By:
David Mesick
Perfect
characters kill tension with ruthless efficiency. It’s really hard to get
interested in what they’re working through, because it’s obvious they’ll
succeed. Characters that overcome obstacles despite a serious handicap
seem stronger than ones who don’t. It’s a lot more impressive to battle giant
spiders if you have a paralyzing fear of them.
Flaws
change the story’s tone and how your audience sees your characters. Here’s six
possible options, each of which will change how the story will unfold.
Spiders,
frogs, worms, blood, dirt, corpses, disease. These are all things people have
trouble dealing with. Your character could have intense feelings that
hinder them, keeping them from interacting with something in a normal way.
For
example, if a character cannot stand dirt, they might obsessively clean
their house until they drop from exhaustion. Perhaps they even clean other
people’s houses without permission, making them seem rude and patronizing. A
character with an aversion to dirt that gets lost in the woods will have a
tough time, in a way that someone comfortable missing a few showers
wouldn’t.
When
should you utilize aversion as a flaw?
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