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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38470
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In my novel, my protagonist joins a team with four other characters to go on a quest. Each character in the team is supposed to contribute to the journey in someway and all are mentioned in a prophecy. I've got all the other characters down in my head (their personalities, professions and roles) but for one character in the team, I'm totally lost. I have done so many character charts but they don't seem to help. When I'm writing about the character in a chapter, I don't struggle but once I try to actually formulate and outline things such as what she does for a living or what kind of person she is or what her _voice_ is, I lose her entirely. Sometimes the more I solidify one character, I lose this one more and more. My perception of her is constantly changing so that nothing actually sticks in my mind. I've gone to other writing blogs for advice on this matter and they suggest cutting the character out entirely but I don't want to do this at all. I don't know what to do and it's halting the progress of my novel completely because I keep getting stuck on this one character. It's nearly convincing me that I don't have enough imagination to do this at all.

Original score: 6