Motives for characters

The 25 Essential Character Motivations Writing believable characters requires the author to think about the motives behind the actions.

Anyone who has been hanging around this #blog for any length of time will know that I am always banging on about how a character’s #motives, #goals and #conflict together form the basis of any good #story. And so, better late than never, I decided it was probably time for me to knock together a little list of #character goals. #amwriting #writetip #writingtip #fiction

Characters - Fun Ways for Characters to be Wrong

Readers want to see your characters in action. However, even more important is finding interesting motives for your characters and their actions.

Character checklist Helpful for writing detailed and flawless characters readers will understand and love.

My stories r in the form of television series, so for me each season is an album but for each character. So imagine each character is a band and each season all the bands release an album. (I like a lot of music so ye) try it out.

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Armed with these seven secrets, you’ll have a much easier time creating characters that feel alive. Your readers will cheer for them, feel every failure, and won’t be able to put your books down.

I've listed a few possible character motives in the image below and I would encourage you to play around with different ways of interpreting and applying them.

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