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What to Remember When Creating Fictional Characters

Justiss Goode [Mending Fences]
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3 min readMar 15, 2025

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Are you a novice writer who’s been thinking about dipping your toe in the water, when it comes to creating fictional stories and books?

The idea of developing fun and whimsical storybook characters may be just the kind of writing you’re hoping to do.

Who of us doesn’t like the sound of creating characters that come strictly from our imagination, and they can look, sound, and behave however we want them to, because there’s no such thing as getting it wrong?

Or is there?

Like it or not, even with fictional characters, there is still a degree of authenticity that your characters should have.

If this is your first time around, there’s a good chance that you have a little apprehension, when it comes to creating fictional characters, who are still authentic.

In this story, allow me to share some useful tips that should help.

This information is useful, when it comes to creating fictional characters that are likable, and above all, believable to your readers.

Limit your characters when short story writing

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A dedicated 4-year Medium member, down for mending fences and helping fix what's broken in life. 👉 FOLLOW me if you believe in "...being part of the solution."

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