Overview – Mariner Software Persona for Mac User Manual
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Overview
Overview
The brainchild of Mariner Software's resident staff, and squarely aimed at the character development space, Persona aids you
in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored psychological principles to describe the motivations
and interactions between different characterizations of people. Persona is based on an ideology that by categorizing
characters into archetypes we can better know their background which in turn shows us their motivations and then predict
their behavior. Instead of changing characters as you write, you purposefully develop characters using psychological
principles of Plato, Jung and others.. Whether your story's hero is a brainiac talking fish or your villainess is an outcast
orphanage owner, Persona helps you explore how each character's unique psychology and background influences their
dealings and dialogue.
The character arc within a story is generally seen as a fulfillment of what a character needs to make them whole privately,
personally, and professionally. Persona delves into your character's private and personal goals by defining what events in their
life might have made them the way they are which in turn helps predict their behavior in your story. Good for ensemble casts,
episodic material, feature length film, stage, or radio, Persona deals with the characters not the format in which the story is
conveyed.
With Mariner Persona you can:
Explore relationships and interactions between each of your characters
Categorize characters into one of 32 archetypes and 64 styles
Create Smart Groups of characters based on attributes like tags, type sex, or any word or phrase from your
notes
Construct ad hoc groups of characters without a defined relationship to explore their interactions
See the corresponding archetypes for Heroes and Heroines and what they become if they corrupt into a villain or
villainess
Shape the details of a character from the color of their eyes to their hobbies or occupation
Predict their behavior and dialogue based on their archetype, background, and motivations