CHARACTER Veeraya

Kanchanobhas
EXPLORATION (Vee)
 PREPARATION

Genre
comedy/ Sci-fi/ fantasy/ thriller
/ romantic

Length
5 pages
10 pages
An issue
A whole book
A series
 YEP, THE PLOT

Original Plot
A w i t c h w h o wa n t a r a r e m a g i c a l m u s h r o o m m o n s te r to m a ke a l e g e n d a r y s o u p a n d
b e c o m e f a m o u s . S h e fo u n d o u t t h a t h e m u s h r o o m i s a ve r y s w e e t c r e a t u r e a n d i t a l s o
s ave h e r l i fe . A f te r s t r u g g l e to c h o o s e b e t w e e n f a m e a n d m e r c y ; s h e d e c i d e n o t to k i l l
the mushroom.

Continuation Plot
A witch with a magical mushroom as her best friend is aiming to be the top
class gourmet witch and restore her family restaurant to its former glor y.

G e n r e : D e f i n i te l y c o m e d y

L e n g t h : S e r i e s ( 2 - 3 vo l u m e s = 2 0 - 3 0 c h a p te r s = 4 0 0 - 6 0 0 p a g e s )
Panna Cotta Mushy (Kyu-Kyu) Koh An Kera An
Age: 22 Age: ? Age: 26 Age: 18
Occupation: Gourmet witch Occupation: Pet? Occupation: Panna Cottas Occupation: Gourmet Witch,
Height: 5.5 Height: 12 employee, a material hunter. An Family princess
(Ex-investigator) Height: 5.2
- Love cooking/ Workaholic A monster mushroom Height: 6.2
- Serious (Star-spotted) - Love cooking, Love her
- Determined - Chill/ easy going brother more
- Diligent - Energetic - Slightly lazy - Self-centered
- One-track minded - Friendly - Love eating food as a hobby - Prideful
- Straight forward - Protective of Panna cotta - Friendly - Easily angry
- Lack of tag - Vegetarian - Polite - Hold grudge forever

VERY LOYAL He likes Panna Cotta.

(She doesnt know and likely She HATES Panna Cotta with
doesnt care) a passion.
Panna Cotta Mushy (Kyu-Kyu) Koh An Kera An

True Character The only character True Character True Character

-Caring that is super-true - Brave -Generous
-Soft heart from the start. - Decisive
-Honest - Sharp
Panna Cotta
A gourmet witch who own - From to-be-food to best
a family restaurant in
Magiapolis. Her restaurant
almost ruin after her
parents left the store in
her sister care. She did a
horrible job and now end
up being exiled. Panna
Cotta take over and aim
for the top ever since.
Mushy (Kyu-Kyu) Koh An Kera An
- She was a student at the
same academy with
- An ex-investigator who Panna.
friend and the only retried after - On one of her test, Panna
being Panna trusted. permanently injured his was a judge who failed
dominant arm. her and accused her as a
- He stumbled across cheater and a disgrace
Pannas Restaurant. It (Kera did cheat). She was
was love at first sight so embarrassed and
and first bite. He angry. She vowed to get
decided to work with revenge.
her instead of go back - She believed her 2nd
to family spice brother were seduced to
business. take a lowly material
hunter job in Panna
restaurant.
Panna Cotta Mushy (Kyu-Kyu) Koh An Kera An
Objective/Desire Objective/Desire
- Be the best cook and Objective/Desire Objective/Desire - Beat the crap out of
make her family - Be with Panna Cotta and - Get Panna Cottas Panna Cotta. Make
restaurant famous. befriend everybody nice. love her down to her
- Polished his skill as a knees and grovel.
Obstacle Obstacle hunter. - Cook that
- Too many test, contest - Human are not that nice mushroom
and a lot of money is - 90% want to kidnap and Obstacle - Get her brother back
required for restaurant eat him - Panna Cotta only
maintenance. think of his as am Obstacle
- Troublesome big sister. emloyee. - Panna Cotta is a real
- Ruined reputation from - His only sister hates talented cook.
the past. Panna. - Panna Cotta is not
dumb.
- Panna Cotta has her
2nd brother.
Panna Cotta Mushy (Kyu-Kyu) Koh An Kera An

Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness

- Panna Cotta - Spiders - Cannot stand filthiness
- She loves her - He doesnt want to - His family - Public embarrassment
mushroom friend and be eaten. - Her brothers (especially
deny to cook him at all Koh, the 2nd brother)
cost.
- She cannot stand any
issue about her good
for nothing big sister.
- Secretly crazy about a
magical boy band
vocalist, but she is to
embarrassed to let
anybody know that.
Desire x Motivation

Key to Character design

What do I want? (Desire)

Why? (Motivation)
How to get it?
What stops me?
What is the consequence?
 WORD OF WISDOM

TRUE CHARACTER is revealed in choices a human

being makes under pressure- the greater the
pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer
choice to the characters essential nature.

( Ro b e r t M c Ke e 101 )
CHARACTER TEST #01
 Panna Cotta Mushy Koh Kera

Good Cookies
Good Cookies He will chomp on it.
He would play with it Even it tastes bad, he will not Savoring each bite. In her
Savoring each bite and start and hand it to Koh. waste safe food. mind she praise and analyze
analyzing ingredient to come it. But she will say: Not bad
up with superior recipe. for a peasant-bake.
*Mushy is vegetarian. If it is Panna Cottas home
(As long as it good she will bake cookies? Bad Cookies
eat it, she doesnt care who
bake it) He would nibble a bit and
Either throw it in to the abyss
save the rest for admiring as
of trash can, or putting curse
long as possible.
on whoever dare put a bad
Bad Cookies taste in her presence.

After a horrible bite, she Pannacottas?

would throw the rest down, Surely, she is going to try
stomp it with disgust and yell cursing the baker. But it
loudly that whoever bake never work. Panna guards
this is a disgrace. herself well.
CHARACTER TEST #02

A very dirty kitchen

Its gross and smelly.
Dir ty dishes are ever ywhere.
 CHARACTER TEST #03

Something very SERIOUS

Pannacotta is in the three-day-long finalist contest, but she learns

that Koh is lost in the dangerous wood with broken legs. He is suck at
healing , so there is no way he can survive if she let him be.

Koh Ans family threaten to send their men to wreck Panna Cottas
reastuarant, if he would not come home and engage to the other rich
young lady.

A formidable enemy appeared and declare to take over the food

district in Magiapolis; Kera doesnt have any choice but to join hand
with Panna Cotta.
 CHARACTER REVELATION
& STRUCTURE

Revelation
What seems is not what is
Contradiction of characterization creates dimension

Structure & Function

Put them in progressively bigger problem revealing their true
character.
Necessar y act out of choices (or choose the best choice)
Reasonable and credible to characters personality and background.
Appropriate to the genre
 CHARACTER ARC

Stor y arc and character arc is combined to one.

CAST DESIGN
 OTHER SUGGESTION

Pin the character goal on the wall and keep it in check when
writing.

In case of a series that have many casts, make sure to not

lose sight of the main protagonist. Story can focus on the
other protagonist occasionally, but the main character should
take part in it or somehow connected to it.
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