Post when you have a character
Registered writers can add a character seed whenever one is ready. No time slot, date, or assignment is needed.
Member Character Board
Character Round Robin
Registered writers can post character seeds whenever they have one. The board gives the group a shared pool of people to read, respond to, pair up, question, or use for practice.
How It Works
Anyone registered can add a person to the pool.
No assigned dates. No turns to manage. Post a useful character seed, and the group can use it as shared writing material.
Share a seed, not a whole story
The goal is enough material for another writer to imagine a scene: desire, pressure, secret, voice, and one local detail.
Make the character usable
Give enough specificity to spark a scene: what they want, what blocks them, and what they would never say first.
Let other writers respond
Characters can be paired, questioned, borrowed for practice, moved into short scenes, or used as prompts for the table.
Respect ownership and consent
The writer who posts the character keeps ownership. The group uses the seed for practice, response, and inspiration.
Character Pool
The board is ready for member characters.
Approved posts appear here so writers can find a person to borrow for a scene, pair with another character, or respond to with questions.
Marlene Sutton
A retired cafeteria manager who remembers every child by what they would not eat.
- Want
- She wants the town to preserve the school building before it becomes storage.
- Secret
- She has kept a box of confiscated notes for thirty years.
- Local detail
- The smell of yeast rolls, wet pine straw, and floor wax after a storm.
DeShawn Mercer
A young mechanic who writes perfect love letters for other people but cannot answer his own messages.
- Want
- He wants to leave Kinston without making it look like betrayal.
- Secret
- He has been accepted into a program no one in his family knows about.
- Local detail
- A hand-painted sign near a two-lane road, faded except for one red word.
Miss Evangeline Price
A church pianist who can tell who is angry by how they turn the hymnal pages.
- Want
- She wants one Sunday morning to pass without someone asking her to choose sides.
- Secret
- She knows why the old choir director really left.
- Local detail
- A fellowship hall table covered with foil pans and careful silence.
Examples
Strong character seeds are specific, not complete.
Marlene Sutton
A retired cafeteria manager who remembers every child by what they would not eat.
Want: She wants the town to preserve the school building before it becomes storage.Secret: She has kept a box of confiscated notes for thirty years.Local detail: The smell of yeast rolls, wet pine straw, and floor wax after a storm.DeShawn Mercer
A young mechanic who writes perfect love letters for other people but cannot answer his own messages.
Want: He wants to leave Kinston without making it look like betrayal.Secret: He has been accepted into a program no one in his family knows about.Local detail: A hand-painted sign near a two-lane road, faded except for one red word.Miss Evangeline Price
A church pianist who can tell who is angry by how they turn the hymnal pages.
Want: She wants one Sunday morning to pass without someone asking her to choose sides.Secret: She knows why the old choir director really left.Local detail: A fellowship hall table covered with foil pans and careful silence.