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Animal story
Crime & Police story
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Exploring into the wild
Family, caring for ill
Family, loving relations
Family, struggle with
Internal struggle/realization?
Job/Profession/Status story
Kids growing up/acting up?
Political/social activism
Poverty, surviving
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Religion theme?
Romance/Romance Problems
Sports Story?
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
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Animal story
Crime & Police story
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Exploring into the wild
Family, caring for ill
Family, loving relations
Family, struggle with
Internal struggle/realization?
Job/Profession/Status story
Kids growing up/acting up?
Political/social activism
Poverty, surviving
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Religion theme?
Romance/Romance Problems
Sports Story?
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
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Animal story
Crime & Police story
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Exploring into the wild
Family, caring for ill
Family, loving relations
Family, struggle with
Internal struggle/realization?
Job/Profession/Status story
Kids growing up/acting up?
Political/social activism
Poverty, surviving
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Religion theme?
Romance/Romance Problems
Sports Story?
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Tone of book?
upbeat
depressed
very sensitive (sigh)
thoughtful
humorous
Time/era of story
1980's-1999
1960's-1970's
1930's-1950's
1900-1920's
1600-1899
near future
2000+ (Present Day)
ancient Rome
ancient Greece
American colonial period
American wild west period
ancient Egypt
ancient England/Scotland/Ireland
vikings time
Is this an adult or child's book?
Age 7-10
Age 11-14
Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
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Gender
Male
Female
Profession/status:
a lawyer creature
accountant
accused criminal
actor/actress/producer
airforce pilot
artist
blue collar
bounty hunter
business executive
champion of justice
dictator
diplomat
doctor
engineer
explorer
farmer
fisherman
gambler
government investigator
homemaker
infantry soldier
journalist
killer
magician
model
musician
navy soldier
police/lawman
politician/elected ruler
Prince/Nobleman/King
private investigator
prostitute
psychiatrist
religious figure
scholar
scientist
secretary
servant
slave
slaver
small businessman
sports figure
spy
student
teacher
thief/con artist
trader
unemployed
wealthy
writer
Age:
a kid
a teen
20's-30's
40's-50's
60's-90's
long lived adults
Has magical powers?
Ethnicity/Nationality
American Indian
Arab
Australian (mate!)
Austrian
Black (American)
British
Canadian (Aboot!)
Chinese
Eastern European
French
German
Greek
Hispanic/Latinic
Indian Indian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Other Asian
Russian
Turkish
White (American)
Unusual characteristics:
Extremely cynical or arrogant
Genius
Mentally ill
Physically sick
Super sensitive soggy jelly muffin
Main Adversary
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Identity:
Female
an organization
none
natural phenomena
Male
society
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
accountant
accused criminal
actor/actress/producer
artist
bounty hunter
business executive
champion of justice
dictator
diplomat
doctor
explorer
farmer
government investigator
homemaker
infantry soldier
journalist
killer
magician
mastermind
navy soldier
police/lawman
politician/elected ruler
Prince/Nobleman/King
private investigator
prostitute
religious figure
scholar
scientist
secretary
servant
slave
slaver
small businessman
spy
student
teacher
thief/con artist
trader
unemployed
wealthy
writer
Has magical powers?
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
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
Scrambled brains
below average
Average intelligence
Smarter than most other characters
Very much smarter than other characters
Genius
Setting
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Africa
Air?
Asia/Pacific
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Desert?
Europe
Farm/Ranch?
Forest?
Ice Caps/Sea?
Island?
Jungles?
Mountains/Cliffs
Prairie?
Small town?
The Americas (not US):
United States
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?
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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?
How much descriptions of surroundings?
10 -
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8 -
7 -
6 -
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4 -
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1 -
Misc setting
fancy mansion
fort/military installation
moving train
prison
resort/hotel
scientific labs
sewers/subways
Writing Style
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Sex in book?
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Lot of foul language?
Amount of dialog
mostly dialog
significantly more dialog than descript
roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
significantly more descript than dialog
little dialog