Literary Roleplaying Starts With Character

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In literary roleplaying, character comes first. The setting pushes, but the tension builds when someone hesitates, makes the wrong choice, or says something they can’t take back. These aren’t stories about what happens. They’re stories about what it means.

Start with what the character carries. A note they never mailed. A decision they still defend. A belief no one else shares. Let that shape how they move through the world. When they answer a question, when they stay quiet, when they leave a room, something should shift.

The story doesn’t need spectacle. It needs weight. Give characters choices that cost something. Ask them who they were before, and who they’re becoming now. You don’t need a twist. You need a reason to care.

The literary line gives you plenty of ways to build characters who actually matter. You can explore it at lightspress.com/discover.

I hope you're doing well today,
Berin