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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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How do I show a character is involved in Internet subculture without making them seem dated?

I dont think you can. After all, this character can be pretty up-to-date in his internet knowledge on the story. But for the new readers, as time passes they are always going to read the story and eve …
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Can one character be both an antagonist and a protagonist?

In the strict sense... No. The point of the antagonist is a figure that opposes the protagonist. So they can't be one and the same. Like, you have the figure of speech "X is their worst enemy". But yo …
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How to write believable characters of professions I'm not familiar with?

Well, depending on your compromise, you could go the easy way and just take what you known about the job, movies and other stories stereotypes surrounding it, and do your best. From there, you could a …
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Is it offensive to kill my gay character at the end of my book?

Because if from a huge cast of characters, you only killed a couple and that included the ONLY gay character in the story, then it's inevitable that it will offend some people. …
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How do I make a headstrong female character likable and not annoying?

Hmm, you sound as if there was an equation for a character being likable, and no is quite subjective. Some people aren't going to like your character even if you managed to do a perfect characterizati …
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Free Gallery of Human Faces

The site ArtBreeder it's just what you need. It basically lets you create all kinds of imagery by AI. One of the options is for portraits. You can take some of the million random portraits included or …
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How to make a story entertaining with an almost invincible character?

I'm writing this fantasy story with the MC slowly transforming into a non-human being. Which makes him invulnerable... Or at least quite resistant. The problem is that I'm still not fully sure which t …
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Will changing a protagonist into an antagonist alienate readers?

While some readers would be feel uncertain about the role shift of the protagonist, I think they would still be really curious about the future development of the character as long as you make a good …
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