The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2253 ]
I add new things.	14.9%	[ 1923 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.6%	[ 8707 ]
Total Votes:			[ 12883 ]

[Ludera]

IB a Survivor

Ludera

avearia

Also, in the case of multi-colored hair, that will be their NATURAL state. They don't dye it or anything.

If a person dyes her hair, it will be from black or mousy brown to peroxide blonde, and she is probably a ho. Most characters, including the one with that beautiful shiny unnatural red, have naturally coloured hair. That's how you can tell that they're good guys.

((Somewhat guilty on that last bit. Most of my protagonists in one story have ruby-red hair. But that's the norm where they're from. Different gene pool and all.))

((Acceptable if it's a fantasy thing where ruby red is normal. Also, I'd look like a huge hypocrite otherwise because I've got unnatural natural red hair in my own too, and gold eyes to go with it. Haha.))

[notmuch_23]

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

Except for black (you can technically exclude white as well.)

But the same rule goes for length.

[FanFantasy]

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

[Brother Cynical]

FanFantasy

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

But what of EVIL mages?

[avearia]

FanFantasy

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

People who can speak to animals or have close ties to nature often have Brown, Green, or blue hair.

Faeries have yellow or white hair. Not blonde, mind you--yellow.

[FanFantasy]

Crack-Shot-Ace

FanFantasy

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

But what of EVIL mages?

OBVIOUSLY they have dark lite blue hair. It's completely fine to randomly make up colors that don't make sense.

[Grant DyNasty]

FanFantasy

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

((this is kinda funny I have a character with darkblue hair and one with white hair, but he's albino. But my girl has black hair, and shes a good 'guy' in the story. But she does start getting violent, and finds out that she is actually under a LOT of spells to make the people around her trust her and do anything to help her out. That's about as far as I will make happen.))

Not to mention that green hair belongs only to nature spirits. People like druids and dryads. And these people have a unrealistic control over plantlife. Like they can make a giant tree appear from nowhere, with no seeds to grow it or anything.

[Ebil-NekoCat]

FanFantasy

Crack-Shot-Ace

FanFantasy

notmuch_23

The characters with the most unusual hair have the most ability and/or talent. People with more common hair aren't that useful at all.

And different hair color is associated with your job.

Mages: White, lite blue, and or lite anything.

Villains: Dark black, dark blue, or some other strange color.

But what of EVIL mages?

OBVIOUSLY they have dark lite blue hair. It's completely fine to randomly make up colors that don't make sense.

And don't just leave it at the hair. Every character should have golden eyes that shine purple in the light, but then in the dark they turn red.
Or, go a stp further and have hair, eyes, and fingernails change color according to your mood. (like Aquamarine's fingernails)

[Ludera]

Villains have white hair too. This can either be because he is albino and albinism is creepy/ugly, or alternately, you intend for him to be attractive and liked despite his villain status--everyone loves a white-haired prettyboy. Only the ugly white-haired people will ever be stated to be actually albino; the attractive ones often have different excuses (like being a vampire or demon).

Albinos have red eyes. They do not just look that way in pictures because of the flash just like pigmented eyes do; they are red even in realtime. Albinism also means a total lack of pigment everywhere on the body because there is only one type, and the only symptom is the lack of pigment. No vision problems or photosensitivity or anything, which is curious because you would think that the lack of melanin would do something more than just turn you pale...

Grant DyNasty

Not to mention that green hair belongs only to nature spirits. People like druids and dryads. And these people have a unrealistic control over plantlife. Like they can make a giant tree appear from nowhere, with no seeds to grow it or anything.

((I've seen this done right. (Warning for female nudity, but it's that Discovery Channel Documentary sort of nudity you hardly even notice after the initial "hey that girl isn't wearing a shirt." ) The character's nature power causes moss to take hold and grow in her hair, which makes it green. She is naturally sandy blonde.))

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Grant DyNasty

Not to mention that green hair belongs only to nature spirits. People like druids and dryads. And these people have a unrealistic control over plantlife. Like they can make a giant tree appear from nowhere, with no seeds to grow it or anything.

Nature has nothing to do with rot, decay, death, mold, or icky fungi (just the pretty ones that aren't poisonous).

[Ludera]

What? All fungi are poisonous, especially the pretty ones, but none will kill you. Eating them will just make you comically ill for a short period of time.

That is, unless it's a mushroom forest and they're all twenty feet tall. Then they're harmless. They don't even release spores or anything.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Ludera

What? All fungi are poisonous, especially the pretty ones, but none will kill you. Eating them will just make you comically ill high for a short period of time.

Fixed

[Shiny Robot]

Remember, you can still have a character with blonde hair and blue eyes and still be half japanese.

[Half Baked SF]

Ludera

IB a Survivor

Ludera

avearia

Also, in the case of multi-colored hair, that will be their NATURAL state. They don't dye it or anything.

If a person dyes her hair, it will be from black or mousy brown to peroxide blonde, and she is probably a ho. Most characters, including the one with that beautiful shiny unnatural red, have naturally coloured hair. That's how you can tell that they're good guys.

((Somewhat guilty on that last bit. Most of my protagonists in one story have ruby-red hair. But that's the norm where they're from. Different gene pool and all.))

((Acceptable if it's a fantasy thing where ruby red is normal. Also, I'd look like a huge hypocrite otherwise because I've got unnatural natural red hair in my own too, and gold eyes to go with it. Haha.))

((I sense a theme here. The normal eye colors in my universe are yellow and gray. xd ))