h50europe: 123 Ideas For Character Flaws According to Oxford English Dictionaries, a character flaw is ‘a fault or weakness in a person’s character’. Character Flaws From Dark World RPG via The Character Therapist Absent-minded – Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful. Abusive – Characterized by…
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The most emotionally engaging antagonists are just protagonists who try to make things right THE WRONG WAY.
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Read moreStory is Transformation
Here’s a quick rule of thumb for your protag. Move as far as you can between the before and the after. Start like this. And use the story to get to this. Transformation is what stories are about. The bigger the better. It’s easy to make the transformation dramatic when the distance between before and…
Read morengoveronica: I feel like grabbing you by your ears right now and screaming, “I’m not fucking interested!”. Instead, I’m going to drive home and do some accounting. Nightcrawler (2014) dir. Dan Gilroy Writer friends, file under: how to structure, how to character, how to stakes, how to arc, how to escalate. Also written by Dan…
Read moreHey, you’re awesome, thanks for existing, basically ^_^ Anyway, I wanted to know if you have any tips on how to write different personalities? My characters (all of them) always end up with the same default personality that I fall back on. Thanks!
lets-get-fictional: Thanks for your question, darling! I think most of us have struggled with this – after all, we’re conditioned to one way of thinking, feeling, and acting for as long as we live. That doesn’t necessarily mean we write characters like ourselves, though. In fact, many of us have a “default character” that’s sassier…
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Read morecali-cocaine: this is good It is good for real life, it’s also a reminder to be aware of how you behave when frustrated. This is all about being frustrated, by the way, being thwarted. How do you act when you are thwarted by random circumstance? Writer friends: File under how to character
Read moreCreating Conflict
You can find lots of extra conflict in your story by considering what the characters EXPECT from each other, and what happens when those expectations are met with a very different reality. Most people get along well when they get what they expect from each other. That’s nice for life. Not great for story. Watch…
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