Timeline for Signs of Bad Character Development
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| Mar 3, 2011 at 20:42 | comment | added | Dale Hartley Emery | I like to use actors for this. Imaging Steve Buscemi as your character. Or Paul Newman. Or Jake Gyllenhaal. Or Maggie Gyllenhaal. Each choice gives you a very different character. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 18:04 | comment | added | Ralph Gallagher | The trick is to take bits of pieces from people. Maybe take a quirk from your sister and the personality of the guy down the street. Mix and match different things from different people to make a unique character. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 17:04 | comment | added | Slartibartfast | Agreed, but it can still serve as a nice and helpful template since its important that the author feel that he himself knows the character. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 16:48 | comment | added | justkt | Whenever I try to do this, I run into too much "hey, that character is me!" from friends. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 16:45 | history | answered | Slartibartfast | CC BY-SA 2.5 |