Journal #8 - Free Write

-Free Write-

Lately, I have been asking myself this question off the top of my head "For each character that I've made up to this point, what is their point?" So far I have come down to the conclusion that most of the characters that I haven't made background information on can still be made during this period of time, before I get to a different topic in my work. For example: one of my older characters, known as the Scoutmaster, has almost no back story at all. I mean, yeah, I made him just for kicks, but he can still be useful some point in the series. On the other hand, the Scoutmaster isn't one of my main characters that I have created, so should I take my time and think up a good set of information for him? The answer to that is yes, even though he doesn't play as a major role at all. Here is my original idea for him - when I made him, I had made him as a redneck stereotype because I wasn't all too fond of rednecks, hell, I'm still not fond of them. The Scoutmaster also had the assistance of the scouts, who each carried a rifle or shot gun, you may be asking why I decided on that, and my answer would be like "Yeah, what do you think scouts learn to do, help the elderly cross the streets?"Okay, that was a bad example because some boy scouts may attend to help the elderly cross the streets.

I also got this general problem with a few villains in the process, some of them tend to share the same motive. Now, sharing motives isn't that bad, but when they start to sound alike, that's when it crosses the line. It's like watching the Brady Bunch re-runs on the television. I manged to fix this problem by diversifying the personalities of the villains and their back ground stories, which really made a difference. For example: the villainess Scorcho. Originally a demon with two serpent heads, which the left head breathed frosty air as the right head spit flames. The newer Scorcho, however, is now a dark sorceress who controls these two demons. After a series of events, she returns as some sort of strange creature on time and time again. Only after that, she comes back one last time as the original dark sorceress for her final showdown.