i want to make a giant roster of OCs... but have no idea how. lol

i find it so inspiring going through peoples character rosters in art trade events and personal websites. seeing peoples expressions of their desires, glimmers of types they love... it's wonderful. it makes me want a roster that big for myself, for trades and roleplaying. characters who exist more as avatars for collaborative storytelling and 'OC fandom', where i am less precious about their precise plotlines.

but i wonder how to do it myself.

if you have original characters, i invite you to tell me what the process was like in terms of making them and their world. did they come from a story you were already working on, or did they sprout *before* a narrative? how did you create them? was it a long process? how did they evolve? how did you know *that* character was the one to continue developing? what do you use them for?

for me, i think there are several problems that i am encountering.

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