All Questions
Tagged with character-development fiction
127
questions
2
votes
2
answers
133
views
How can I make my character motivations drive the story forward and not the other way around?
I'm having trouble writing my first real novel. The first three chapters in my story are dedicated to set up, introducing the main characters, and providing character motivations.
However, I have ...
- 453
-1
votes
2
answers
82
views
I'm trying to find enough sensory description for my book
How do I describe when a person falls unconscious with enough sensory details?
- 1
1
vote
4
answers
138
views
How to show slow character development when switching perspectives
I'm in the process of writing the first draft of my first novel (a medieval low-fantasy). In the story, I have multiple characters who slowly get possessed over time. The possession occurs through ...
- 445
0
votes
2
answers
55
views
I need some help polishing my protagonist's motivations
I'm writing a survival horror story that's a mixture between Bloodborne and The Last of Us. The story follows an emotionally distant woman and a physically disabled child as they trek through a world ...
- 1
2
votes
4
answers
577
views
Is it necessary to describe a character's physical appearance in a novel
I am writing a novel and I realized that I did not describe any of my characters, like practically, no reader would be able to place or imagine the character which I feel is not right. That is why I ...
- 65
2
votes
4
answers
208
views
Is it possible to write a story where every character has the same name?
I know this is probably going to get me a down vote, but I've had this idea for a while. I wanted to know if it would work or if it would be an awful failure. Every character is the same person from ...
- 67
1
vote
2
answers
108
views
How to use a character death as motivation in a compelling fashion?
Every writer knows the stereotypical trope where a throwaway character is created, killed off, and used as justification for why a protagonist is so determined to accomplish their goals (to avenge the ...
- 155
14
votes
4
answers
6k
views
My character surprised me with their behaviour while writing them, should I keep that behaviour or stick to how I had planned them?
I was doing some exploratory writing without much planning/thinking and one of the characters acted in a way I wasn't expecting!
In the narrative the character (normally kind/warm) is under stress, ...
- 945
0
votes
1
answer
61
views
How to write a character that lost his passion , his purpose that he had for his goal after he achives it and how to revive his passion?
So that character is like any typical sports anime character who loved to play cricket a lot and fortunately was gifted and lucky enough to become a big name in world of cricket but with time during ...
8
votes
4
answers
2k
views
How do you get solid concepts and stop scrapping ideas?
As a young writer, I usually write when I have the time; after I finish my homework or school. I find it difficult to get a solid idea. For starters, the first thing you need for a story is concept or ...
- 1,143
5
votes
1
answer
355
views
How do I write a character learning a foreign language?
A story I am writing has the main character teleported to a fictional world where no one knows their language. How do I write having them learn the language of said world naturally? It is a ...
- 51
1
vote
1
answer
98
views
Writing ideas for regrets someone would have after death and how to overcome them [closed]
Not completely sure if this is the right place for this question, but I had an idea for a story involving teens that have died with regrets/undealt with trauma being sent to an "afterlife" ...
- 115
1
vote
2
answers
226
views
How do I have my protagonist learn their lesson without pausing the plot?
I am writing a fantasy series where the protagonist's main flaw is that she feels she doesn't deserve happiness. In the mid point, the protagonist and the antagonist come face-to-face and the ...
10
votes
11
answers
5k
views
Does the hero have to defeat the villain themselves?
I'm writing a story where the villain is a powerful crime-boss. The hero is a young woman who is forcibly recruited into his mafia and is looking for an escape. In the end, I want to have the villain ...
- 117
4
votes
2
answers
184
views
Help! I have a strong concept, but a million decisions to make! How do I finish my first draft?
During the lockdown, I wrote 60,000 words of my children's fiction book. It wasn't a consistent process and as such, it has many inconsistencies and obsolete scenes.
At the moment, the draft looks ...
- 41