So lately with all my world building, plot, characters etc I think I have created the apex of all crapsack world world's. Mostly it's my characters though. Horrible and horrific things happen to them and not one gets justice for what the endure. There is rape, torture, slavery, prostitution, war, violence, disease. One of my male MC's goes through all of those but disease, others one or two but on avarage three.
I think my problem is how I create my characters.
I usually pluck them from the news. My favorite character is inspired by reading about a missing 7 year old girl. I decided I wanted to write a story about a person who survived the atrocities that is humanity and saves others from similar. She is the type of person that if you ever meet her in real life you would show your pity, try not to stare, be very polite and hope you never have to talk to again.
Another character I got from reading about human trafficking and watching a documentary about a teenage prostitute who ended up killing a man. The characters just seem to happen, I see our read something and bam a fully developed character pops in my head. I go home and write it down and work on the little details on how it fits with everything else I have. Doesn't seem to work with good news though, normal characters tend to be like trying to climb Everest on my hands and knees.
The thing is I like my characters, I like the idea of have the heroes being the people society forgets even exist. The only thing is I worry it is too much.
I think my problem is how I create my characters.
I usually pluck them from the news. My favorite character is inspired by reading about a missing 7 year old girl. I decided I wanted to write a story about a person who survived the atrocities that is humanity and saves others from similar. She is the type of person that if you ever meet her in real life you would show your pity, try not to stare, be very polite and hope you never have to talk to again.
Another character I got from reading about human trafficking and watching a documentary about a teenage prostitute who ended up killing a man. The characters just seem to happen, I see our read something and bam a fully developed character pops in my head. I go home and write it down and work on the little details on how it fits with everything else I have. Doesn't seem to work with good news though, normal characters tend to be like trying to climb Everest on my hands and knees.
The thing is I like my characters, I like the idea of have the heroes being the people society forgets even exist. The only thing is I worry it is too much.
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