Which character of a story sounds more interesting to you?
Neither of these characters sound interestingOnce you endow characters with any special attributes you take them out of the the mainstream setting, and what makes a character interesting is how ordinary people deal with extraordinary situationsHeroes are not supermen, they are ordinary people who use their limited abilities, and with a little help from their friends, are able to cope. Such people give us an insight into how we might deal with the world if we were in their situationThe James Bond early movies gave him technical gadgets to help him get out of impossible situations. This has been dropped as it is a form of magic where you can always survive, and so detracts from the dramaIf you want to use super intelligent characters then you have to create super extraordinary situations as in Science fiction, Paranormal, or other-worldly universesIf you watch 'Child geniuses' programmes you will find that such children typically are either obsessed with certain subjects, or have phenomenal memoriesChild geniuses' programmes - Google Search A variation of these are child prodigies child prodigies - Google Search And yet another variation are the champion athletes who are semi-illiterate. These seem to be common in real lifeSuper intelligent beings in fiction are fairly recent. In old tales they were either Gods or wizards. Often a normal person with access to some magical item like a ring, cloak, wand, etc. enabled them to attain their endsBeing extremely clever is rarely much use in itself. Many such people are considered freaks, and are often mentally disturbed. What has to be clear is that being extremely clever is not the same as being very talented. Talent in an innate ability to do things without necessarily knowing how you can do them. it might be compared in some ways with being very beautiful and find that people relate in a special way to you, yet you have no real control over itWriters who create characters that are very clever do so because they are themselves not very clever, and 'cleverness' is just a device to overcome lack of imagination in setting up dramatic eventswww.makemovesdb.net
How do I make my story characters more vivid and interesting?
For a character to have depth and be alive they need.They must live, breathe and have struggles, love to fight for and things to lose.If your character has no reason other than be a foil too the antagonist or villain then you have an unimportant cut out. So you make them struggle and earn what they receive rather than giving it to them or denying them for suspense. This builds the base of a character.If they lose something important to them you can build the emotional profile the same follows with finding a love interest (not that you need one or have a triangle of love). As the emotional area is built you need to add certain flares like love loss, resurgence, resistance to change and of course the inevitable victory or loss.The last things a good character requires is of course a unique vibrancy and thought process. If they have this a reader can fit into the mind of the character.Hope this helps you and gives a clear understanding too what you need.
Which is more important: an interesting plot or interesting characters?
Interesting characters. The fate of the characters is what keeps me interested in a book. He can be on a quest to find the ripest banana at the super market for all I care. So long as the character has a past and a future, and I care about the latter, I will keep reading. For instance, Harry Potter. Not that it doesn't have both interesting plot and characters, but if we did not care about Harry's future, or that of Ron, Hermione, and the other characters, would we really read on? Would the battle at Hogwarts, no matter how exciting the spells and fights were, still be an epic must-read scene if we were not worried about the characters' lives that were threatened? The way I see it, interesting characters make me care about the plot. I really do not know if a plot *can* be interesting without the characters that move it along. In my mind, the plot is just the fate of the characters. If the author does not make you care for the characters, if he or she does not bring them to life in our eyes, why would we stick around to see what happens to them? The books that you remember, the ones that tug on your heartstrings, do so not because of this battle, or that quest, or whatever other happenings in the plot. They do so because *our character*, the one we've been rooting for throughout the book, was in that battle, or had to suffer through that quest. For me, at least, the character is why I keep reading. I have a strange feeling that this answer was not only too long, but made no sense at all. Sorry if that is the case.
What do you think of these characters' names?
LOVE love all the character names!!! I think the best name for the 'colony' is Ardora. It kind of flows (to me) and I think it sounds the best. If you don;t wanna go with that, then Ignis. Good luck. Sounds very interesting. Perhaps if you write the story, I can read it. =]
How come all teen stories sound cliche?
I think you need to be careful with this one. When you have that many characters it's hard to have good character development with each one and not have their crossing paths seem contrived. I don't know how old you are or how long you've been writing, but if you're not that experienced it may be hard to get it quite right because it's more complicated than a traditional story. It is also quite easy to have a story like this lose it's focus. I think even the most complicated story has to have a clear focus. About being cliche...I think it's very hard to have a decent story that isnt cliche. There are so many movies and books that it's hard to have something that doesn't fall into the "cliche" category. The thing that breaks it out of that in my opinion is the quality of the writing. Keep it simple. Write about what you know. And have a clear point to what you're writing. That's the best advice I can give :-)
Writers, does my character sound realistic or unrealistic?
the character i'm asking about in particular is my main protagonist deanna santos. she's multifaceted character, meaning there are several different sides to her. she possesses both manipulative and sensitive sides. she is also the beautiful, rich "it girl" of my teen drama series. while she's popular and is pretty much the center of attention, she comes from an awful home life. her mother is cold and detahced and neglects her. her father sexually abused her as a child. so my question is basically do you think it's realistic or unrealistic for deanna to be the popular girl who comes from an awful home life and dark past? i just want your opinions. also i would like your help on giving deanna some potential story lines. a rape story for deanna line would be far fetched considering what she's been through with her father. so i won't be including that for her character, but there will be a scene where she almost does get raped but she fights it off. other story line ideas i have for deanna are: eating disorder, pregnancy, and exploring her sexuality. if i do include deanna being part of pregnancy story line, i was thinking of making her the character who has two kids while still in high school. but that might be far fetched as well. i would really appreciate your help. if you have any ideas please post them :)
Does my story sound too much like Twilight?
I'm fourteen years old and writing a story, just for fun really. I want to show my friends and family it because so far it seems really good. But when I was writing my fifth chapter it started to remind me a bit too much like Twilight. My book is about a young girl whose mother and brother were murded and she goes to live with her dad. I'm not going to get to into the details, but she starts finding some clues as to who -and what- killed her mom and brother. She discovers the murderer was a vampire and goes to try and kill him somehow, but ends up falling in love with him. I know that pretty much EVERY vampire & human love story sounds like Twilight.. but does mine sound TOO much like it?