How To Write Character Flaws like Brandon Sanderson & Joe Abercrombie | WritingCraft

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Flawed characters breathe life into our narratives, allowing readers to embark on emotional journeys filled with triumphs, failures, and personal growth. By embracing character flaws, we create relatable protagonists who mirror the complexities of the human condition. Writers can improve their stories by keeping in mind the reader-character connection and strive to ensure that readers can sympathize with their characters.

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Who is your favorite flawed character?

CapturedInWords
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One of my favorite examples to create a character flaw is to base it off a character wound. A wound is usually something that comes from a character’s backstory and often acts as a stumbling ground for said character with regards to the external and internal conflict. A very good example of this is Aang from Last Airbender. His core wound is that he wished he could have had a normal life. The byproduct being that as the Avatar, his entire life was changed in a way that was beyond his control. Thus he ran away and his entire group of people suffered a genocide. This ties well with the external conflict, defeating the Fire Lord because mastering all four elements is about him fully embracing the title. Inner conflict we see this with Aang needing to accept what happened and facing his problems head on. In short core wounds can help you in that it creates a connection between external and internal conflict, like interwoven rope or string. As opposed to two separate threads.

Avarn
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I want to write my own stories. I think whats more important is finding that balance of character strength and weakness. Both are important to make fully realized characters. For example, a character with only strength is boring and can't grow like a real person, a person with only flaws is frustrating and also can't grow or change. Both are needed to form the foundation of a good character for stories like The Wheel of Time or Stormlight Archive. Just like external conflict and internal conflict, both are needed. At least that's what I think. Great video Jay!

Hammy
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One of the best videos I've seen on characters flaws, this really helped me figure it out for my characters.

Tusk
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Robin Hobb is also great with character flaws, Burrich is a great example of this. His past history with “the wit” colors his treatment of Fitz and when his backstory is revealed you really get to appreciate his depth and connect with him emotionally. ❤

louisianalevy
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Tragic flaws for the win (ahem, Cersei Lannister)! Love what you said about how character flaws find new expression in the presence of other flawed characters. Would love to watch a video expanding on that concept as an extension to this one. 😊

Johanna_reads
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Sanderson's characters overcome their flaws, Abercrombie's do not

toomuchtimeonourhands
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Great contrnt. I lookword to your novel when it's finished. As a mostly audio book user I hope it becomes available in audio form.

ambeatch
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dude excellent stuff!! look out for me in the next couple of years... I'm working on a comic book passion project, and as a long time fan of this channel and your content I have been watching your writing tips videos religiously. I will definitely be reaching out for critique and review when my first chunk of story is finished!

jajj_draws
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Love this new series! Such a good idea especially for those new to writing.

tobeydasilva
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Beautiful video as always :)
Quick questions: Where do you find those stunning wallpapers which you include in all of your videos?

Pharysz
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Barry Allen on the flash breaks me really hard as he deeps into any pit to just get what he wants messing up with everyone or anything 😢 DAMN BARRY

elyam.
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When it comes to flaws, we should remember that we all are the sum of the qualities of our shortcomings and the shortcomings of our qualities.

stanislavstoimenov
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My least favorite flaw for a main character is addiction, specifically when they're already addicted before the book begins. It's one thing if something drives them to it and their downward spiral into addiction is part of the narrative, but if it's just a weakness that was assigned to an overpowered character at the very beginning then I no longer relate to the character and instead view it as the author forcing conflict into the story and not letting it come organically.

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Oh wow, somehow my channel membership ran out! Don't worry, I wasn't abandoning you, I just renewed it and was happy I did!

thekwjiboo
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I've been trying hard to work out a revenge character for a while now and him losing himself to rage often is probably his biggest flaw after a tragic story beginning. Trying to bring him back on the right path is difficult but I have a few ides on how to do it but my biggest issue is how far can he go and still be realistically redeemable considereding certain circumstances

Royalscriber
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Great stuff buddy. You just won me over. Subscribed thnx

makaamaka
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Thanks. Always interesting and educational.

mageprometheus
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STANNIS IS THE RIGHTFUL KING, HE IS FLAWLESS.

LynxxMan
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Erm, how far with part 2 of TWMF please?

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