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Transcript - 5 Ways to Fuel your Creativity Books - read anything and everything. Even the bad ones. Movies and TV shows - you binge it with a buddy (if you have one) and be inspired too. Magic! Graphic novels and comics - like a picture book but longer. Video games - not well known among authors, but a truly amazing medium. If you're a first timer, try RPG's. Music and musicals - For music, go for the ones with lyrics that tell a story. For musicals, it's roughly two hours of singing a movie.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI for short, is currently one of the most well known personality tests in the world. Whether you think it's accurate or not, it's undeniably an incredible tool for crafting characters.  What is MBTI, exactly? It uses 16 base personalities given in a four letter code. This code unlocks a character's personality, giving their strengths and weaknesses. But the real core of MBTI is to illustrate how a character thinks and interacts with their world.  A character's MBTI can be used to give a general idea of all sorts of things. Their kind of humour, what type of job they'd choose, who they get along with and who they're worst enemies with. It gives an idea of what a character would value and how they would react to things. But MBTI does not a character make. It's simply a tool, the same way the three act structure by itself a plot. It also isn't one size fits all. There's so many factors that go into who  a character

Transcript -  5 Ingredients in Character Arcs   The TRUTH: What your story is about; the theme. What the character has to learn. The LIE: This is what the character believes. To succeed, they have to look away from the Lie towards Truth. The WOUND or GHOST: Why the character believes the Lie. This is the defining moment and driving force in their life. The NEED: What the character should receive in order to reach their fullest potential. The WANT or GOAL: What the character is trying to get. Usually tangible.

Disney's Encanto  is easily the best movie I've watched in 2021. It is truly "fantastical and magical". Everything about it bursts with hope and life, something we all need in light of hot summers and Covid.  Even though it's technically not a Christmas movie, it's one of my favourite Christmas presents from the internet. Especially because it was released one day before Christmas, and we all know those early presents are the best. It's like cheating the system, but legally.  Encanto  is one of my most anticipated movie releases of 2021, along with Marvel's  Black Widow and Spielberg's West Side Story . Where Marvel failed to win me heart and body, and where I failed to watch Romeo and Juliet but with guns in time for New Year, Encanto  will be with me forever. *cue Titanic theme*  Let's get to! Enjoyability  |  ⭑⭑⭑⭑ In case the intro wasn't already clear, I love Encanto. If I could adopt it, I would. Why do I love it so much? I'm glad

Hey authors! Today, we celebrate two things. Firstly, after six months with only two posts to show for it, I'm finally back. It's been a long time, but I'm pumped and ready to go.  Secondly, and most importantly, it's Lizorae's 2nd birthday! While I've only been active for 1.5 years (my bad, lol), the site has aged and that's all that matters, right?  So here's what this year brought Lizorae and a yearly review. Let's get to!  Lizorae's Journey Vol II If last year was about figuring out the ropes and building writing muscle, this year was learning about mental health and writing.  In the middle of May, certain things happened that completely drained me. I decided to take an unannounced hiatus for a week or two to refuel, but life kept throwing more and more stuff that ultimately was more important than the blog.  Since the only profit I make from here so far is the satisfaction of writing, I only work on the blog during my leisure time. But with

I'm not a huge fan of anime. I haven't read much manga either. There's something about their over-acting that just doesn't work for me. But you know what will convince me? An absolute banger musical adaptation.  Musicals are my jam, even the obscure ones. Especially the obscure ones, like Death Note: The Musical , which didn't even make it to an English stage. I did find a Japanese version (English subs) with the English concept album dubbed over it and let me tell you guys, it was awesome .  Okay, 'nuff with the intro. As usual, major spoilers will be marked, but I recommend you proceed with caution. These are my opinions and you're free to agree or disagree respectfully.  Let's get to!   Enjoyability  |  ⭑⭑⭑⭑ I came because I liked the music. A YouTuber I subscribed to covered one of the songs and it hit me in all the right places. I knew it was from an anime so I didn't have my hopes high, but I needed to see what kind of show had these bangers i