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I’m late to the conversation so sorry if this is all repeats/does not apply. But here we go 😛

@sarah-inkdragon

Tips:

1) Build on her insecurities

Especially if she’s sixteen, realistically, she is going to have insecurities. Tbh, I relate in a lot of respects to the character you described in your first post, so through that lens I can add that no matter how confident and how cocky someone is on the outside, it potentially comes with a crippling fear of failure. Because if you fall once, then everything you have built falls around you. So  with that….

2) Break her

Make her fail miserably. If she turns into a healer, have her accidentally kill someone. If she has no family, make her lose the one person she loves – and make it her fault.

3) Create someone who is not afraid of her

The strong female character only survives in her own strength until there is someone stronger than her. When she finds someone who is better than her at something she builds her identity around or unaffected by her cruel wit, it could be pivotal. However, the thing that could be even more impacting and terrifying to her is to have someone who loves her for who she is – not necessarily romantically, but loves her just for the sake of loving her because she needs love (from a Christian perspective, loving her because Christ loved her first). Avyrnia might not see her worth or identity outside of anything outside of her royal blood. Her butler just sticks around because of the money. Her pirate crew follows her out of fear. But then she meets X, and X is not afraid of her. X doesn’t want to take advantage of her. X believes in her and supports her, and Avyrnia is frightened to say the least. Because the idea of being loved is actually terrifying, because of the responsibility it brings. But then as she develops, as she learns to love, she realizes that it is freeing as well, and that perfect love casts out fear. X helps her realize that.

So, those are my thoughts. Take it or leave it 🙂

Happy writing!