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Chalice replied to the topic Help! My POV character hates the world! in the forum Characters 5 years, 11 months ago
Ah! Thank you all SO much for giving your answers! You’ve really helped me think more about my character and story, and I’ve had some new ideas due to all of your thoughts, so I’m really excited! π
@arindown, Yes, that was very helpful! I can have a bit of a one-track mind sometimes, so it’s easy for me to get so caught up in all her messiness I forget to give her some good qualities too. So thanks for mentioning that. π
@elisha-starquill, Ah yes, the tragic backstory. π Your mention of this has made me think about her backstory, and given me some ideas of how I can develop it, so a big thank you to you!
And as for making her more likable, what if you made that terrible thing totally unfair, something that wasnβt her fault?Ooh, that’s a good idea, and I think I can actually implement this. π
@wolverinerm, Aw, yes! The broken characters are the best. <3 Harley sounds like he needs a hug. (He probably doesn’t want one though. π )
Does your character realize this isnβt how she should/wants to be? Does she know why sheβs like this? Does she wish it were another way? Does she have flashes of realization that it isnβt fair to hate all those things?Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I need! I’m definitely going to try to work this sort of thing in. π
@anne_the_noob14, You’re welcome! I hadn’t thought of doing that, but it actually might work. This character is already based a lot off of me (not that I’m bitter and full of hatred, but you know… other things. π ), so I’ll definitely have to think about how I could do that. π
@noodle-mum, Thank you! π And hey, how has your writing been going? I was just the other day thinking about the snippet of story you showed us some time ago. π Have you done any more work on that one?
@the-inkspiller, Thank you for adding your thoughts. π They were very helpful, and I have to say your character sounds really compelling!
I like what you said about guilt. The guilt cycle is really easy to get caught up in, so I’ll have to keep that in mind since part of her struggle is hating herself over something she did in the past.
For me, a huge part of my motivation for writing her story was catharsis.Yes!! That’s awesome. π










