Hello istahil. I was wondering if you had any advice on writing characters. I love how fleshed out and we'll developed all your characters are and I was wondering what your process of developing them has been like.
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I've written down what exactly helped me and I'm 80% sure it'll help you a lot. I know and have mentioned 3 methods and one might help. Maybe.
Method 1:
I actually saw a post (say about a few months ago) talking about how you should stick to cliche characters and I think that would be perfect advice (I only saw the post after developing my characters so it didn't apply to me but if I didn't, I'd totally go with that) + (I would link the post but I can't seem to find it sorry :( )
Method 2:
Something else I did (one I actually followed) was I'd collect a bunch of characters (from shows/movies/serieses) and pick out what they had in common, realistic things they'd do (like have more than one pet peeve on things) or just habits they had that I liked a lot. So I'd mix and match (but avoiding clashing two different vibes together unless your character had heavy mood swings lol)
If every character is the same at the start (a mirror of yourself most likely) trying basing your characters on other pre-existing characters you love. Or at least some parts of their characteristics or characteristics from various similar characters combined.
" Inspiration from other characters can go a long way in creating a unique character of your own." - random Reddit user I saw
If you want your protagonist/Romance option/side character to be a golden retriever type of a character, think of characters with the same habits and behaviour from other movies and serieses you've watched.
Method 3:
Also I started using character sheets? This is actually pretty useful as you can write out their goals and all of that. I've made a template for the exact one I'm using so that might help? (It's not completed but it's a start!)
Here's the template make sure to copy the file then begin editing it!
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charlotte kingsley posting but shes drawn by memory + some hcs (still the number one charlotte artist rn)
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