Guy character name for my story?
Last name is Faith and he's about 6'1, black hair, dark brown eyes, tan, good looking, about 30. And if it helps he was a sister named Ella. I want something that's cute but mature.
What do you think of my characters?
Bravo,Bravo!!!! ***** I like it and I haven't even read your book. I think my favorites are Jeremy Walcraft- An Elfin Prince and Roberto Cloyce- A boy fairy. I like the element mystery in their lives. I would absolutely read a book like this, fantasy is my favorite.
Do you think my characters talk too much?
In my story i'm writing i notice that i tend to have very long conversations sometimes. Some conversations last a full page, a page and a half, or sometimes even between two or three characters take up two pages My foundation of this story relies a lot on sci-fi mysteries, things and events that make the reader wonder and most will be explained later on in the book. Sometimes through dialogue, but other times from other characters. See, the main protagonist started off as a commoner, unusual events happen and he is as clueless as any realistic person would be. Like I said, sometimes the mysteries are revealed by other characters that already understand them, usually in conversations that grow long because the protag. asks more questions. Some aren't just characters informing him for the sake of informing him, but sometimes characters vocally explain them indirectly. Do you think it'd get annoying or does it not matter as long as the answers come in some way or form?
What do you do with your characters when the story is done?
Oh, character writing. How it haunts me. The one thing I personally think you should NEVER do to a character is let them die after the story you have written for them is done. Characters are appealing to us for a reason, and that reason is that they are explorations of a facet of the self. Read as many (good) books and short stories as you want, none of them truly are about an entire human — A Tree In Brooklyn was really about the working self; The Stranger, while seemingly about a psychopath, was really about the irrational thinking part of the brain; any book or series with a full quest set, such as The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings, is typically a whole or partial study of the psyche; the list goes on. Your characters allow you to analyze parts of yourself from a step back, and you shouldn't sacrifice that to the end of a story. That said, you don't have to write an entire other novel about them, and you are allowed to change them to serve a different purpose/explore a different self. Old characters are the perfect writing exercise because you can find new ways to describe something you have already detailed out. It saves you the effort of creating (well, "creating") a whole new thing to express, too. And besides, they might surprise you with the ways they act. That's practice in immersing yourself in the "mind" of the person you are using in your plot. What you should do is recycle your character into short story scenarios. You think you're done developing one until you write something else with them. You might find a whole new part of yourself that you never knew you put into them.
Can you give me a short story involving only 2 characters? or like do you have an idea or something? thanks.?
rofl sorry..i'll give you a few random ideas ... someone is murdered,and the murderer makes it look like she/he commited suicide. (sorry..randomness) oh...and that could be 2 characters i guess..because u wouldnt have to realy feature the victim..or the murderer. idk lol i hope that helps (im new to this..why does it feel so good to anwer questions? O_o)
I want to get rid of some characters in my story. How?
Start with characters who have little or nothing to do with the plot and just get rid of them. If a character can be removed without altering the major points of a book, then the character isn't needed. Readers don't like having to learn about several different people and names when its only necessary to know about the main character/s and their supporting friends and family. Next, cycle through the characters who may have a bit of a larger part in the book, and see if their actions and dialog can fit in with another character. This way you can cut back on more characters while keeping your details. But overall, as you write, you will realize that you do need several characters. This is because you will want to express many different types of scenes and details that may not fit in with the personalities of your main cast. For example, in the Hunger Games, Cinna wasn't at all a major character, but he was very needed. His one and only role in the series was to be the creator of Katniss's costumes, and it was those costumes that symbolized the mocking jay. No other character in the book was an artsy fashion designer, so Cinna's role was needed, although he himself didn't appear much. Best of luck!
What do you think of this story summary?
P.S. - Werewolves have better healing abilities than regular Humans, which mean's so long as the bullet is removed in time, Everett can survive. P.P.S - There will be no love triangles. My main though currently is Eddi ending up with Everett, and Oscar end's up with a character from the next part, (her names Ivy Shade - she's an actual shifter - from a shifter family) P.P.P.S - There really wasn't a lot of room to write. I was going to say that Amelia Shute had taken to following Eddi, Oscar and Everette at College. And that Eddi see's her when she gets the bus to town, even though Amelia never really goes to the same shops as her.
Do you design your characters first or write the story first? Why do you think it is more effective?
I tend to start with an idea. Could be a story, or a certain character, I never know. So I guess I do them both and find them equally effective. It just depends on how the story starts.I am currently writing a short story about immigrants and I obviously started from the main characters. But it could be anything, a moment, an idea, a character, a certain setting. Try and find what works for you and for your particular project.
What do you think about killing off a main character in a novel?
Like essentially any literary tool or trope, the death of a character (main or otherwise) should not (in my mind) have any hard-and-fast rules. Prior to using this tool, I think there are a few important questions to consider:What purpose does this death serve to further the narrative, evolve the other characters, or invoke emotions in the reader? Am I killing off someone just for the shock value? This isn’t to say that every death scene must be truly poignant and meaningful; random death happens in real life, and what’s interesting is how others cope and evolve because of it.Is this event consistent with other parts of the story? Does it just feel random?How does this death affect the emotional arc of the story? If things are intense for a long while and then two main characters drop dead one after another, I might get burned out as a reader and no longer be invested in the story.