Try Writing Characters Your Readers Will Love
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Let's look at common mistakes in character writing, way to write characters your readers will love, how to make characters that resonate with readers, character interviews, characters sheets, and other tricks to develop the kind of characters readers remember long after they've put your book down.
Every writer struggles with creating a cast of characters that resonate with readers. Here are tips to take your writing to the next level by creating believable, memorable characters.
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Common Character Mistakes
08:35 How Create Character Depth
12:22 How to Make Characters Relatable
17:08 Character Creation Tips
20:50 Summary
Thanks heaps 👍….really useful info…I love the ‘playlist’ tip!…never thought of that 🎶😃
Glad it was helpful!. Wait till a character loves music you hate😝
Great info. Im writing a dnd world that i want to make a book one day. I struggle with memorable characters and good villain motivations.
That’s awesome. My favorite world started as an rpg setting, and I’ve written stories that started as scenes it situation that came up in games. For villains, just remember: everyone is the hero of their own story, so if your villain thinks they’re in the right (no matter how twisted their logic) readers and players will believe their motives.
This was a well-written and engaging presentation, to use for contemplating writing as something other than futile-fiction..
Glad you liked it. Fiction can feel futile, but it’s worth it if you’re enjoying it.
Edge, I'm new to writing & I caught on to a lot from your video. In fact, I'm going to go back, take it apart. (a lot to take in).
However, you clicked a light bulb. Spiderman, MJ, Aunt & Uncle, the Boss, Best friend. Everything was/is present. Most of the scenes are present tense. Hardly any exposition or flashbacks. MJ & Peter Parker's see saw relationship. The Uncles sage advice, the Aunts encouraging opinions of Peter Parker-Spiderman. Getting bit by a spider, His dealings with his Boss, friend Harry & Harry's Pop. Mostly all present tense. Question: Those things are fine in the present. But how did they get that way without flashbacks, daydreams, exposition or educational scholastic historical world building info dumps. How do you write back story. Thank You Edge. Awesome video, really explained a lot! Robert.
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Glad you got something out of it. Good question on flashbacks. If I’m showing the scene, I’ll usually establish that it is in the past, but tell it in present tense from the perspective of whoever is there. But if a character is telling another character a story I’ll use past tense since it is the past from their point of view.
👍💥 Yeah! That's what I did! Well? A guy's girlfriend said something to this guy about a vampire. But he didn't fully understand it at the time. (What's that mean?) After having a similar vampire life changing experience, showing character growth. The character has a similar experience. After, sitting in a diner having breakfast and coffee, waking up, he has a daydream. The recollection is played in his head in present tense. Of his girlfriends unrelatable experience/ conversation. Having an ephany/revelation, he adds things up, going forward in character development. Oh? That's what you mean! Now, I can relate to your experience having experienced it going through it myself. Where as before, he was oblivious to his girlfriends hardship. Thank You. Basically he had to go through the problem in order to relate and grow as a character. Through a daydreams, deductions he evaluates his girlfriend's experience comparing it to his own moving character development and the story forward. Thank You! Edge! 👍💥
I like to describe characters from the POV of somebody who looks at them disgusted or amused, with little respect. It can tell the reader something about both parties.
That’s an awesome idea. I’ve never tried it, but I’m going to!