Guest character design guide (nonfiction)

This article is a design guide for guest characters (that is, characters created by guest authors, characters based on friends of the author, and so on).

Fiction is a strongly non-linear work: there is no "our story so far" narrative. There are only fiction pages, and non-fiction pages, and the text and images on the pages, and the links that bind them.

This design guide is intended to provide some high-level linearity for characters.

Enemies

• Have at least one essential nemesis, arch-enemy, etc. Drama is driven by enemies.

Images

• Have a primary image for your character page.

Author's characters

All of the fictional characters are my characters, of course.

Two characters are my personal characters, my favorites, who speak for me:

• Havelock
• Lud the Gamer

Guest characters who want to interact with Fiction in character should probably approach one of these two characters.

Fiction cross-reference

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