characters

irish blue eyes

could someone plz help me:mad: i'm soo frustrated i'v created this character but theres something missing about the character. could someone tell me how to inject some reality into the character. it's missing something i dont now yet. HELP!!!!!!

irish blue eyes

annnnybody?????? :eek::eek:

~Rebel~

Hiya, its kinda hard to help since we don't know anything about the character, whats there, what might be lacking etc. If you want you can feel free to post up, or pm me an excerpt and id be happy to give my opinions..

as just a general idea anyway, i guess including human faults and weakness's as well as their plus points..

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Need more info.

Most characters in this position tend to lack a definite purpose (what are they trying to do?), but it's guesswork really.

irish blue eyes

thanks. the character is your average fifteen year old girl i guess i'm just finding it hard to write reactions of a fifteen year old girl however i refuse to change the age. how do you form your charaters???/:):)

~Rebel~

Well usually if im making a character its for a purpose, where i already have a general idea of who they are and what they're going to do to progress the story. So before i start writing i already have a basic idea (or maybe 'feeling' is a better word) of how they're going to react to certain situations, as well as how they'll change as the story developes.


If its a shorter story ill usually keep it simple and try to protray a few more basic emotions or characteristics that are relevent to the story in more depth rather then giving the reader a more all round idea.

From what your situation sounds like, id picture the character in my head, close my eyes, put them in the situation and try and let it play out naturally in my mind, then try and write it!

Hope this helps a bit.

irish blue eyes

thanks this is a great help :)

davyjose

Some tips

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

What's here chief characterisic? In one word? Then, something to conflict it. (Might be that your missing how she rects to things rather than somethign she is)

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Livvie

The important thing is to really know your character - she has to be someone you care passionately about, someone you love - or even hate. She has to be real in your head. In my novel, my lead character is someone who I can actually forget is fictitious. I often find it helps to have a real person in mind, whether for physical or emotional characteristics. Once your character becomes a person and not just someone in a book, it will generally flow instinctively.

JumpJump

There's no such thing as an 'average 15 year old girl'; or at least, there isn't when it comes to creating engaging and interesting characters. That's not a character description, it's just a very vague, generalised characterisation. Who is your character? What does she want more than anything in the world? Is there something she needs but doesn't even know it? What motivates her in her everyday life? What are her passions? What is her biggest fear she is aware of? What is the biggest fear she isn't aware of?

Know your characters better than they know themselves. Good characters are the springboard for all engaging fiction.

brianthebard

Have you written a character analysis for yourself? If not I would start with that, it can be as short or long as you want, but the more you have on your character to hand the easier it will be to write her. Plus you will probably start to flesh her out quite easily once you get started. Then if you still feel there are issues you could post it up here and give people an idea of what you are attempting to do.