CadmarLegend
@Agentt found a key in the skeletons.
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How do you create life-like characters? I need advice!
Reading FF is super helpful. You can see the many ways in which a certain character might act depending on the situation they are in. It gives you great insight.Here's something unconventional: read a lot of fanfic. And I mean, a LOT.
Most fanfic writers that I read works from are really good at characterization. They got everything down, from inner dialogue to nuanced quirks. Start paying attention to how they express the characters with their own twist. See how they justify the way the characters act. It'd be best if you're familiar with the OG material because then you'll understand the references.
For example: there's this one fanfic about Bakugou Katsuki from MHA wallowing in self-loathing, and it is especially effective because he spirals into thinking why is it that when he fails, he fails for everyone to see. Why is it him, why can't his failures be in private etc.
I personally find characters life-like if they're complicated. I'd take various shades of grey than black and white any day.
So.... first lay out the foundations and build atop that?Reading FF is super helpful. You can see the many ways in which a certain character might act depending on the situation they are in. It gives you great insight.
But the easiest way to make a character more 'real' is to simply treat them like they are real. How would they respond to certain things? How would they react if this or that happened? Etc. Starts off with the basics, and work up from that.
Yes. When you meet someone, you don't instantly know who they are. It would be the same as how your readers view your characters.So.... first lay out the foundations and build atop that?