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FIVE TRAITS TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY

By: Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

Creating a character is more than choosing a name and physical details. Who they are and how they act plays a much stronger role in how a novel unfolds. There are dozens of ways to develop the inner depths of a character, and one way is by understanding their personality.

Psychologists over the last sixty years have broken personality down into five traits that determine a person's personality, which influences how that person interacts with the world. These traits can be beneficial to determining how your character might interact with your story world.

The Big Five Personality Traits

Openness/Intellect: Levels of curiosity and creativity, imagination and independence, how one responds to new experiences.

How this might work for you:

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