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My barber said all my story ideas are too nice and it's been bugging me
I was getting a haircut yesterday and telling him about a story I'm stuck on. He looked at me and said, 'Man, your people are too clean. Give someone a real bad habit, like they steal salt shakers from diners.' It was so specific and weird, but it made me realize I avoid writing truly flawed characters. Now I'm stuck between making characters readers will like and making them feel real. Do you think a character needs a major flaw to be interesting?
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thompson.tyler2mo ago
That barber's onto something. Read once that small, weird flaws are way more real than big tragic ones.
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blakefox2mo ago
Totally agree. It's like how a character who's always losing their keys feels more human than one with a dark past. Those tiny, specific mess-ups are what we all actually recognize.
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