TheokinsJ
Troubadour
A while back when planning my current project, I quickly latched onto the idea of multiple POV characters. I invented two characters, however... I seem to have run into a bit of trouble as I've made them far too 'similar'.
Now, before I speak about them a little, I'd like to say I meant for them to be similar- I wanted the reading to feel that these two characters mirror each other in a way... but that they are completely different people.
So...
Both characters are the sons of lords. Both of them live in different kingdoms, with different cultures. Both are around the same age, both are male... you get the picture- pretty similar.
Now that I've begun writing them, however, I've found that when I'm writing a chapter with character A, and then begin the next chapter with character B- I'm not really feeling like I'm writing them differently. They both act very similar, they both think very similarly, they both do/feel very similar things- I suppose its the way I'm writing them- I'm not really getting my head around getting inside them and making them feel like completely different people with completely different personalities and feelings and goals; despite my aim to have them sort of mirror each other in their status/age/gender.
How do you distinguish between two characters and make them feel unique and different to each other?
Now, before I speak about them a little, I'd like to say I meant for them to be similar- I wanted the reading to feel that these two characters mirror each other in a way... but that they are completely different people.
So...
Both characters are the sons of lords. Both of them live in different kingdoms, with different cultures. Both are around the same age, both are male... you get the picture- pretty similar.
Now that I've begun writing them, however, I've found that when I'm writing a chapter with character A, and then begin the next chapter with character B- I'm not really feeling like I'm writing them differently. They both act very similar, they both think very similarly, they both do/feel very similar things- I suppose its the way I'm writing them- I'm not really getting my head around getting inside them and making them feel like completely different people with completely different personalities and feelings and goals; despite my aim to have them sort of mirror each other in their status/age/gender.
How do you distinguish between two characters and make them feel unique and different to each other?