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: I developed this character in the second book instead of the first I am a young author writing a fantasy series. In my series, I have five main characters. Camryn, Dylan, Willow, Jason, and
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: Exploring one's sexual orientation. The process of it I generally write about LGBTQ characters who have already out and proud. Now I'm planning on writing a character that just found out that
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: Should I delete a character? I have two characters in mind, both share many traits. One of them is a side character (E) and one is a supporting (Z), but I'm wondering if I should mesh them
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: Is one book long enough to make my character fall in love? I am new to writing and this is my first story. I want to make my story believable and was wondering if one book is long enough
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: Influence of conflicting parental motives I'm writing a story where a charater is the landlord to the protagonist. The situation develops into a shared house. The problem here is that the parents
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: What qualifies for an antagonist? I'm a young author writing a realism-fantasy novel. My "antagonist" is this man who sends the protagonist away against his daughter's wishes(this is the
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: Should multiple chapters share the same page? Now that my memoir is published, I notice how there are multiple chapters beginning sharing the same page that the previous chapter ended on. I
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: How should I go about introducing character as a long forgotten friend? I am having the main protagonist find their imaginary friend that they had previously forgotten. How would I make some
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: How do characters push the ones they love away in a believable manner over the course of a novel? (not sure if this question belongs here, let me know if there's a better stack exchange category
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: Character development. Do I need major events for changes or can it be more gradual I have this main character who is very academically gifted but has a bunch of problems. For example he is:
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: Is using the layout of anothers published work in danger of plagiarisim if nothing else is the same? I started writing a book that uses the ‘layout’ or ‘style’ of another very popular
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: If I remove the capacity for one of the primary flaws, is it inevitable I end up with a boring character? In this world, there are mortals (human beings) and divine beings (gods/goddess). The
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: Can there be too many obstacles in a character’s path? My current WIP involves a deliberate miscarriage of justice. I started out with three main characters: J - a young girl who is effected
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: Does the main character have to be likable? I am often hearing / reading that the main character of your story should be likable or even if flawed should be something about them to get the
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: How do you write a flawed character without it seeming forced, or making it painful to read This is more of a general question, but I am wondering what is the proper way to create character
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: Do I need to develop layered characters to write a good story? In one of the books I have on writing, the author says that in order to tell a good story, you need to create characters with
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: When in the editing process should I edit characters and their arcs? When in the self-editing stages should I edit my characters? I have researched a bit on this but I haven't found any time
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: How can I handle a powerful mentor character without killing them off? I'm writing a book series that involves people with various superpowers. One of these characters and is more or less the
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: How to give out a character’s backstory without info-dumping? In my story, I follow a group of characters traveling across a post-nuclear wasteland. I’ve written all the characters (there are
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: How to construct the "inner layers" of a character: a doubt on construction of the psyche of fictional characters and bibliography suggestions First of all, this is a question that was asked
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: Realistically writing culture shock for this character? I want some help writing a character. Her name is Christina and she lived in an underground bunker, in a post-apocalyptic world, so she’s
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: Realistically writing culture shock for this character? I wanted help writing a character for my setting. Basically, in this story I’m writing, I have a character named Christina. Basically, she
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: How do you make a complex but unlikable character? I'm at the point in my story planning where I need to develop all of the characters. I want this character to be just be a complete asshole,
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: How to write a socially awkward, anxious character without them ending up like Bella Swan? I'm trying to write a character who is shy and awkward and has anxiety so she would stutter or have
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: How to create unique dialogue for characters? So, one of my problems is that I have trouble giving my characters unique voices. They usually all sound the same. I may say that they have
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: How to add various social themes in the story? I'm working on my first novel, which revolves around revenge and violent cycles of human nature for more than 1.5 years. While working on some
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: How strange (or not) is it for the protagonist in a tragedy to overcome their central flaw only for it to not matter? I have a story idea for a science fiction tragedy where the protagonist
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: Doubt on the trope "power trio": what are their psychological basis? I will gather some non-standard characters in this question. Suppose then the Powerpuff Girls, Team Sonic, Totally Spies, Kanker
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: How Should I Write my Character Discovering Superpowers? Does anyone have any tips on introducing your m/c's superpowers? My novel is set as a supernatural teen flick playing on the roles of
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: How do I write a friendship between a boy prince and an older commander? In my story, there is a certain man in his late twenties, who is one of the commanders in a war against a great
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: How would a young man treat a young girl back in the 1940s? I am writing a story in which a young man (about 18) meets a 14-year-old girl, and they work together to overcome serious hardships.
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: How do I write characters that aren't just a copy of myself? I am finding it difficult to create fictional characters with personalities that are not a copy of myself. I'm having trouble trying
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: Are there any good alternatives to "a fire inside" of someone? I'm trying to express the idea of a character undergoing a realisation, thus feeling an idea along the lines of a "fire being
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: How do I write a computer-savvy/hacker character? I have a character in my story for whom being computer savvy is supposed to be a major personality trait. The character works with computers
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: How do you prevent a character from being a creator's pet? I have a character that I really like. They were originally intended to be the main villain for a particular story arc and then
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: How would a god-like character react to losing their godhood? A character in my book is a (small g) goddess, who has limited knowledge of all her worshippers and the natural world. She and
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: How to write a character who is falling in love, but doesn't know? So I have been trying to write a character that is oblivious to romantic advances because they mistake them for normal, platonic
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: Is it illegal to use a real person as a character in your story? I'm writing a story where my character meets some of the world's greatest philosophers in a dream. He meets Franz Kafka, Dostoevsky,
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: Is it possible for a police officer to house a child in questioning? For my story, I have a character who is a police officer. In this story, a child is a key to solving the identity of
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