So You Want To Make An OC?

jebbyfish:

_{So you want to make an OC?: A Masterpost of Ways to Create, Develop, and Make Good OCs!}

_{i made this masterpost in hopes that it helps you in making your own OCs ah;; it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! if you’d like to add more resources then go for it sugar pea} (´ヮ`)!

_{How to Write Better OCs:}

• _{basic tips on how to make your oc even better}
• _{tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great}
• _{writing specific characters}
• _{a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character}
• _{kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME}

_{Character Development:}

• _{how to actually make an OC}
• _{Q&A (to develop characters)}
• _{more Q&As}
• _{giving your character a backstory}
• _{how to write an attractive character}

_Diversity

• _{adding more racial diversity}
• _{avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it}
• _{writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)}
• _{masterpost on writing more diversity into your story}
• _{cultures of the world}
• _{guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)}

_{Mary Sue/Gary Stu}

• _{Test to see if your character is a Sue}
• _{Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus}
• _{Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues}

_Villains

• _{villain generator}
• _{need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam}
• _{villain archetypes}
• _{what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?}

_{Relationships}

• _{character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)}
• _{how to write strong relationships between two characters}
• _{8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others}
• _{OCxLove Interest Handbook} 
• _{develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!}
• _{how to write realistic relationships}
• _{how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)}

_ARCHETYPES

• _{12 common archetypes}
• _{8 archetypes for male/female characters}
• _{female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)}
• _{a list of archetypes}

_NAMES

• _{how to name your character}
• _{random name generator}
• _{most common surnames}
• _{surnames by ethnicity}

_APPEARANCE

• _{tips for better design}
• _{basic appearance generator}
• _{pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)}
• _{clothing ref masterpost}

_DETAILS

• _{give your character better powers}
• _{a list of professions}
• _{proactive vs reactive characters}
• _{positive and negative traits}
• _{interest generator}
• _{skills generator}
• _{motivation generator}
• _{123 ideas for character flaws}
• _{list of phobias}

_{again, this is to help inspire you or help establish your OCs! i hope you get a lot of info and help from this ahh ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ}