She practices Anything-Goes-Martial Arts, with an
assist from a staff which generates a cold wind.