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How do I stop writing the same character?
In writing:
- The first way you can avoid creating repeat characters is by intentionally writing different back stories for your characters.
- Spend time getting to know your characters.
- But the biggest way I unearth my characters is by spending time with them in the first draft.
- Diverse people:
- Diverse entertainment:
How do I get more unique characters?
Easy And Effective Ways To Make Your Characters More Memorable
- Know Your Character. Develop A Thorough Backstory. Examine Your Character’s Personality.
- Write Your Character Into The Story. Develop Interior Dialogue. Create Authentic Dialogue.
- Don’t Make Them Boring!
- Find Your Characters In The People Around You.
How do you write an insecure character?
First, create an insecurity for the main character. It can be physical (such as someone insecure about his appearance) or relational (such as being afraid to trust). Whatever insecurity you choose, it needs to be something the character will actively deny or try to prove isn’t a problem for him.
Why is my character not similar to other characters?
Other people can give reasons why it isn’t similar, but if you are asking the question then you already believe it to be true, and as a result of that the other characters are going to unconsciously seep into yours. Think of a way to make the character yours, maybe think about if you had that power how would you wield it.
Do I need to worry about copyright on my character?
So don’t worry about it. The story ideas you’ve mentioned so far sound pretty cool, by the way. Just because your character has similar powers doesn’t make him or her the same as another fictional character. In fact, you should try to make your character unique. If you do that you don’t have to worry about copyright.
Should you use stock characters in your writing?
When you write using stock characters, you limit your writing ability. You also deprive the reader of being able to experience your world fully. Flat characters will never be able to perceive your world as intensely as you’d like.
Is it plagiarism to create characters that are similar to copyrighted characters?
You’ve come up with characters that may be superficially similar to copyrighted characters in some respects, but that is not plagiarism and it’s more or less inevitable in a world where millions of stories have been written and told. This is another article, outlining what copyright law covers in the first half: