(08-26-2016, 05:17 PM)Chompie Wrote:(08-26-2016, 03:22 PM)MaverickMissy Wrote: ... when you are completely incapable of writing an outright bad guy because you believe good and evil are subjective, and shades of gray morality is fun to insert because it messes with people's heads.
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... you think about the characters who have been in that character's life (NPC-types) that influenced the way your character is.
... fuss over unique character traits and personality traits that level them out so they're not a "special snowflake."
Oh gosh, these ones I do so much. Though the last one I've stepped aside from. I now constantly make fun of my character and refer to her as a special snowflake queen so that I sound super cool and self-aware about my dork catgirl.
I'm kind of the opposite. I take my character planning and development way too seriously, I guess. Since writing is something I want to do as a career, making balanced characters is something I stress out to the point that I sometimes second-guess my character development.
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