One of the hardest things to write is good characters, all of them.
How many times have you read a book and only one or two or three
characters have any life to them? The rest are just...there?
Do you have trouble filling out your characters?
Have you tried the Power of Three for your characters?
Try these ideas on ALL your characters:
Three wishes
Three fears
Three flaws
Three heroic qualities
Here are ones I did for my MC, Angelica:
Three wishes:
To be a normal girl
For her dad to not have to work so much
Get her sister out of an abusive relationship
Three fears:
She really is a serial killer
She will lose her family
She is a monster
Three flaws:
Set herself up to be unlovable so no one else dies
Distrustful
Chooses to be a wallflower
Three heroic qualities:
Loyal
Brave
Smart
Now your turn.
Choose one category and share with us in comments!
Or if that is too hard, tell us your favorite character.
3 comments:
Okay, I'll try this. My MC is a dog. His 3 wishes are to communicate with his human, to help his human get over a crisis, and to get more Doggie Delights dog treats.
My character's three wishes are: 1-to be in a best-selling novel; 2-to be quoted by millions; 3-to be in a movie.
Oh wait...
How different both of your MCs are! Julie, is your MCs name JULIE? :)
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