Something that has always been a running theme throughout any of the books I write, is that my characters aren't perfect. Every single one of them has flaws. They do good things for right reasons and bad things for good reasons. They can be stubborn, impulsive, selfish, downright idiotic. They make decisions based on fear and insecurities. They make mistakes.
I've noticed this especially with the characters I'm writing about at the moment, Nathan and Ophelia from the Fortunate world.
But I think it's a character with flaws that tells a better story, that becomes more relatable to us when we're reading. But who of us out there isn't flawed? Who doesn't make crappy choices or stupid mistakes?
I think what it is is that when I'm writing, I put a lot of myself into my characters. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm flawed as hell.
And that's. . .pretty much it. My little musings on why my characters can act like complete dicks sometimes
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