Overview – Mariner Software Persona for Windows User Manual
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Persona for Windows User Guide
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 SmartGroups 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