12-17-2006, 03:30 PM
I think I can pretty safely say that you're the most talented writer I've seen ask for a switch on these forums, KB. If you say you don' think you can do anything with your character, I'm pretty inclined to believe you. I'm not going to try and talk you out of the change, but I do want to make a couple of suggestions:
Have you tried changing your character's personality without actually changing their personality? Throw kibbles into a set of circumstances that would force him to act as if his personality had been changed. The beauty of this is that you can play around with the frustration of a character being forced into something that he doesn't want to do, you can use the experience to explore different avenues you might of thought of before, and if its done right you can use it to make slow, progressive changes to the character's personality directly. I've done it with Rad a couple of times and I've always had fun with it.
A series of backstories/flashbacks. The great thing about flashbacks is that, really, you can have your character be as different as you want them to be and it makes it even more enjoyable to read. If you write out a backstory for KB that involves him acting totally different than he is now, not only do you get write, basically, a new character without getting a new character, but you also set up this big mystery of why your character is so much different now and what caused them to change. You could do a whole story that's entirely flashed back or you could mix in some old memories as KB is just going about his daily routine.
The most obvious suggestion, of course: just interact with other people. If RPing with SB was a huge draw for you, set something up with someone else. Someone KB might not even know exists. Or maybe someone you wouldn't inititally have thought to pair with together with. Might give you some of your drive back.
Anyway, just thought I throw some of those out there.
Have you tried changing your character's personality without actually changing their personality? Throw kibbles into a set of circumstances that would force him to act as if his personality had been changed. The beauty of this is that you can play around with the frustration of a character being forced into something that he doesn't want to do, you can use the experience to explore different avenues you might of thought of before, and if its done right you can use it to make slow, progressive changes to the character's personality directly. I've done it with Rad a couple of times and I've always had fun with it.
A series of backstories/flashbacks. The great thing about flashbacks is that, really, you can have your character be as different as you want them to be and it makes it even more enjoyable to read. If you write out a backstory for KB that involves him acting totally different than he is now, not only do you get write, basically, a new character without getting a new character, but you also set up this big mystery of why your character is so much different now and what caused them to change. You could do a whole story that's entirely flashed back or you could mix in some old memories as KB is just going about his daily routine.
The most obvious suggestion, of course: just interact with other people. If RPing with SB was a huge draw for you, set something up with someone else. Someone KB might not even know exists. Or maybe someone you wouldn't inititally have thought to pair with together with. Might give you some of your drive back.
Anyway, just thought I throw some of those out there.
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