He’s also using a highly advanced robot to see the world, he’s just to scared to see it himself. He stops another attack, by the same people that attack him, that’s when he figures he can fight crime using the robot, so the world will be safer for him to experience again. This is an idea I came up while I was bored at my brothers little league game, so I haven’t put much thought into it yet.

I will not lie. If there’s one major weakness I have in writing, it is developing/ creating characters. And this is quite the major weaknesses. Even if one has a great plot, great setting, great narrative, everything will be in vain if the characters aren’t up to standard.

Don’t get me wrong; I’m one to understand that creating characters is a difficult process. But, it’s so frustrating at times, because creating characters which are not stereotypes or just plain static, can really make an individual feel down. Having said that, I have gotten plenty of books about defining characters as well as taking notes about characters in works that I enjoy.

But alas, I’m rambling right now I was wondering if anyone would give me some feedback on my main character Derek, who I am writing his origin story.

If there were three words I could use to summarize him, Laid-back would be one of them. He’s not the person who’s uptight nor does he fret about his problems. He just accepts things for what they are.

Having said that, there’s one negative trait that comes with his atitude: absent-mindedness. He’s very much so, as Derek spaces out on a regular basis. As this site has claimed, flaws are often considered more important than positives. This is something that I wish to play up with his character, as it can get to very dangerous levels.

And such given his powers are Sound Manipulation, the flaw also in my view has a great opportunity to develop an interesting point of view as well as develop him. This being that rather than causing him to be more active about viewing his world; rather than passive.

Alas, I apologize if this message is getting too long, so I’ll try to wrap things up.

The next aspect to his character is he’s friendly. He’s not out of some type of moral respect or duty; rather he does it for the sake of doing it. That said, his motivation throughout life was something I struggled with.

Originally, I felt that maybe he’d yearned for a sense of adventure, but upon review it doesn’t like that. The one thing my character wants is consistency. Given his backstory, he’s not one to appreciate change. He likes things on a constant level, because he relates change to that dark moment.

That said, the reason why he’s always caught staring at the night-sky, particularly, the stars, is not out of some yearning for adventure; rather he sees the pleasure as a road map to something he’d appreciated.

Alas, I understand this motivation might be vague and such if it is, I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. The motivation in many ways might prove to be well, given that gaining powers and becoming a superhero is a big change. But alas, Derek, while admitting his fear and anxiety, is not one to mop.

Rather, he strives to be proactive in addressing issues, he finds annoying. In any event, that’s most of Derek’s character in a nutshell, without going onward. All in all, thank you for taking a look at my post.

P.S: I understand I might be stretching this, but two things: One, is it an unusual decision for a hero, if being selected to gain superpowers, to turn it down, based on how it doesn’t suit his or her way of life? Reason why I ask is because Derek does this act in the story.

The next one deals with his friend, Liam. Even though he’s an intelligent character, does it make him stand out if he’s incredibly flirtatious, to the point where when he spots an attractive woman at any point, he becomes very distracted.

–You could start with a high-level overview (e.g. starting with news coverage and then quickly transitioning into the main character).

–This probably isn’t applicable to your story*, but depending on the character’s occupation, he might have been one of the first responders (e.g. anything medical, military or police). Then you could take an approach like the proposed Walking Dead episode without diverting away from the main characters. (E.g. how does a police officer survive after the rest of his department gets overwhelmed?)

*He’s a drug dealer, so he might get involved if prospective customers are getting too nervous to go outside. (Early on, he might have heard that apparently drugged-out cannibal psychos are on the streets and figure it’s a drug batch gone horribly wrong). He’d probably figure out pretty quickly that he’s ill-equipped to handle the situation (and, also, if there are reports from other cities/countries, he’d figure out it wasn’t drug-related pretty quickly).

–World War Z started before the zombie apocalypse hit, showing some of the decision-making that led to the zombie epidemic being as bad as it was. There were a few months before the disease emerging and it becoming a global crisis, but most civilians thought the situation was under control and did not make meaningful preparations.

Wow, I had never known that. I guess it would have been pretty cool to see something like that, but not as a season opener or anything. I’ve liked every single episode of The Walking Dead and no complipants. I guess I just feel like going with an entire episode about that unit kind of goes away from what the first season established and is incredibly risky, considering the main draw in to the show is the characters.

I mean they did it in The Walking Dead (my favorite zombie series and television ever BTW) and they did it in 28 Days Later. So I was wondering if you thought there was a way to pull it off while not seemingly like a carbon copy of those situations. I was thinking of the Main character waking up with amnseia and trying to find out who he is in this zombie infested world while running into survivors along the way.