: Re: Resources for character development I'm weak at building characters. What resources are there to create rich characters? I'm thinking beyond name generators: Quirks, biography, diseases like allergies,

I was taught to do character writing exercises.

The biggest questions you need to answer about your characters are along the lines of the following:

What does she want most out of this situation?
What is his deepest fear?
What does she love?
What does he hate?
What motivates her to do [thing]?
What does he want from her?

Basically you need to find the motivations for your characters' actions.

Beyond that your biography should fit naturally with the motivation. If your character fears technology will ultimately render humans useless, how interesting would it be to have him pulled into a tech support role at work unwillingly? If your protagonist has an omnipresent fear of death, a serious allergy to peanuts would provide a great tension in the story.

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