Mistakes TO AVOID When Writing Characters

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  @geekazoidd · 1 year ago

  Clicked for character writing advice<br><br>Got a reality check of my insecurities

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• FO

  @FOF275 · 1 year ago

  Solo Leveling had an interesting concept about Sung losing himself as he became more powerful, but it wasn&apos;t explored at all so we can just get big fights. It really hurts the story towards the end because he stops being human at all and becomes an empty emotionless void

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  @_Wanderlustminded · 11 months ago

  The thing about “emotionless characters” imo is that they ARE emotional, but they just process emotions differently, whether they struggle to express them or they purposefully suppress them.<br><br>Emotionless characters don’t lack emotion, in fact I’d say they’re FULL of emotion, but selective with how they show them

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  @SirL_56 · 1 year ago

  mob is a really good example of using emotionlessness to give the character emotions. itd take me a while to explain but the people who have finished the show probably get what i mean

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• KO

  @kosalty · 1 year ago

  sung jin wu iz the best wrtn chrtr evr. he iz so peek. evry chrtr shuld b writen like him. if u dnt liek him u 2 dum to undrstnd him

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  @crysthemist · 1 year ago

  The best way to train yourself to be free of cringe is to write fanfiction I think. Societally, fanfiction is somewhat treated as a joke or something to be embarrassed of, if it’s brought up at all.<br>But really, fanfiction is an excellent way to explore creative ideas and practice character writing. The characters are already there! You just gotta use them like dolls to tell the story you want to tell. In doing so, you learn how they interact with each other and the world and you learn how to stretch them to cleanly fit the narrative you want. I would argue that fitting an already made character into a completely new situation with new stakes and have that character be believable is more impressive than making one from scratch to fill that role instead (though that still has its own difficulties for sure).

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  @JedediahTheLast · 1 year ago

  Long ago I made up the terms &quot;large-economy&quot; and &quot;small-economy&quot; stories. &nbsp;It was an awkward metaphor about how, in a literal small economy (say, a backward village of people scrabbling at subsistence level), you can trace economic relationships precisely, possibly for every object. &nbsp;&quot;This hammer? &nbsp;It belonged to my father; he bought it in his youth from a tinker who used to pass through the village, in those days. &nbsp;I can tell you how much he paid for it. &nbsp;Seven years ago the handle broke and it had to be replaced. &nbsp;That bread? &nbsp;It&apos;s made from grain grown on Old-Man Peterson&apos;s farm. &nbsp;Did you want me to introduce you to the village baker?&quot; &nbsp;In a large economy, you don&apos;t know where the grain in your bread came from, and probably not even where the bread came from, besides the store it was trucked in to be sold at. &nbsp;Likewise, in some stories (including real-life biographies), characters who make a big difference may pass into the story suddenly, and pass out again as abruptly. &nbsp;Or they may be mentioned in passing and never appear. &nbsp;The world is big compared to the story, and many of the threads which weave the tapestry of the tale pass in and out only once or twice. &nbsp;Whereas in other stories, the world is small, every detail is significant, every character named should show up and have an arc contributing to the theme.<br><br>It depends on which sort of story you&apos;re telling, whether you should always have a named character eventually appear in the tale. &nbsp;(The Neverending Story [book], for specific thematic reasons, made an effort to throw out endless threads which were not followed up. &nbsp;Lord of the Rings regularly referenced various mythical figures, because the story was built atop a mountain of fictional mythology, though you didn&apos;t need a deep understanding of the mythology to appreciate the story. &nbsp;Etc...)

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  @eatereater6312 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0WgKPy8LG4&amp;t=387">6:27</a> this is my FAVORITE detail about Dadadan its great to see the group grow over the arcs

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  @Lizozaurus · 1 year ago

  I’ve only recently learned to let a serious moment be uninterrupted by a joke. I don’t know why that’s the inclination; something about intimate character moments almost feels invasive, if that makes sense? That said, the story has gained a lot more gravity since I’ve learned when to/when not to incorporate humor, so you definitely have a point there. <br>Good video! I’m always happy to find another writing channel.

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  @SHINZUWASASAGEYO · 1 year ago

  No matter how good the plot is if the character sucks you won&apos;t get attached to it, at first maybe you&apos;ll watch the episodes but you&apos;ll get bored to it no matter how many actions and engaging the story is showing. I realized that when watching anime, that&apos;s why usually I get bored half of the entire season because of how basic the character is.

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  @invarkul7831 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0WgKPy8LG4&amp;t=674">11:14</a>: say that again

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• JE

  @jedjohnson173 · 1 year ago

  Dungeon Meshi is an absolute masterclass in character writing

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