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Q&A I'm looking for advice on character development

I'm currently working on a team based story with a lot of characters and am looking for ways to really make their personalities stand out from one another. When I'm writing out their character pro...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by pandalarry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:41:40Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38520
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar pandalarry‭ · 2019-12-08T09:41:40Z (over 4 years ago)
I'm currently working on a team based story with a lot of characters and am looking for ways to really make their personalities stand out from one another. When I'm writing out their character profiles I get to a certain point where, two male characters, for example, seem like the same character wearing another face. I give them different traits, and backgrounds but when I think about how they'll react to things, they seem like copies of one another. I thought perhaps I wasn't developing their personalities enough, but maybe it's another issue? Any advice will be greatly appreciated and I hope this edit clarifies things a bit.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-08-26T05:08:03Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 6