r/CharacterDevelopment

It's in Jaiyana's pov.

'' I'm tired!'' Emine shouted at the top of her lungs. Although being stranded inside a random white room, she still found room to be...like she is.

'' Emine, stop screaming, please,'' Jaiyana said.

'' Get us out- I'm supposed to be...doing stuff! With Mark.''

'' You never do anything of value. Besides, the human won't know how to get us out? DO you?'' Gabriel said.

She stumbled, her right foot bumping against her left. She wouldn't let them get to her.

'' I'm not a ''human''- elf.'' She paused. '' And- wrong question: why don't you use your powers?''

Gabriel stared at her.

Until a set of steps arrived from underground. '' HEY guys, I'm back!'' Mark shouted.

'' I know you guys are happy. I brought you some...whatever are these?'' His hands held a sack.

'' Money?'' Gabriel said.

'' Better.''

'' I thought you didn't know what those are.''

'' I do know, human.''

'' Fine.....ego-boy.''

Yep- if she knew the exit, she would be leaving alone.

Be nicer.

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hi! I'm writing a story, but I need character ideas! im making the main character but id love some help with sode characters! theres no pressure to do this of course! i just thought it would be fun to see what people come up with

I'm creating a character who is a young gay prince in the Middle Ages (with some Greco-Roman elements) and who gradually discovers his attraction to men. He accepts that he is gay fairly quickly, but has a much harder time accepting that he might be a bottom.

As a prince, he was raised to believe that his social status and position are incompatible with being perceived as sexually submissive. I'd like to explore this conflict in a realistic way, without relying on the usual clichés surrounding gay characters and sexual roles.

MARK '' Am I an idiot for buying you flowers?''

Her: You're an idiot for thinking I wouldn't like them! What's not to like? They are- '' Her eyes paused.

They're inside the living room- couches, a lamp on the side, TV, but in front of her, there's a ....

She does not know what to call that. Those are not flowers.

''Mark, what's this?''

He smacked his lips. '' It's the furniture, love?''

'' This is exactly what I mean when I say it feels like I'm literally inside a fantasy show.''

''Y'all get used to it.''

Then, a trace of footsteps was heard from the doorway- a delicate pattern of steps- like ping-pong balls bouncing against the floor.

'' I'm BACKK!'' A familiar voice shouted, in all caps. She stepped through the wide archway into the living room, her hair flowing bright, wearing a ''you bet'' pink shirt with a black miniskirt.

She leaned against the wall of the archway. '' What's up?''

She pointed to the 'thing'. '' Your best friend's up.''

'' Love?!'' He exclaims, offended.

'' Don't call me that right now. '' Her eyes trace the object up and down. What's the deal?

While she's thinking, the other girl musters up to talk, probably wanting to avoid her very subsequent-

'' Look, I'm now investigating this.''

Investigation!

They groaned- which was weird. She always did this.

She circled the object, eyeing the two of them. '' What?'' She deliberately looked at Mark. '' What if it eats us?''

The colourful girl smiled, restrained.

'' It wouldn't be the first time.'' She looked around. '' Where's Gabriel?''

'' He's...'' He laughed to himself. '' I forgot.''

She took out a measuring tape from her pocket. '' I'm focusing on the thing now. You guys go find Gabriel.''

He dragged himself off the couch, smiling at Emine and then noticing the tape she had pulled out -which he did not know whether she'd stolen. Or bought. But he knew her.

He narrowed his eyes at her, grinning. '' Fine. On it, love.''

'' Don't call me that, banana-peel head.'' The tip of her finger rested at 33 cm on the measuring tape. ''33...'' she muttered to herself. '' Right. Now what?'' She looked around- just to catch him eyeing her and the measuring tape. She smiled.

That was the best she could do.

Of course he knows. Now she might have to...

Wait.

He knew- but now she knew.

What kind of idiot calls 'flowers' a...

She smiled even more.

This was a clue.

Note: I'm struggling to keep the tense consistent; sorry if you have difficulty reading. This is merely for character analysis.

How I was going to go about this is that there people that are about to die if my character doesn't save them, but if they go to save them, the person lets the villain who wronged them get away. So, they have to make a choice to either take their revenge or save their lives.

What I was going for is to go against the standard "the hero will be just as bad as the villain if they kill the villain" and more for something that goes along the lines of, "The hero will be just as bad as the villain if they prioritize their obsession and desire more than doing what is right"

What do you guys think? Do you have an alternative?

I'm 16F writing the story of a girl the same age as me, but I want her to seem naive. She's the victim of a man who is much, much older, and doesn't realize how bad it is that he is 3x her age. I want the character to be established as very smart, but inexperienced in the world, but don't know which ways I am blind by my own youth. Anyone older than me, I would love to know the small and big things I may miss by being a teenager myself.

(English is not my first language and I'm still leanring but I'll write post in English so I get more replies, I guess?)

