Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Explore over 100 flaws your character might have and the bad behaviors, attitudes, thoughts, and emotions that go with each negative personality trait.
The positive trait thesaurus can help you delve deeper into who your characters are and shape them into people that readers will root for. Explore over 90 positive attributes that your character might have and a list of behaviors, attitudes, thoughts, and emotions to go with each personality trait.
Childish characters lack responsibility and often cannot be counted on to complete important tasks with efficiency and care. Their problem-solving skills are weak, making it hard for them to work through conflict.
NEGATIVE TRAITS. Readers want to see characters who are flawed, complex, and far from perfect. Choose negative traits that fit the character, cause them problems in the story, and may need to be shed if they are to achieve their story goal.
POSITIVE ASPECTS: Pretentious characters have a desire to be seen and heard and, with a little ego-stroking, will eagerly champion causes, charities, and forward-thinking initiatives. As long as they're made to look good, they can easily be influenced into doing what others want them to do.
TRAITS IN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS THAT MAY CAUSE CONFLICT: EXTROVERTED, FRIENDLY, PUSHY, NEEDY, NOSY, MELODRAMATIC, RECKLESS, UNINHIBITED, VERBOSE. Avoiding people and social activities. Needing few friends; being highly independent.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS: Pushy people do not respect boundaries. To get what they want, they can be demeaning or insulting, ignoring cues from others that enough is enough. Believing that they can do things better than anyone else often results in impatience, self-righteousness, and snobbery.
Melodramatic characters have no qualms about sharing their feelings, so their moods are usually transparent to others. NEGATIVE ASPECTS: Melodramatic characters can shift moods rapidly, leaving the people around them to wonder what happened.
Cockiness is confidence taken too far. These characters will often feel disdain or scorn for those who can't measure up to their greatness. When their superiority is challenged, they may turn to intimidation, threats, or bullying tactics to secure their position.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS: Vindictive characters are volatile; it often takes just the threat of disrespect or mistreatment to set them off. Once trust has been broken, the vindictive character's inability to forgive makes it nearly impossible for him to mend a relationship and trust that person again.