CREATE AN ONLINE PERSON
It's all free!

 

 

 FIRST..

you must decide where on the internet you are going to build your character. Some options...

 Vuvox (Multimedia presentation creation and hosting tool)
GoAnimate (Create multimedia animations)
Isuu (Create a magazine online)
Yola (Website creation and hosting tool)
Weebly (Website creation and hosting tool)
Mashon (Multimedia comic creation and hosting tool)
Jaycut (Online Video Editing and hosting tool)

Copy the 'Embed HTML' code from any of the creations you are about to make and paste it into one of the above locations that you have chosen.

SECOND..

Collaborate with friends by discussing your progress on a multimedia blog...

Voicethread (Multimedia online blog tool)
Tumblr (Multimedia online blog tool)
Scrapblog (Online sketchbook)
SMS Poll (Get friends to vote by text)


THIRD..

 

Follow the instructions 1 to 10:

 




1.Brainstorm your character:

Create an account on Bubbl  or Mindmeister
Make 100 entries about your invented character.

(Go to 2. if you get stuck for ideas.)


2.Get Random Name/Word Picker to help. 

 Copy and Paste lists of words (see 'Useful Lists' below) into the Random Name/Word Picker  and let it choose one at random.

 

 

USEFUL LISTS: 

 

 

 

3.Gather and Edit Pictures
Google Images
Aviary (Edit and Store Photos and Graphics online)

 

 

 

4.Gather Sounds 
Freesound (Download free sound effects)

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Type : wav

 

 

 

5.Gather Phrases 

What kind of things would your character say? Search the Phrase Archive

What would their writing look like? Handwriting Samples

What would they sound like? Speech Accent Archive

 Text To Handwriting Generator? vLetter

 

 

 "It's not rocket science."

 

 

 

 

 

6.Gather 'Evidence'
What would your characters local shop look like? Google Images. Where would your character live? GoogleMaps

 

Create an image of your character at Toonlet

7.Animate or draw your character

Create an animated version of your character at Voki  

8.Select themes for your story.
overcome a monster
rags to riches
a quest
voyage and return
comedy
tradegy
rebirth
adventure
pursuit
rescue
escape
revenge
riddle
rivalry
underdog
temptation
metamorphosis
transformation
maturation
love
forbidden love
sacrifice
discovery
excess
ascension
decision 

Use Wordle to help picture your plot.

Wordle can be used to visually randomize a group of words.The example below uses words from Christopher Booker's 'The Seven Basic Plots' and Ronald Tobias' 'Twenty Basic Plots' Click on the image for a better view.

Wordle: Narratives

Use story writing worksheets. Click here. 

 

 

9. CREATE A STORYLINE

 Use Random Name/Word Picker (see step 2 above) to select what happens next. Here is a useful LIST OF THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN.

 

Visualize your storyline 

 

 

 

This graph shows the classic storyline. 

 

But does your story have to go in a line? You might visualize it differently...

 

Below left: a visualisation of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte Below right: a visualisation of a piece of music.

 

Create a visualization of your story like those shown above using the online vector tool on Aviary 

 

 

 

10.ASSEMBLE AND REFINE YOUR STORY ON THE INTERNET

 Copy the 'Embed HTML' code from any of the creations you have made and paste it into your chosen location on the internet.
Here is that list options again:

Vuvox (Multimedia presentation creation and hosting tool)
GoAnimate (Create multimedia animations)
Isuu (Create a magazine online)
Yola (Website creation and hosting tool - this website is made and stored in Yola)
Weebly (Website creation and hosting tool)
Mashon (Multimedia comic creation and hosting tool)
Jaycut (Online Video Editing and hosting tool)

 


 

Need more ideas? 

Phrasr  Generates images based on a phrase that you type in. 

MagneticPoetry (Poetry and Random Text Creation)

ToonLet (Create your own cartoon character)

Neoformix (Explore different ways to find and display data)


 Need More Links?

LINKS
Yola (Website creation and hosting tool)
Weebly (Website creation and hosting tool)
Vuvox (Multimedia presentation creation and hosting tool)
Voicethread (Multimedia online blog tool)
Tumblr (Multimedia online blog tool)
Scrapblog (Online sketchbook)
Voki (Create a speaking animated online head)
Prezi (Animated presentation tool)
Wordle (Word scrambling idea generation tool)
Aviary (Edit Photoss and Graphics online)
Isuu (Create a magazine online)
Bubbl (Brainstorming tool)
Sodaplay (Model creation tool)
GoAnimate (Create multimedia animations)
Freesound (Download free sound effects)
MagneticPoetry (Poetry and Random Text Creation)

Use worksheets to help you write your story. Click here 

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