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  • 110 Archetypes. Billions Of Characters.

    A deck of 110 archetype cards designed to get writers unstuck by letting you physically build characters instead of staring at a blank page 📚
    Writing great characters is hard when ideas feel blurry, flat, or stuck in your head. Writer Emergency Pack: Character Creator Kit is a deck of 110 archetype cards for writers and storytellers, built to help you discover and develop characters so you can get back to writing. Each card holds an archetype with light and shadow sides, showing how traits can help or cause trouble. Mix 2 to 6 cards like building blocks to explore billions of possible characters for novels, screenplays, or tabletop RPGs. With eight color coded categories, a tactile, pocketable box, and clear, punchy descriptions, this deck turns character work into a hands-on creative session. Back Writer Emergency Pack: Character Creator Kit on Kickstarter now.

    About

    I'm a screenwriter and novelist whose credits include Go, Big Fish and Aladdin, along with the Arlo Finch trilogy. Co-host of the popular Scriptnotes podcast. Creator of Writer Emergency Pack.

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