Writers: Does your story have these things?

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Religion- Check. It's about learning to understand God, while sharing information with God (in this religion God is mostly inactive, and would not be prayed to for assistance). The entire goal of the religion is to fully understand the intentions of God, and carry them out. Many sects are still squabbling about whether they have the answers yet or not.

Language- Half-check. It's an ongoing project, and won't play much of a role in the completed work. It's not yet big enough to have a whole conversation in. However, it has plenty of interesting stuff, some of which isn't found in any language I've heard of. I'm sure any serious linguist would call it stupid, though.

Magic- nope. I don't use magic in my stories.

Races- Yes, three. Two are more heavily developed, though. They are alien in nature, and the language I mentioned belongs to one of them.

Species- Aside from the sentient ones above, I've been too lazy to create flora and fauna so far. They'd be nice, but overall irrelevant to the story.

- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families? No
- Any children under the age of 8? No
- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it? No
- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders? Semi (almost everyone's a few screws lose from their circumstances, but probably not medically).
- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex? No
- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you? Yes (My characters aren't me, and none of them share an overall worldview with me. Two of them view things drastically differently, in regards to human nature, religion, and political views. I won't bore you with details here).
- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)? Once, but I'm convinced it was justified. Being held captive was a horrible experience of the character from the beginning of the story, and alters the way she behaves the whole time. She is (literally) strong enough to take care of herself and these were pretty unusual circumstances. Her capture was also relevant to the overall story as well as character-wise.

On a related gender note, one of my races is female-dominated (only as much as we are male-dominated) which is portrayed neutrally. I tried to make gender largely irrelevant to the story.

- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? Yep. I won't bore you with the details.
- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness? No
- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships? A bit. One character no longer actively looks for love, but it's not quite due to bad luck and doesn't come into the story much.

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:
- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue) They're not Sues.
- Changing eye-color? They're not Sues.
- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing? They're not Sues.
- Homicidal/Violent impulses? Not except one character towards one particular person
- Extreme cowardice? No
- Being of a race/species other than human? Yes, I mentioned nonhumans above.
- A really low IQ No
- Compulsive lying No
- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily No
- Haughtiness/Arrogance No
- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference No


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In your story, have you created ....
- A religion: I did, it's a polytheistic religion, however, I have no idea how much of a part it'll actually get in the book. I mean, it's there, and it's important (as in, I need it) but not sure how big it'll be)
- A language: I was considering it, but as of now, no.
- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic: I have magic, but it's not really new or original
- An entirely new race of beings: I do.
- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?): Nope

Out of your characters are there...
- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?:Yes!
- Any children under the age of 8?: Yes
- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it?: Hm, nope.
- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders?: No
- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex?: Hm, no.
- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you?: Yes, actually, I think a few do.
- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)?: There might be, but it's not like they get kidnapped multiple times or anything.
- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?: Yes.
- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness?: No
- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships?: Yes

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:
- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue): Kind of, he's not a human...
- Changing eye-color?: no
- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing?: Hmm, nope
- Homicidal/Violent impulses?: Yes
- Extreme cowardice?: Yes
- Being of a race/species other than human?: Yes
- A really low IQ: Yes
- Compulsive lying: No
- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily: Yes.
- Haughtiness/Arrogance: Yes
- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference: I don't think so......Show more

n your story, have you created ....
- A religion
Yes, I've created two new religions.
- A language
Yes, it's so freakin hard but worth it.
- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic
In a way, though I don't consider it magic. More to do with the religion.
- An entirely new race of beings
They're all human, but there are four races of man on the continent and a few supernatural creatures.
- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?)
Yes, just to make the world I created a little more interesting.

Out of your characters are there...
- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?
Yes.
- Any children under the age of 8?
I don't think so, but new characters pop up a lot with me.
- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it?
My antagonist is quite the ladies man lol.
- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders?
No, but you'd think my second MC has a bipolar disorder.
- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex?
No.
- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you?
Yep.
- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)?
Hell no lol the guys need the saving.
- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?
Ehh, not really.
- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness?
Not more than one, but my MC is connected more to soul energy than normal people.
- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships?
Not really.

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:
- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue)
Bright red.
- Changing eye-color?
No.
- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing?
No.
- Homicidal/Violent impulses?
Sometimes lol.
- Extreme cowardice?
Nope.
- Being of a race/species other than human?
One is half supernatural creature and half human.
- A really low IQ
No.
- Compulsive lying
No.
- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily
No.
- Haughtiness/Arrogance
Yes.
- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference
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In your story, have you created ....
- A religion: Nope. Religion plays no part.
- A language: No
- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic: Nope, no magic at all.
- An entirely new race of beings: Nope, only humans.
- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?): Nope.

Out of your characters are there...
- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families? Well, I have a single mother with two children. I suppose they're really close knit and loving.
- Any children under the age of 8? One who's five, though it's only a brief moment, and another exactly eight who makes a few appearances.
- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it? Um, no, no obsessions I can think of
- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders? Nope
- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex? Nope
- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you? Yes. I have a few characters, that from a moral point of view, think very differently than I do.
- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)? Yes. The single mother I have, is actually rather helpless.
- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? Most my characters have rather boring background, somehow they still seem to be able to angst about it though.
- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness? No
- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships? Not really

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:
- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue): No
- Changing eye-color?: No
- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing?: No
- Homicidal/Violent impulses? Only the antagonist
- Extreme cowardice? Yes. One of my main characters is a little cowardly.
- Being of a race/species other than human? No
- A really low IQ: No
- Compulsive lying No
- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily: No
- Haughtiness/Arrogance: He's sort of like an antagonist, but yes. I have an FBI agent who is often described icy and arrogant.
- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference: Yup. I have a characters who often appears bored and he's rather lazy....Show more

In your story, have you created ....
- A religion: No.
- A language: No.
- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic: No
- An entirely new race of beings: No
- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?): No.

Out of your characters are there...
- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?: Yes. One of the main character's family are all those traits.
- Any children under the age of 8?: No.
- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it?: Yes, DJing.
- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders?: No.
- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex?: No.
- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you?: Hmm, that's hard to answer.
- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)?: No, maybe.
- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?: Yes.
- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness?: No.
- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships?: Not bad luck, just a lousy SO when he's bored.

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:
- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue): Dyed hair.
- Changing eye-color?: No, though I have thought about giving one of my characters a different eye colour but it's not natural for his heritage ^^;
- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing?: No, they're real men. I'm kidding, no crying so far in my book.
- Homicidal/Violent impulses?: No.
- Extreme cowardice?: Yes.
- Being of a race/species other than human?: No.
- A really low IQ: Hm, about average.
- Compulsive lying: Yes.
- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily: No, even though one of my chara's has an unrequited love.
- Haughtiness/Arrogance: Yes.
- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference: Yes....Show more