hey guys! today I’ll gonna teach you how to do your character’s personalities and development. And I also moved this thread from the episode forum to this forum.
I see a lot of people struggling with this… and it’s kinda hard to realize you are…
I’m going to start with the classic LI.
almost always flirty, bullies and other girls have crushes on him. but stop ‘playing’ with girls until he meets the protagonist.
it’s totally fine if you want a bad boy LI but make him interesting!
Don’t make his traits just ‘in love with MC’…
Does he read books? if so what kind?
How open is he to new people?
What other interests do he have outside school?
Inside person or outside person?
and what does he like in a person? and etc…
this really goes with all characters.
next type of characters —> the mean girl aka the bully
Don’t make all the bullies look like Regina George and her squad, make them look unique and why do they bully the other characters?
are they self-conscious ?
Do they need to take their feelings out on someone ?
or do they like the character and that’s how their parents towards each other
is it verbal or physical?
continue bullying?
or will they ignore the character?
they can attempt to redeem themselves? if so why?
Try to make them friends over time because not all bullies have 2 friends
and the character doesn’t always have to forgive the bullies
the next type of character → MC’s BFF
they usually are party animal and sometimes the first friend that MC makes
and inform you of other characters
usually ships the MC’s LI.
the BFF doesn’t Always have to be a girl and doesn’t always have to be a party animal.
and they don’t have to fall in love, give them a personality and other friends.
the next type of characters → the nerd
the nerds are always getting bullied (for being smart?) but for why?
not all the nerds are shy
not all the nerds are letting people bully them
not all the nerds want to become a social Butterfly
try not to make them get a makeover because it giving the readers a bad impression like “nobody is gonna like you until you Don’t get a makeover”
now let’s talk about negative and positive traits.
a lot of the time they don’t have negative traits… (sometimes the only “negative” traits is nerdy or shy even tho it not really a negative trait)
try to make them have at least one bad quality, it’s more interesting if they have good traits and then they can be bad at times.
for example, Eliana is kind but she easily looks past when people are mean.
anyways, I hope I helped some of you guys. and these are all just suggestions.