EP 55: Writing Historical Characters (1) - Father Elisar
PODCAST TWITTER: https://twitter.com/nuts_writing PODCAST INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nutsboltswriting.podcast/ Listen to our podcast on Anchor (links to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.): https://anchor.fm/fortunus-games Follow Helevorn on Instagram: @helevorn_bor Helevorn on deviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/helevornart My Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/FortunusGames/shop?asc=u In this episode, me and Helevorn talk about her character, Elisar, who is a priest from 18th century Romania. He is one of the main characters in her upcoming Tapas novel, "Outlaws." The art of Elisar in the thumbnail is done by Helevorn! We cover the following and more: 1. Can you summarize for us who Elisar is, and what role he will play in Outlaws? 2. Can you share with us some of the influences on Elisar's story (music, art, myths, etc.)? 3. What has inspired you to enter him into OC-training on deviantArt? What is OC-training? 4. Will you be exploring Elisar's relationships with others? For example, Amza and Murgu, amongst others. 5. Elisar is the character in “Outlaws” with the most pronounced character arc. How would you describe the way his character changes throughout the story? 6. What brings about these changes? 7. What role does religion play in Elisar's personality and beliefs? 8. Can you tell us more about how Elisar sees love and romance in his life? 9. How is the OC-training going so far? What other aspects of his life and personality are you planning to refer to in the training? 10. How do you think OC-training will help you to flesh out Elisar more?