How do I seperate myself from characters in writting?
I’ve noticed other writters do this, and have unfourtunately caught myself doing the same.
Sometimes when writting (more often when using first person) writters forget their characters and end up placing themselves in the situation, so they want to justify the characters’ each action as not to make themselves seem like the “bad guy”.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can keep the story consistent, and not place myself in the situation as opposed to the character?
I know this was kind of vague, but, hah, I can’t reword it much better than that.
Try writing in the third person. I’ve noticed that almost unanimously the prospective writers who post their writings here on Answers write in the first person. I’ve written two novels which are romans a clef (fictitious but in which the characters are real people). My stories are told from the point of view of the character who is based upon myself, but I wrote them in the thrid person because she is actually my alterego rather than truly me since the stories are fiction. If one is going to write fiction in the first person, he or she needs to keep in mind the fact that what is being written IS fiction. Additionally, the writer should make an outline of the proposed plot before beginning to write, including descriptions of the characters, their personalities, and their complete roles in the projected story. I think that if the novel is entirely plotted prior to its writing, the author will then be obligated to adhere to the outline and will not therefore alter the main character’s personality to conform to his/her own if that is not the plan. Most often, however, the character from whose point of view the story is told will be the hero or heroine; if that person is an antihero, problems arise, for he/she will either need to experience an epiphany with a resultant radical alteration of personality for the good, or the character will likely be required to come to destruction in the end.