Creating infallible characters
when creating characters, one thing writers, both new and old need to keep in mind is whether the reader will get attached to them?
when creating characters, one thing writers, both new and old need to keep in mind is whether the reader will get attached to them?
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Vijay Kerji 04.07.2019, 15:57:12
Writers should make the characters three dimensional by having a proper backstory and their objectives
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Londa Cele 05.08.2019, 17:07:57
Londa Cele, Ouch, my bruised ego aside what I meant was...a character can't be there for the sake of being a hindrance to the protag or making them fall in love or whatever. In my opinion, each character has to have their own little story in the same way a house has a father mother and kids. Everybody wakes up goes to school or work n meets up in the afternoon but they've lived different lives that compliment the life of that particular houses breadwinner, makes sense? I hope so?
Roza Csergo 04.07.2019, 17:53:24
Besides the obvious character development elements like flaws, graces, quirks or skills give the main characters a goal (something they want to get or to achieve), a problem (something that keeps them from reaching their goals) and a life lesson (something they learned as they were chasing after their goal).
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Roza Csergo 04.07.2019, 17:59:49
Roza Csergo, Infallible by definition means incapable of error (yeah, I googled it). If you make your character perfect then how would a flawed, imperfect, tried by life real person connect with them, feel their pain and sorrow? Is it wise?