So I have already made several characters for my work. All of them sympathize me. Some have more interesting backstory and some have less (I'm working on realistical story that takes place in one period of actual historical time, but I add ocs, of course). I'm still working on them and it might change. However, I find it hard to decide which one should be the main character (I have main group of 4 and some characters attached to them or separate). How many main characters I could have? And how to decide which one should be the main? I feel like the story would be so different depending on who will be the one to introduce readers. I cannot choose which variation I like the most

As a writer and a reader I am not opposed to hereditary magic if the book is written well. Although sometimes when an undeserving character is given immense power without earning it can feel kind of frustrating and unfair. But then again that could always make the book better if written well. On the other hand when a characters have to work hard to earn their magic and abilities it feels much more rewarding. Which do you prefer to write? Hereditary manic or earned abilities? I don’t really understand why some people are so opposed to hereditary power. Although I do understand why someone might prefer earned magic.

I'm working on a novel in which the main character is a woman, and I want to make her just a woman experience life, I don't want to sexualize her like many male authors do, or make her dumb, or even make her flawless, I just want her to be herself, and in some point I can't do that. So how I do that?

We all have our own unique perspective on this. Some people say writing different scenarios for their characters and see how they handle situations, others use things like archetypes, personality theory or astrology, others use real people or fictional characters as inspiration for their characters.

What do you think is the best way to shape the personalities of your characters? What works the best for you?

So I went to chandigarh with this friend of mine (only one friend I have) .being good looking girl in club approached her .exchanged their numbers.but he asked. Me to chat with her.so while chatting he kept on saying me I'm jealous with him.and many things .and I managed to bring that girl to his hotel room just by chatting.while they were in room maybe she didn't like his company so she left.and I realised my friend is not so nice with me .it's always about him.while we were entering to club I asked him to ask the person at the reception counter for entry fees .but he was not going to ask him as it would down his reputation.me being bit crazy I managed to get entries at just 2 k which they were asking for 5k .so we entered and he just was standing doing nothing like the personal n who thinks i want to look different wannabe reputation ke chode so I dint find it nice we kep standing for 6 hours in club.😭 And he kept taunting I'm jealous my friend left because my own persona like personal things know he's the only friend i have.when we came back I called him and broke my friendship and said him have a wonderful journey .he asked after some days to go with him to Bombay to find some acting thing.i totally denied he also taunted agr mai nhi jauga toh iska mtlb ye nhi mai nhi jauga .mene bola toh chle ja kyu pooch rha.and now today I saw his snap hes in Bombay and doing his stuff.i don't know a feeling of sadness and bit like I lost my friend. Now it seems like we are parted away

Chandigarh trip I planned at my own and expenses I did at my own after total when we came back he gave me money .from uber to hotel I managed everything and what was my give away I'm jealous .I said ki if I'm jealous mai kyu chat krke dunga but he was ridiculous.he even said jb movie dekhta hai koi toh hero ki bjah se dekhta hai na ki script ya director ki bja se it hurt me.and I said him u are such a narcissist...

Have you ever written a story about a fictional character who is or wanted to be a writer? Or are you in the process of writing a book like that?

My Turn:

I never finished the story, but I was at one point working one where a niece was trying to finish her aunt's story in order to understand her aunt as a person. The niece is not a writer, but she wanted to complete her aunt's story. Will I ever go back to this book to complete it? Maybe, just maybe.

What about you? Ever written about a fictional writer or soon to be fictional writer?

I am writing for a male character who unexpectedly falls for a friend (who is not their usual type) and tries to repress it at first. What types of thoughts/feelings would best most realistic or relatable?

So I have been coming up with character idea just throwing everything to see what I could come up with, here is what I got

A child raised by loving parents for a few years, gets kidnapped and taken by cultists who kept prisoners drugged up to idiocy, when a group of paladins attacked the cult the kid now an adult grabs the sword the cult had worshipped. The sword was made by a powerful fiend to corrupt the mind of the wielder, however that was with thought the wielder would be intelligent. Thus the sword can't corrupt them and it is cursed so they can't lose it.

Love yourself because I am proud of you. 💖

Context in the story written is a villains backstory where we see a social awkward and mostly quiet and soft spoke young adult man who will into fall to dark villainess path over the story.

Also this a fantasy story my character is a half human humanoid magical creatures. And the only person who his have in his life is a human woman.

No this is not a romance byway.

If you want to know more dm me and we can talk more about writing ✍️.

Also I'm not asking for you to write my story for me I'm pure asking for advice/suggestions.

No trauma backstory. No revenge arc. No inner torment.

He just found the one thing he's good at, and he enjoys doing it, the way other people enjoy their morning coffee.

Writing him was the strangest experience I've had. He was the easiest character to write and the hardest to be around.

The scariest part wasn't writing the violence. It was writing how reasonable he sounds when he explains himself.

Has anyone else written a character they genuinely couldn't stand being inside of?