Character motives

“Cut-out and keep: character motivations”

Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.

I decided it was probably time for me to knock together a little list of character goals... This list is a lot shorter than my list of motives, mainly because I've tried to keep these very general even though goals are usually very specific to the story, but I hope you'll find it helpful.

This is a place for all the Demons​ and other supernatural beings! 🍬

I choose to add a regular god tier of villains with good motives but basically still kill people

In part 1 we covered the why of your characters’ personalities, now it’s time to cover the what. When determining and defining what your character’s personality will be, it may be helpful to already know some things about them to build off of, such as: - Their origins, environment, and predispositions/temperament - Their role in the story, and what traits and personality would best fit that role - The character arc or emotional growth journey you want your character to have

Well, we have finally come to the end of my impromptu series of lists of motives, goals, conflicts and epiphanies for your character, and so it wouldn't take a genius to work out that today's little list is all about epiphanies.

Seven toxic seniors were leeching off of their classmates' hard work during group projects to maintain their grades, and the other kids were too nervous and scared to do something about it. So their teacher took action.