For writing or palnning out a story, what are some necessary components of a charachter? any list of questions I could aska charachter inorder to learn more about him/her?
This can go for both fictional and realistic, but for right now I am trying to focus on realistic.
thank you for reading this.
God bless you
K.K.
2007-02-08 07:33:17 · 7 answers · asked by Kurious_Kat 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
oh also any tips on creating faults? I usualy find it hard to come up with some faults for my charachters. some seem virtualy invincible, and that doesn't work with the plot line.
2007-02-08 12:24:51 · update #1
"One of the most important elements in a novel or short story is characterization: making the characters seem vivid, real, alive. One technique that many writers use with success is to create a character profile for the main characters in the novel. The purpose of a character profile is twofold: to assist the writer in creating a character that is as lifelike as possible and to help with continuity issues in the story"
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun98/lazy2.htm
Find a useful Character Profile Worksheet and the complete article at the above website
2007-02-08 07:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good for you for asking about this! So many people seem to be concentrating on "what happens" they forget that the characters are the heart of the story! Here's a sheet I've used a few times to work on building up a character - there are others out there, but this is a good basic one to get you thinking!
http://www.thescriptorium.net/sketch.html
2007-02-08 15:42:10 · answer #2 · answered by Kate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I wrote stories myself, I used the personalities of people I knew. It seemed easier if I patterned my characters after real-life people; its easier if you have a pre-determined template to guess what one would do in a situation than to try to make up an entire personality yourself. There tends to be inconsistencies in character or all the characters start acting the same (because they all have your own personality) if you try to make up a complete personality by yourself.
So to get character components I would start paying attention to those around you and how they act. Try to get into their mind, to understand why they act that way. Does this one have a philosophical bent, or that one overly religious, does that one have a mind for strategy or is this one focused on how to attain and maintain popularity? With this it will become much easier to see how your own characters might act in a situation.
2007-02-08 15:41:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Know what your character wants in terms of the story and what strengths will aid in getting that as well as weaknesses that will form obstacles.
2007-02-08 17:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by Harbinger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look at the character traits of people you know and characters in the books you need. Are they funny, brave, sneaky?
2007-02-08 16:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by tkron31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two sites below are very helpful!
2007-02-08 16:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by Brandy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can be anybody you want them to be, don't forget they should be able to give happiness and sorrow
2007-02-08 15:42:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