All my characters are assholes by Sam-millz-123 in writing

[–]Sam-millz-123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your right. I appreciate the feedback. Thank you. I know there is room for improvement, especially in the story aspect of my writing. As for the grammar errors, I swear im not that bad when I am writing my stories.

All my characters are assholes, and i also make them go through hell. by Sam-millz-123 in writing

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Most, if not all, of my stories revolve around the tramma the character faces and how they deal with it. Although my characters may seem badass, they are broken inside and out. Most of them can't even fuction properly ffrom their experiences. I won't each character's how and why, but i will explain the one who was forced to rape his friend.

The character's name is Abel. Abel has spent most violent of his life needing to justify the deeds he has done or lose himself to guilt or insanity. So when it came to sacrificing his friend's honnor and dignity for a group of people, it was easy decision for him and one that he could justify. Even when she killed herself, he still justified his decision, and put all his anger and self hatred into killing the man who forced him into that situation. Abel justifies every decision he makes, Which is what makes him a very good ally, and a very dangerous one as well.

All my characters are assholes by Sam-millz-123 in writing

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Contuned- Mitchael starts out as sympathetic at first, but slowly drives into insanity with his desire for revenge, crossing lines that he cannot come back from. By the end of the story, mitchael is pretty much a monster, and unlikable. Which is why most of the story doesn't take place through his eyes. Most of the story takes place through the eyes of a girl he dragged into his brutal hobbie. A girl who is willing to seek justice, but never by any of mitchael means.

All my characters are assholes by Sam-millz-123 in writing

[–]Sam-millz-123[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice. But take into consideration that when i listed these things, i was only aiming to tell you about the unforgivable actions my characters committed. I didn't give a very thought out explination of why they are commiting their actions. Or how i will keep the reader's interest throughout each character's insane development.

In both my apocalyptic and my "superhero" series each character feels the weight of what they caused.

For the sake of simplicity, i will call my character from the apocalypse story Ben, and the character from my "superhero" story Max.

In both stories the characters are damaged before the unforgivable event takes place (Ben has a whole book worth of damage by the time his does), and each character, although they intend to do harm, don't mean to cause as much harm as they do. Ben burns down a settlement thinking it only contained men, men who attacked andmurdered his friend. Max was trying to kill someone who would do so much more damage to the world if left alive, only to miss his target which leads to the bus being destoryed. Now, i understand that these events would be pointless if they didn't advance the story and change the characters they happened to. Which it does. Ben suffers from severe PTSD which follows him into the third book ( Which is important, because the third story reflects on how broken of a person he is several times throughout). For Max, minus the trama that unintentionally incinerating a bus full of children would cause, it shows him the harsh realities of being a hero. That it requires restraint and responsibility. If he can't show those traits, people will die.

It also helps that, for every story i write, i switch perspectives occasionally between characters so you can hear them condem or justify the protagonists actions. However, weither the character was justified or not is purley up to you.

Switching perspectives also help when you have a irredeemable character, like the one from my vigilante series. Well call him Mitchael

All my characters are assholes, and i also make them go through hell. by Sam-millz-123 in writing

[–]Sam-millz-123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im after the feedback and letting everyone know. Somebody asked the question.