Thursday, April 25, 2019

Designing dynamic characters (Part 4)


Consider people for your characters that are not under similar circumstances, who may have grown up with a financial situation different from yours, living in either a poorer or more affluent area than you. Analyze people that have experienced a traumatic event in their life and think about how that may have shaped their outlook. Did they grow up with only one parent, live in a foster home or an orphanage, see a family member or friend die young, or have someone in their life with an addiction problem? Did they grow up with a physical or mental disability? Were their parents extremely rich or horrible with money, living in constant debt? What if they grew up in a place where it was dangerous to go outside because of local gangs, dangerous wildlife, or even suffered under attacks from foreign fighters? These are just a few examples of life situations that might shape someone's motivations differently than yours. Developing a character should involve thinking being your own circumstances.

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