Character Evolution Cast E19: How Plot Plot?

In a bonus Evolution Cast episode (because March has an extra Monday) we tackle how to plot out your characters story using goals and motivations.  Announcements Descent into Midnight Kickstarter https://dimrpg.io/ks Princess World Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-world Pasión de las Pasiones Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bleongambetta/pasion-de-las-pasiones The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Timestamps: 00:00 - Announcements 04:58 - Introduction 08:36 - Desires and Motivations 12:06 - Decisions vs. Goals 15:46 - Motivations 20:10 - Motivations can change 22:04 - Make them credible 25:06 - Cause and effect 26:11 - Conscious vs. unconscious motivation 29:02 - Impulsive vs. careful 31:22 - Don’t make it easy 32:43 - Show, don’t tell 34:03 - Make it complex 36:53 - Obstacles 37:39 - How to do this 38:13 - In-character journaling 42:02 - Ask questions 43:19 - Thanks 43:50 - Closer 45:04 - Show Blurbs 45:52 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e19-how-plot-plot/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4181-our-story-begins License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Touching Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io/ Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices