On creating believable characters

I have trouble putting good characteristics in bad characters, because I do not want people to think that they are misunderstood. I want people to think that they could have used their good talents for good rather then for evil. So making a character believable is rather hard and it has to do mostly with the plot of the story and the results of what happens. So I find it is easier to imagine what would he do in those circumstances, paying attention to the customs of the times and the mind set of the population. If you create a flaw, it is all right as long as the character can fight against it. You can also add other characters to help him fight as the flaws,.

When you are creating a character in a story, you need to make sure that a reader knows all that there is to know about the character so that the character will become someone that is believable. Now, I believe that this is something that a lot of writers struggle with and this is the reason that there are so many aspiring authors that fail with their goal of becoming published. I wish you the best of luck in your writing endeavors.

Hi inkyuboz: As an amateur writer I have experienced this same feeling you are sharing with us. I think that the best way you could make your characters look real is by taking a lot of things from their personality based on a single or different characters of real life. If you write about a character in your story thinking about him or her as a person from real life it would be easier for you to imagine how would he/she react after a situation and thus it would look believable. ALVARO

I am pretty good at making characters, my problem is writing the story i always will have an idea that's pretty good but, when i write it it seems that it doesnt end up long enough or i tell the whole idea in too short of words, i guess i am not good at adding a lot of detail and side plots in my writings. if you want i will help you make a character. what do you have in mind?

I am not a big writer but I like to read more stories and enjoy the way how the author first introduce and describe the character. Only a few author would describe the character as such who respond to the situation. Some would give the description of character which does not suit to the situation. I feel it is when the author stands at the shoe of the character and live with them to portrait to us as such.

I guess it is how you put the character too believable. I think, writing in a journal is a starting point to write a nove. I wished I can have that skills, but it will be a long way to run.

My writing ability is so poor that not only are the character bad but the whole story is. I remember hearing a writer say once, the best way to be a good writer is to read. I'd say read the kind of books you want to write.

I feel like this is one of my weak points. Dialog is my worst but creating solid, believable characters is not much better. I feel it's easier with shorter stories. I really run into problems with longer pieces. There is so much more to focus on with the longer pieces. Maybe that's the key. Write your character into several smaller episodes to see how they respond to things. Maybe some of those short pieces can work their way into something longer. Take each moment of your story as its own individual opportunity to get to know your characters.