Writers: Does your story have these things?

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...

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

Sometimes.

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.

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.

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 : sorta. yeah, i guess.

- An entirely new race of beings : nope

- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?) nope

Out of your characters are there...

- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families? not in the story. in the back story, yes, for one character, but we never meet them

- Any children under the age of 8? no.

- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it? not really, no

- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders? one has ADHA, another has Hypo-Mania

- 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

- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)? yes. but then agan, all of them need saving at some point. i don't pick on the boys over the girls or the girls over the boys. and the one in trouble does as much rescuing him or herself as the others do.

- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? a few. they don't need to angst about back story, they have enough problems during the story as is!

- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness? not really.

- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships? yeah

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? sometimes. she's Hypomanic

- Homicidal/Violent impulses?only at the very end, and it's justified

- Extreme cowardice? oh boy, yes.

- Being of a race/species other than human? no

- A really low IQ no

- Compulsive lying no

- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily yes

- Haughtiness/Arrogance no

- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference no

In your story, have you created ....

- A religion--Nope.

- A language--created one? Nope, unless you count a hidden code in music.

- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic--Heck no.

- An entirely new race of beings--Nope.

- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?)--Nope.

Out of your characters are there...

- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?--No, but there is one incredibly caring foster mother.

- Any children under the age of 8? No.

- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it? Not necessarily, but my character constantly plays piano. It's not known if he loves it or not, he just does it. He's almost kind of psychopathic, if you know what I mean...

- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders? My character has split-personality disorder. He has two minds, he is two people. One side is depressed, has horrible memory, kind of normal but hardly talks or shows feelings, the other is a serial killer...10 year old.

- 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? Mmm...I'd say yes, he does. He doesn't know how big the world is; he's never left his town, hardly ever left his own home. Except at night, when his other self goes out to kill people, but his "Normal" self doesn't remember any of it.

- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)? Nope, but there is a girl he decides not to kill.

- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? Hard to say. He doesn't remember anything. If he remembered, I'm sure he'd commit suicide or something.

- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness? Yep! But nothing spiritual or magical.

- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships? Don't know.

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? Well, he gets angry at the slightest things, and overwhelmed.

- Homicidal/Violent impulses? Absolutely.

- Extreme cowardice? Meh, not really. He hasn't experienced the world, hasn't been taught, so he doesn't know danger. But he's not one of those boastful "I'm not afraid of anything" characters. My story just doesn't focus around that.

- Being of a race/species other than human? No.

- A really low IQ--Unfortunately, yes.

- Compulsive lying--Not really, he hardly ever talks.

- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily--No.

- Haughtiness/Arrogance--No.

- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference-No.

Have a nice day!

As a warning, my novel I'm writing is a fantasy and none of the creatures are human. They're all something else. So in their world, it makes sense.

In your story, have you created ....

- A religion

No

- A language

Yes, different creatures have different languages.

- A new system of magic/unique type of magic/New use for magic

Um... no, not so much. Not that I can think of.

- An entirely new race of beings

Unless you count hybrids of something a new race, then, no, not really.

- New species of plants/animals/creatures (why?)

Food/plants I do. Because it's a fantasy world where I created everything. Having similar food works, but inventing your own food/plants is awesome. :D

Out of your characters are there...

- Any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?

Some, yes. Partly because they are family.

- Any children under the age of 8?

No. Well, one minor that's in there one chapter, but that's it.

- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it?

No.

- Any characters with (diagnosed) depression/social disorder/personality disorders?

Yes. The villain is pyschotic. :P

- Characters who feel as though they belong (in gender) to the opposite sex?

Huh? I don't think so...

- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you?

Not extremely, but yeah, sorta, I guess.

- Female characters that require saving (i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress)?

No. Not the damsel. I mean, they do require saving but it's not damsel in distress all the time. They fight, they kick butt, but sometimes they're in trouble. Same with the guys.

- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?

No. If they're boring, they're boring. If not, they aren't.

- Any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/consciousness?

No.

- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships?

No.

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:

- Unnatural hair/eye/skin color (i.e. Pink/bright orange/purple/blue)

That would be natural hair/eye/skin color, so no.

- Changing eye-color?

No

- Tendency to cry at the slightest thing?

No. I mean, the MC sometimes cries, which I'm changing, but it's for valid reasons.

- Homicidal/Violent impulses?

No.

- Extreme cowardice?

I guess you could say yes. But in their defense, they are like that for a reason. it's not good to be brave because being brave means being stupid, getting caught, being tortured, watching your family/friends die, and dying yourself. So, yeah, being a coward is a good thing there.

- Being of a race/species other than human?

Well, there are NO humans here, so yeah, they all are.

- A really low IQ

No

- Compulsive lying

No, not compulsive.

- Gets jealous/envious of others really easily

No

- Haughtiness/Arrogance

The villian yeah.

- A predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference

Not that I'm aware of...

In your story, have you created ....

No.

Out of your characters are there...

- Any children under the age of 8? - There probably will be, but I haven't developed any such character yet.

- Any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it? - I have one antagonist who is hellbent on turning the entire human race into vampires, so that they'll eventually have nothing to feed on.

- Characters (other than antagonists) who have an extremely different world view to you?

- Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?

- Characters with extremely bad luck in love/relationships?

Do your main/semi-main characters have any of the following traits:

- Homicidal/Violent impulses?

- Being of a race/species other than human?

- Compulsive lying

- Haughtiness/Arrogance

This is what I have so far. I should be able to tick off a few more of these as soon as I've developed more of my characters.

"In your story, have you created...

- a religion: yes.

- a language: yes.

- a new system of magic/unique type of magic/new use for magic?: no.

- new species of plants, animals/creatures (why)?: yes, because my novel is fantasy.

Out of your characters, are there...

- any close-knit, loving, fully supportive families?: yes, one.

- any children under the age of 8?: yes, one.

- any characters with a fanatical obsession/fixation? What is it?: no, there aren't any.

- any characters with diagnosed depression/social disorder, personality disorders?: no.

- any characters other than the antagonists who have an extremely different worldview than you?: yes, several.

- any characters who feel as though they belong to the opposite sex?: no.

- any female characters that require saving?: nope! A male requires saving, though.

- any characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about?: yes.

- any characters with more than one mind/spirit/soul/conciousness?: no.

- any 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: no.

- changing eye color?: no.

- tendency to cry at the slightest things?: no.

- homicidal/violent impulses?: no.

- extreme cowardice: no.

- 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?: no.

- a predisposition towards laziness/complacency/indifference?: no.

Lol, it sounds to me like you're trying to spot any Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu characters.