Biddy Goodwin – Basing a Fictional Character on Fact: Part 2
Sometimes we fiction writers find real characters who are so good, so perfect for our story, that it would be crazy to even try and invent someone instead. This was very much the case with Little Biddy Goodwin. The real Bridget Goodwin who was one of the few female...
Captain Moonlight – Basing a Fictional Character on Fact: Part 1
For our upcoming Falconers Visual Novel, “Moonlight”, we’ve borrowed a few facts and figures from the past. In particular, we’ve requisitioned the historical figure, Captain George Fairweather Moonlight, the man who discovered gold in Moonlight Gully in 1866, near the...
Designing the Falconer Badge
Purpose of the Falconer Badge The Order of the Falconer exists to serve and protect humanity. They are law keepers. That said, they really have only one law. “If you are a Culler, you will be hunted down and destroyed.” And such is the mystique and influence of the...
The Creation of Cassie Winter
OK, so let’s take you, step by step, through the process of creating a character like Cassie Winter.