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In my experience with creating characters, I have found that writing out all their traits in a concrete manner is not the way to go, because real people are not always consistent. Tying them down to an archetype also does more harm than good, most of the time. You seem as if youâ€™re formulating patterns before treating your characters like real people.

This may not be a problem if your work is extremely plot based. There are different types of readers; some care about literal events, and others care about the character drama. If youâ€™re going for a character focused story, my advice is just to let go and let them act how they want.

Maybe Amrar and Adam are similar, but through the writing process theyâ€™ll gain little quirks that set them apart and make them feel unique. Donâ€™t think of them as a personality type. Let them break out of that so they can be free to change as you figure out who they are.

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