So, I am currently in the process of creating a secondary protagonist character, but have yet to land on a decent backstory for them. While in the...
It's a problem even the most established authors still run into. Some characters are just so disconnected from our own experience as writers that...
I'm working on a story with a large cast of characters (or at least, it will be large by the end of the series) and I want to make sure that I can...
Hello! I'm writing a story, it's gonna be a mystery/thriller book. There is a girl (daughter of my main character), she's gonna be a pretty big...
I am about to start writing a story, I know what I want it to be about and where it is going to be set, right now I am working on my characters....
I want to start a political thriller with heavy emphasis on corruption at the highest levels. One hero that saves the world from distraction....
So, I'm writing a story based on fairy folklore surrounding Irish/Welsh fairy stories. I've decided on making one of the main characters a part of...
And yet, distinctive? I don't mean 'boring' as in, 'no traits'. I mean a refusal for adventure and mysticism. Backstory is that this is a kid...
Hello guys! So while I'm writing my two seperate stories in one my main character and her family don't have a surname. I really like the surname...
Hi guys! So last time I posted a poll about a character's name (I chose Zanzi, thanks for your help!), this time I need a little help with my...
The deuteragonist of my story is a big moral absolutist. She’s the moral compass of the friend group and the wide eyed idealist. Save the whales,...
Hi! I want to write a horror story. I already know what I want it to be about, I have all the characters but I have problem with one of them. The...
Does anyone else have a list of songs that they listen to when writing that feel like they were written for your main character? :) Here's my...
Long story short, I have a key character in a story, who is poor but is a principled person and doesn't overvalue money. He feels money is used by...
Hi! I've been trying to choose my character's name and now I have 3 variants and can't choose! They are: Zanze (Zan-zee) - first intentioned as a...
For some context, I’m really interested in characters whose worldview doesn't revolve around the idea of “morality” and altruism. Instead, it...
When is the main character no longer the main character? When I first started writing my story, there was a pretty clear main character. Since...
I'm writing a young adult Fantasy novel at the moment called “The Descent”. About a characters slow decent into becoming a darker human being from...
I have been researching race/ethnicity because I drew up my characters and... quite frankly, I am not sure how to draw someone of any specific...
Anyone have a problem with a main character who doesn't do things? I mean that the character feels inert even after coming up with character...
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