#there’s very little i love more than a good adverb yk

[slvtforcherries]

nothing can come between a girly and her adverbs

[echotunes]

Hey!

First of all, you're a godsend for the 'MCYT writing cheat sheet' - I use it all the time, especially because I struggle with characterization, so thank you a ton!

Second, would you have any tips for someone wanting to create their own version?

I was looking for characterization posts about a certain character but found nothing so i'm taking it into my own hands :D I just don't know where to start lol

Thank you!

npnp!! as for tips hmm. well the way my doc has amassed has just been via me offhandedly noticing things while watching videos/streams and going "oh yeah that's a phrase this person uses often I'll add it to the doc" and if they don't have a section yet I'll add a new one specifically to write down that phrase. and then it just keeps growing as I notice more things. same goes for the little info bullet points, or when I notice something that's noteworthy to how someone acts that I can add as a clip. like I don't really actively sit down and think "okay what advice do I have for how this person talks specifically" it just kind of accumulates whenever I think of single little points. hence why the doc looks so unfinished in places because for some people it just never moves past that stage of "noticing one little thing and starting a new section" yk.

if I was specifically trying to start a new section from scratch I think I'd start with speech patterns by trying to think of words or phrases that I can Hear in their voice. Rendog is of course an extreme example but there's certain words phrases like "diggity dog" and "my dudes" that just IMMEDIATELY pop into my head when I think of him, and there's a couple of those for nearly everyone if you think about it. so I'd say start off that and then figure out more!

if you're lost for where to start on what phrases there could be, think of different "categories" of words/phrases there are! like these:

adjectives/adverbs they use to describe things ("cool", "beautiful", "lovely", "awesome")

common swears or exclamations ("oh my goodness", "holy shit", "oh god")

ways they address people ("my dude(s)", "man", whether they say the name of the person they're talking to a lot, common nicknames they have for people)

whether or not/how often they swear and if so which swear words they tend to use

filler words ("like", "okay okay okay", "alright")

other generally common phrases (these examples are more cc-specific but "if I'm gonna be honest", "oh snappers", "at this point in time" and so on)

you can also pay attention to grammar:

do they speak in lots of short sentences or longer elaborate ones?

do they repeat themselves a lot?

do they use filler words such as "like"?

are there other more specific quirks or technically-incorrect grammar usages (like how Tango will go "sadness is happening" or Bdubs will say things like "I'm very proud of me" )?

especially for the grammar part of things, transcribing sentences they say whlie I'm watching stuff helps a lot. because 1) that makes it easier to understand what I meant with what I wrote and 2) I can compare to the sentences I already have written down which helps me try to hear the sentences I've written in that person's voice and trying to figure out Whether They Would Fucking Say That yk

this got a bit longer than intended but I hope that helps a bit!!! :D