03 Character Building - Protagonist & Antagonist

I find the list of six points to develop for each character very useful. I was doing this before without structure, instinctively.

RyanJohnson

I way prefer creating antagonists, I find it so hard creating my hero as I’m such a perfectionist! Who else is the same?

catgirly93 I will actually experience the opposite. I work so much on the main character that the antagonist's character somehow falls behind in terms of description :P

AshlynRiter Meanwhile my protagonist is like an anti-hero and my antagonist seems more like a "hero" and would probably be the protagonist if I wanted to write a typical fantasy story. XD -Ashlyn

sisi12

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.

JMMiller

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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