Like the workbook. Am realizing that this is vital stuff (the things he is mentioning). Primarily the fact about developing the main character. Hell, as we were playing, I did not really know Keper at all; was just interested in the action and the rolling.

Now as I write about what I remember/am creating, I am amazed that I have not fleshed out who or what Keper is as I thought I did. Basically, the main point: why the hell would anyone care about this story, or more specifically, Keper and his merry band of misfits?

I was asked to explore Keper's defining quality. That ended up taking much more time than I thought. I went to a great site here to get a list of personality traits and that helped a lot, especially since I tried to narrow it down.

Here are some narrowed down options:

PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS (inward focused)
Positive	Negative
does what is necessary, right	does what is convenient
faith in life	life can't be trusted
grateful	ungrateful, unappreciative
open-minded, tolerant	Narrow, small-minded, intolerant
self-confident	lack of self confidence, insecure
SOCIAL TRAITS (outer focused)
Positive	Negative
affectionate	distant, cold, aloof
faith in others	others can't be relied on
freedom given to others	authoritarian, controlling
humble	arrogant, conceited, ego-centric
trusting	suspicious, mistrusting

I am realizing this is not a simple gimmick to check off and continue writing (or am I making a big deal out of it?). To me, this is the crux of the reason why someone would be 'touched' by the words I write: being able to empathize and relate and thus care about the characters. So therefore, not just Keper needs to be fleshed out......but all of them.

Man, I admire you, Martin....