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Questions that involve people in a work of fiction, including character development, motivations, design, points of view, and representation.
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First quarter friends
Keep the characters relevant by having the MC spend his down time writing letters or otherwise trying to keep in touch with these characters. … Alternatively when the MC faces a tough challenge you can have him think back to some aspect of the other characters. …
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Describing paralyzing fear in the first person
In addition to Jedediah's answer to write in the character's stream of consciousness there are also physical symptoms you can describe.
My stomach felt like it dropped to my feet as the plane su …
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How can I portray a character with no fear of death, without them sounding utterly bored?
I would challenge her lack of fear, if her ability can't trigger automatically as stated in comments she should still have some fear of death, things can happen around her that she isn't aware of and …
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What are the different types of characters in a fictional story?
No one says you have to classify your characters, your characters are there to support the plot and overall story, how they do so is pedantic. … Jamie, Cersei, Tyrion, all integral to the story and all for sure main characters.
So how can we have such a large cast of main characters? …
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Doubt about the concept of "true (or complex) character"
Your fully realized character has an entire life story, not just what you plan to write about them in your book. They have a childhood, adolescence and adulthood. They've had relationships and passion …
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How to hint at an antagonist's identity?
disdain for humans, from trying to break a person's sanity or convincing followers to kidnap, if all Loki's masks have a similar underlying disdain for humans a careful reader may start to link these characters …