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Big vehicle disaster?
Crime Thriller
Disaster, natural or nuclear
Exploring into the wild
Horror Story?
Legal Thriller
Medical Thriller
Religious overtones?
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
War Thriller
Water adventure
Western
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Crime Thriller
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Legal Thriller
Medical Thriller
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Water adventure
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Crime Thriller
Disaster, natural or nuclear
Exploring into the wild
Horror Story?
Legal Thriller
Medical Thriller
Religious overtones?
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
War Thriller
Water adventure
Western
What % of the book is devoted to each of the following? Total must be 100%.
descript. of violence and chases
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Feelings, relationships, character bio/development
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How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places)
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Tone of story
very upbeat
depressing/sad
scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Dry-cynical
very humorous
suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
1600-1899
1900-1920's
1930's-1950's
1960's-1970's
1980's-1999
2000+ (Present)
american civil war period
american colonial period
american wild west
ancient egypt
ancient england/scotland
ancient greece
ancient rome
near future
vikings!
Kid or adult book?
Ages 7-14
Adult or Young Adult Book
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Main Character
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Gender
Male
Female
Profession/status:
a lawyer creature
accused criminal
actor
archeologist
artist
bounty hunter
business executive
champion of justice
chef
clerk
computer programmer
dictator
diplomat
director/producer
doctor
engineer
explorer
farmer
gambler
government investigator
homemaker
infantry soldier
jockey
journalist
killer
librarian or superKlausner
musician
navy soldier
nurse/medtech
photographer
pilot, airforce
pilot, civilian
pirate
police/lawman
politician/elected ruler
Prince/Nobleman/King
private investigator
prostitute
psychiatrist
religious figure
retiree
scholar
scientist
servant
slave
slaver
small businessman
spy
student
teacher
thief/con artist
trader
TV/radio talk show host
unemployed
wealthy
writer
Age:
a kid
a teen
20's-30's
40's-50's
60's-90's
long lived adults
Has special powers?
Ethnicity/Race
Black
British
Chinese
French
German
Hispanic
Italian
Japanese
Religious Jew
Russian
Swiss
White/American
Unusual characteristics:
Cynical or arrogant
Mentally ill
Physically sick
Super genius
Super sensitive soggy jelly muffin
Main Adversary
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Identity:
none
natural phenomena
Male
Female
an organization
Age:
a kid
a teen
20's-30's
40's-50's
60's-90's
long-lived adults
Profession/status:
a lawyer creature
accused criminal
artist
bounty hunter
business executive
champion of justice
criminal
dictator
diplomat
doctor
explorer
farmer
gambler
government investigator
homemaker
infantry soldier
journalist
killer
mastermind
navy soldier
pirate
police
police/lawman
politician/elected ruler
Prince/Nobleman/King
private investigator
prostitute
scholar
scientist
servant
slave
slaver
small businessman
spy
student
thief/con artist
trader
unemployed
wealthy
writer
Has special powers?
Eccentric:
Motive of antagonist
revenge
money/treasure
power
insanity
jealousy
kicks
The antagonists are:
nazis
communists
KGB
Drug kingpins
FBI/CIA
government bureaucracy
US mafia
foreign organized crime
big business leader(s)
cults
lawyer creatures
radical right wingers
Arab terrorists
ninja
evil politicians
evil doctors
crazed environmentalists
Russians
Chinese
Islamic Fundamentalists
Latin American/Asian/African Dictator
gangs
rednecks
racists/KKK
Monster of some sort?
How sensitive is this character?
hard edged
mean, arrogant
middling sensitive to others' feelings
sensitive to others' feelings
soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
Strong but gentle sense of humor
Cynical sense of humor
Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
Brain damaged
Dumb
Average intelligence
Smarter than most other characters
Very much smarter than other characters
Genius
Setting
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Africa
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Asia/Pacific
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Desert?
Europe
Farm/Ranch?
Forest?
Ice Caps/Sea?
Island?
Jungles?
Mountains/Cliffs
Prairie?
Small town?
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United States
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Africa
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Asia/Pacific
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Europe
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Island?
Jungles?
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Water?
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Africa
Air?
Asia/Pacific
City?
Desert?
Europe
Farm/Ranch?
Forest?
Ice Caps/Sea?
Island?
Jungles?
Mountains/Cliffs
Prairie?
Small town?
The Americas (not US):
United States
Water?
Misc setting
fancy mansion
prison
resort/hotel
moving train
fort/military installation
scientific labs
sewers/subways
Writing Style
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Accounts of torture and death?
generic/vague references to death/punishment
moderately detailed references to deaths
very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
very gorey references to torture
very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
no torture/death
Explicit sex in book?
A lot of techno jargon?
Unusual form of death?
Amount of dialog
mostly dialog
significantly more dialog than descript
roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
significantly more descript than dialog
little dialog