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How do you write a character that has a different worldview than your own?
I'm trying to figure out how to write a character that has a radically different worldview from my own while still keeping it logically consistent. I know there are a lot of questions about how to ...
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What types of resources and primary sources are helpful for getting into historical character?
When you are developing characters for fiction, and particularly historical fiction, what kinds of resources do you find most helpful in establishing a distinctive voice?
Two suggestions I've heard ...
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Where to find primary sources for getting into historical character? (voicing)
What sites, libraries, or other organizations have strong, easy-to-browse collections of letters, diaries, and other primary sources that are great for authors doing research for historical fiction ...
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Interviewing a person for a character
So I'm building a character who works in a particular field of science and I found an e-mail for a scientist on the internet and emailed him. I described how I'm writing a sci-fi story and gave him ...
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Does dialogue need to be accurate to the setting?
I am currently writing a story that is set in pre-WWI USA/America.
I do not mind conducting research about the locations and the time. I do want to understand what experiences my characters will have ...
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How do relationships build the main character or plot
I read that it’s approved of to have the protagonist to have deep relationships which I mean as friend-related bonds between people - because it makes the character stand out
I’m asking this based on ...
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Writing a character who is an expert in something that I can't know
I'm writing a story where the main character comes back from the dead. The character is fully lucid, knowledgeable and articulate about what has happened.
I want to depict the character as an expert, ...
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Writing a character that does not share your ethnic background?
When you make a character that isn't your own race or ethnic background, you have to research things, in order to avoid misrepresentation. But, what must you research about a given ethnic group? How ...
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How to use sociological and/or psychological studies in character building?
A story I’m trying to write have several characters who have been raised in foster families. None of them have been physically or emotionally abused, but I still felt like their childhood sould have ...
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How to write about an emotion you never experienced?
Is it possible for a writer to describe realistically a never felt emotion?
For example I have never experienced faith, or being truly in love. I've never physically hurt anyone and have no idea of ...
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How to do research to write characters from a different culture?
Let's say I'm French and I'd like to write a Korean character.
How can I build their personality traits, values, etc. in a realist way?
I'm afraid to end up with a character only superficially ...
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Where do you start researching something you know nothing about?
I have a character with a little back-story I'd like to dribble in here and there as we go.
I have something sort of specific in mind, and it makes sense for the character, but it doesn't seem like ...
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Should I research what my protagonist’s job would involve, or just create it all from my imagination?
My protagonist works in a pharma company and I really don't have a clue about how they work, what kind of a life they live and all.
It is required for the plot to make him work in a company which ...
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