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Some Quick Character Tips

Here are a handful of quick tips to help you write believable characters!

1. A character’s arc doesn’t need to grow linearly. Your protagonist doesn’t have to go from being weak to strong, shy to confident, or novice to professional in one straight line. It’s more realistic if they mess up their progress on the way and even decline a bit before reaching their goal.

2. Their past affects their present. Make their backstory matter by having their past events shape them into who they are. Growing up with strict parents might lead to a sneaky character, and a bad car accident might leave them fearful of driving.

3. Give reoccurring side characters something that makes them easily recognizable. This could be a scar, a unique hairstyle, an accent, or a location they’re always found at, etc.

4. Make sure their dialogue matches their personality. To make your characters more believable in conversation, give them speech patterns. Does the shy character mumble too low for anyone to ever hear, does the nervous one pace around and make everyone else on edge?

5. Make your characters unpredictable. Real people do unexpected things all the time, and this can make life more exciting. The strict, straight-A student who decides to drink at a party. The pristine princess who likes to visit the muddy farm animals. When character’s decide to do things spontaneously or in the heat of the moment, it can create amazing twists and turns.

6. Give even your minor character’s a motive. This isn’t to say that all your characters need deep, intricate motives. However, every character should need or want something, and their actions should reflect that. What’s the motive behind a side character who follows your protagonist on their adventure? Perhaps they’ve always had dreams of leaving their small village or they want to protect your protagonist because of secret feelings.

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unpopular opinion but i dont agree with nerissa's interpretation of the current prophecy 👀

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wtf is wrong with you... nerissa is the only person who has sane interpretations of the prophecies nowadays

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LOL nerissa and sane in the same sentence? that chick is a basketcase

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shut the fuck up dickwad

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oopsies sorry your highness

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dont apologize to her lmfao she doesn't even believe in the propecies anymore🙄

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as she should???? stop licking sandwich's boots he's been dead for 400 slutty years

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HELLO. he literally founded the city we live in?????? how dense can u be ffs

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colonizer, he was, colonizer

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u tell em temp

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y'all how did we get here lmfao i was just stating an opinion 😭

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bitch this is tumblr dot com having an opinion is like an act of treason punishable by banishment to the deadlands

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Hi What The Fuck Does Your Url Say.

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maybe ur opinions just suck op

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Okay No But Seriously Can We Talk About That Person's Url

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yeah tbh the queen's new bond is a dilf

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WEONG POST WRONG POST WRONG POST QEOGNGPOST

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im killing myself

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is this anything tuc gregor the overlander the underland chronicles

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unorthodoxiguana

5 months ago

hail

The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

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unorthodoxiguana

2 months ago

excuse me why tf is this so beautiful

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

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unorthodoxiguana

1 year ago

I don't actually live near a library, as I live in a pretty rural village. But damn, I wish I do. Something about them just sounds so enchanting, rows upon rows of weathered and worn books, passed down from holder to holder. Even to someone who's unfortunately lost their spark for reading, it sounds like paradise.

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unorthodoxiguana

1 month ago

fuck why do some of these actually sound useful

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unorthodoxiguana

2 weeks ago

WHAT THE FUCK

BBC News

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

Judges say the "concept of sex is binary" while adding that transgender people will still have protection against discrimination.

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING WHAT THE FUCK

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lgbtqia lgbtq transgender trans pride trans rights WHAT THE FUCK british england united kingdom trans positivity uk politics trans ally anti jkr fuck jkr fuck jk rowling jk Rowling this is actually so fucked up fucking rowling

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unorthodoxiguana

4 months ago

few things more humbling than the realization that you really do write the same fic(s) over and over again

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fax my brother spit your shit indeed

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unorthodoxiguana

1 year ago

noted.

my writing fundamentally changed forever ten years ago when i realized you could use sentence structure to control people’s heart rates. is this still forbidden knowledge or does everyone know it now

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unorthodoxiguana

1 year ago

I can see why

The symbolism of flowers

Flowers have a long history of symbolism that you can incorporate into your writing to give subtext.

Symbolism varies between cultures and customs, and these particular examples come from Victorian Era Britain. You'll find examples of this symbolism in many well-known novels of the era!

Amaryllis: Pride

Black-eyed Susan: Justice

Bluebell: Humility

Calla Lily: Beauty

Pink Camellia: Longing

Carnations: Female love

Yellow Carnation: Rejection

Clematis: Mental beauty

Columbine: Foolishness

Cyclamen: Resignation

Daffodil: Unrivalled love

Daisy: Innocence, loyalty