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03 Character Building - Protagonist & Antagonist
Guys I have a book as well plz check it out as well
Ok, my book has a few characters in it, each sort of integral to Selena’s story. Her family: a mom, a dad, and a sister. She is also around an undercover cop and some people that kidnapped her.
What I need to know is as I am developing Selena’s story in other chapters would it be a bad idea to dedicate a chapter to certain characters to show what they are going through with her being missing? Would it be okay to do that as a way to form their characters better to? I struggle with giving my
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I just need to know if that would be a good way to showcase them more so people can relate to them. Because Selena actually doesn’t spend a whole lot of time during the novel with these people. She is bounced around from one sex trafficking den to the next:
Sheeeet I'm 15, a sophomore, and not doing so good in school right now but dang! This guy went into major depth about characters and looking on my characters, they're pretty bland on the characteristic side. This is a new semester for me at my high school and this really drives me to get back in the game of being an author!
Thank you so much INKITT and also Bryan Thomas Schmidt!
I never wrote long paragraphs, but I always list basic descriptions of my characters whenever I planned out my stories (usually a few sentences) and let whatever story I have better flesh out the characters, as there are times when I come up with something for my characters while writing a chapter or scene that I might not have originally thought of. I'm going to give this a shot to see how it turns out.
-W.S.
I find the list of six points to develop for each character very useful. I was doing this before without structure, instinctively.
I way prefer creating antagonists, I find it so hard creating my hero as I’m such a perfectionist! Who else is the same?
Damn this guy is good, such a great resource thanks Inkitt! I usually base characters on people I know, but I’m realising that’s a bit of a cop out. I am going to focus more on developing their habits and patterns, and making my characters unique. Can’t wait to start profiling.
Cool suggestion about the character interviews, gonna try that. I often end up writing samey characters because I haven’t given each of them enough thought. That changes today!
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