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What To Do When You're Too Attached to a Character | Novel Writing Advice

Loving a character (especially the protagonist) too much can cause issues with clarity in your novel due to a lack of distance between yourself and the character. In this video I go over the signs that you have a strong attachment to your character and writing tips and tricks that you can try right now to improve your novel and overcome this potential issue. SHOW NOTES How can you tell if you are too close to a character: 1. You just know you love them and can't easily distance yourself. 2. Beta readers can't connect to, don't like, or don't understand your character. 3. You feel like something is missing from scenes or emotions aren't hitting the way you want them to. 4. You over justify their flaws by providing too much backstory or explanations for "bad" behaviors/actions. Solutions/activities to try: 1. Ask beta readers specific but non-leading questions about their impressions of the character. 2. Make sure you're conveying the emotional beats of the scene (motivation behind goal, feeling about obstacle, feeling/reasoning behind their response to obstacle). 3. Give the character a trait, flaw, motivation, or belief you don't relate to. 4. Fall in love with a different/new character to help create some distance. Writing advice videos that may provide additional help with this issue: Scene Structure Writing proactive scenes:    • How to Write Proactive Scenes | Novel Writ...   Writing reactive scenes:    • How to Write Reactive Scenes | Novel Writi...   My original scene structure series:    • Scene Structure Part 1: How to Write the Goal   Characterization 7 reasons readers don't love your characters:    • 7 Reasons Readers Don't Care About Your No...   How to write a character flaw:    • How to Write a Character Flaw   Thank you so much for watching and for your support!