: Re: Writing psychopathic characters (I) How psychopathic should a character be especially if they are one of the "good guys"? So, due to some vicious trauma in the past, the character has developed

So some good resources for writing psychopaths (because I'm newly researching this) include: www.writerscookbook.com/how-to-write-a-psychopath/ and sarahkaymoll.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/how-to-write-a-psychopath/.
Two things that I came across in the research that really impacted how I wrote my psychopathic character is: 1) they don't have to be the killer. In fact, in my story the psychopathic character never kills anyone, he simply orchastrates the devious and awful events that occur in the series. 2) No one has all of the psychopathic markers (I would suggest getting familiar with Robert D. Hare's checklist). Pick the characteristics that make the most sense in the context of your story.

I think this goes for any character with a mental illness in any plot.

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