Why You SHOULD CREATE VTUBER LORE ( 3 Tips & Tricks ) [ VV Podcast ]

[00:00] welcome back to the youtuber voices

[00:02] podcast or if you are here for the very

[00:05] first time hello my name is sapphire and

[00:07] i am your host on this podcast we love

[00:10] talking about what it's like to be a

[00:12] virtual character as well as streaming

[00:14] and content creation tips we also cover

[00:16] what it's like to own a small business

[00:18] and how to begin scaling that business

[00:20] in today's episode i'd like to talk

[00:22] about a topic that comes up quite often

[00:25] and that is should we give our vtuber

[00:28] characters lore this applies not only to

[00:31] youtubers but the characters and

[00:33] personas we build as our mascots or our

[00:35] personalities for youtube twitch or

[00:37] whatever else you might be using a

[00:39] character for i have a very strong

[00:41] opinion on this topic i believe that

[00:43] creating lore is essential to building a

[00:46] more immersive experience and brand this

[00:49] being said let's talk about why lore

[00:52] actually matters lore creates a personal

[00:54] experience and connection to our

[00:56] character and to our audience think

[00:58] about some of your favorite characters

[01:00] across all of time maybe you love simba

[01:02] from the lion king or perhaps you love

[01:04] elsa from frozen maybe even hiccup from

[01:07] how to train your dragon maybe even

[01:08] another character what is something that

[01:11] all these characters have in common that

[01:12] makes them so lovable they have a

[01:14] backstory and they have lore they have

[01:16] values and things that make them

[01:18] beautifully human they have flaws they

[01:20] have pros they have cons they are

[01:21] beautifully human or beautifully a lion

[01:24] if we're talking about simba

[01:26] sure would be cool if we met elsa as a

[01:29] streamer if she was just a random girl

[01:31] with ice powers that'd be pretty

[01:33] interesting but it's because we know her

[01:35] backstory and the struggles that she has

[01:37] overcome as a character that makes her

[01:39] so relatable lovable and just overall

[01:42] creates more depth for who she is and

[01:43] how she interacts with the world now

[01:45] that we understand why lore matters

[01:47] let's talk about three ways that you can

[01:49] start building lore to create a deeper

[01:51] connection to you and your character as

[01:54] well as your audience right now number

[01:57] one you can answer questions about your

[01:59] character close your eyes and imagine

[02:01] your character what does their world

[02:03] look like who are their friends who are

[02:05] their enemies and what kinds of plants

[02:07] and creatures live on their planet what

[02:09] do they want and what do they need all

[02:12] of these are the beginning of a much

[02:14] more in-depth question that we can ask

[02:16] to help get to know our characters

[02:18] better for example my character or me

[02:21] sapphire in my early childhood days i

[02:23] wanted to help creatives all across the

[02:25] universe solve their problems however

[02:27] what sapphire needed is to support her

[02:29] own world in creativity before she could

[02:31] help others build their own she had to

[02:33] find a way to build strong pillars for

[02:34] herself before getting what she wants

[02:36] this creates conflict in her journey in

[02:38] finding herself so that she can help

[02:40] others this being said there are many

[02:42] websites and places you can look to get

[02:44] started with asking questions about your

[02:46] character to start developing them

[02:48] further i encourage you to get a pen and

[02:50] a paper to start jotting down

[02:51] information about your character

[02:53] remember you can always start with

[02:55] questions if you're unsure about where

[02:58] your character belongs or where to start

[03:01] number two is mind mapping mind mapping

[03:03] is a really great technique that can be

[03:06] used for any form of creativity not just

[03:08] in writing mind mapping is when you put

[03:10] a word in the center of a piece of paper

[03:12] and branch out from it you may have done

[03:14] this in school before for a project so

[03:16] if we're talking about elsa we could put

[03:18] elsa in the middle of the paper and

[03:20] start branching off what does elsa make

[03:22] us think of ice cold independence and

[03:25] powerful see how these words can start

[03:27] giving you imagery of world building and

[03:29] continuing to develop lore for your

[03:31] character maybe you need to start with

[03:32] the word ice in the middle because you

[03:34] don't actually have an idea of who your

[03:36] character is yet but maybe you do know

[03:38] that they want ice powers then you can

[03:40] make connections to what ice makes you

[03:42] think of which again can help start

[03:44] building visuals and ideas for stories

[03:46] world building and character design so

[03:48] again get a piece of paper and some

[03:50] colorful pens and start mind mapping

[03:53] number three is free form writing

[03:55] freeform writing is actually one of my

[03:57] favorites this can be a challenging one

[03:59] to start with if you don't have any idea

[04:01] of what you want to do if you feel stuck

[04:03] i recommend one of the first two methods

[04:05] this one is usually a tool to use after

[04:08] you've done a mind map or answered

[04:10] questions free form writing is sitting

[04:11] down with a nice hot cup of tea or

[04:13] coffee whichever you prefer and grabbing

[04:15] your favorite pen get a notebook and let

[04:18] your mind free flow the idea of free

[04:21] form is that it doesn't have to be

[04:23] official or even canon this can be

[04:25] simply a rough idea of what you want

[04:27] this way you can start reworking it and

[04:29] go back to perfect the story let this be

[04:31] a time to roll in your mistakes or in

[04:33] your fear i promise it'll be okay the

[04:35] idea of free-form writing is to really

[04:37] just let loose whatever is in your mind

[04:40] it's okay if that's not where you want

[04:42] to go yet or you're like i don't really

[04:44] know if this is it yet that's totally

[04:46] fine freeform writing is a great way to

[04:48] break past the mental blocks and the

[04:50] fear we have of building our characters

[04:52] because we want to make them lovable we

[04:54] want to make them great we want to make

[04:56] them likable by our audience but

[04:58] sometimes you just have to break past

[04:59] that mental block that you're having in

[05:01] order to write them by just getting

[05:03] something out on the piece of paper it

[05:05] can be overwhelming and intimidating to

[05:07] write lore and i know we all want to

[05:09] make sure that our characters are

[05:11] memorable but with these three tools

[05:13] question asking mind mapping in free

[05:15] form writing there'll be great ways to

[05:17] start developing lore if you don't have

[05:19] any if you have no lore i would

[05:21] encourage you to write lore to increase

[05:23] the quality of your character and of

[05:26] your content so what kind of lore are

[05:28] you gonna start writing for your

[05:29] character are you gonna ch are you gonna

[05:31] start with free form writing and just

[05:33] let your mind run wild are you gonna do

[05:35] some mind mapping and get some fun

[05:36] colorful colorful pens or are you going

[05:38] to start answering questions about your

[05:40] character these are all things for you

[05:42] to consider when making your character

[05:45] developing your world developing your

[05:47] brand and where you want to go thank you

[05:49] so much gems for joining us on this

[05:51] week's episode of the youtuber voices

[05:52] podcast now go write some lore and let

[05:55] go of those fears hakuna matata i will

[05:58] see you next friday for another episode

[06:00] of the youtuber voices podcast bye