{"id":3600,"date":"2011-09-08T06:15:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T14:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2011-08-23T14:07:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T22:07:38","slug":"create-a-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/08\/create-a-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Create A Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3602\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Simpsons_FamilyPicture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3602\" title=\"Simpsons_FamilyPicture\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Simpsons_FamilyPicture-205x300.png\" alt=\"The Simpsons Family Picture\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Simpsons_FamilyPicture-205x300.png 205w, http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Simpsons_FamilyPicture.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 85vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Simpsons Family Picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before I ever start writing a book there are a couple of things I do that help me with my writing process. One thing I do is create a &#8216;Cheat Sheet&#8217; of characters I am going to use in my book.<\/p>\n<p>My &#8216;Cheat Sheet&#8217; helps me keep track of people, there names, there\u00a0personalities, there ages, and\u00a0anything\u00a0else I might need for future\u00a0reference. A character I keep on a cheat sheet rarely takes up more than one line on text. So the whole thing is clean and simple and is an easy to use\u00a0reference.<\/p>\n<p>So here is an example of a cheat sheet I would create using\u00a0characters\u00a0from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Simpsons\" target=\"_blank\">Simpsons<\/a>. It contains the important information I might need to know about a character in one line of text.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Bart Simpson<\/strong> \u2022 10 (Dennis The Menace) Trouble maker &#8211; Fat &#8211; Prank Caller<\/div>\n<div><strong>Homer Simpson<\/strong> \u2022 36 (Ralph Kramden) Loud &#8211; Get Rich Quick ideas &#8211; Lazy<\/div>\n<div><strong>Lisa Simpson<\/strong> \u2022 8 (Marcie from\u00a0Charlie Brown) Smart &#8211; Voice of reason &#8211; Musical<\/div>\n<p>So the idea behind it is pretty simple and generally includes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Name<\/li>\n<li>Age<\/li>\n<li>Who they remind me of<\/li>\n<li>Personality traits to remember<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is actually the template I use when creating a cheat sheet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Character Name<\/strong>\u00a0\u2022 Age (who they remind me of) Traits &#8211; Personality &#8211; Quarks<\/p>\n<p>Thats how I do it. My cheat sheet has been such a\u00a0valuable\u00a0tool for me when writing. It makes the whole process of writing so much easier. I really hope anyone getting into writing will find this tip useful. Let me know if you have any tips on how you track characters. I am always\u00a0interested\u00a0to learn how others write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I ever start writing a book there are a couple of things I do that help me with my writing process. One thing I do is create a &#8216;Cheat Sheet&#8217; of characters I am going to use in my book. My &#8216;Cheat Sheet&#8217; helps me keep track of people, there names, there\u00a0personalities, there ages, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/08\/create-a-cheat-sheet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Create A Cheat Sheet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[180,235,6,703],"tags":[702,698,700,701,699,697,1401],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qkdN-W4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3648,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions\/3648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousephtanha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}