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If you write a loving partner, let them feel jealousy.
If you write a distant friend, let them share a secret.
If you write a supportive parent, let them make a mistake.
If you write a caring sibling, let them have a disagreement.
If you write a close-knit family, let them have a falling out.
take these as seriously or as unserious as you want
1️⃣: VERY specific habits
I’m not talking about doing their laundry at 8:30 and eating breakfast at 8:50. No. I’m talking about a movie they watch every time they have a bad day at work. I’m talking about the routine an artist/writer character makes in order to get an idea, maybe by walking around the block seven times or staring at a particular photo/artwork. Maybe the wizard can only make potions while singing cheesy 2000s emo songs and it annoys everyone else in the party to no end. The more specific and random you make this, the better. Think about if the habit is noticeable in any way, or if it’s something they do all by themselves or if they’re comfortable enough with the people around them to share. Your choice.
2️⃣: Song/music genre choice
The deeper you go into specific music genre niches, the more potential this has. Picture you have the whole team sitting in the car, and the driver picks their playlist, only for everyone to groan in agony because they only listen to 70s hippie music and they retaliate by saying that ‘they’re the driver, they get to play what they want’. Music can tell a LOT about a person, and you don’t have to lean in on stereotypes, because I don’t think anyone will get tired of the preppy, girly, rainbow character to give someone their headphones only for the other characters to be terrified at the screaming death metal. How willing are they able to listen to music they don’t like or appreciate, in turn possibly showing how well they work with other people with different viewpoints?
3️⃣: Friday night routine
It’s been a long week of work/school, and now finally it’s Friday. I’ve never met a single person who doesn’t treat Friday like a mini-holiday, and that can apply to fiction as well. Do they go all out and party with everyone they know? Or do they sit down to order pizza at home while they watch their favorite program? How willing are they to stick to their schedule, because if someone offers them to do something else, do they try their best to work with the other person or do they just refuse flat out? While this might not be the BEST reoccurring piece in your story, early on, it can tell a lot about someone, as well as giving the audience a sense of how they spend their free time, and what they do to relax or loosen up after a long week.
Yes a lot of these are VERY specific, it’s up to you to figure out how these little traits and quirks can showcase more important characteristics down the line, and also giving your audience a little piece of the character to remember so that they stand out in a sea of other unique characters.
some ways to build tension
⇴ holding person b's hand longer than usual, just because person a craves the skinship. meanwhile, the person b is practically on fire and keeps glancing at person a.
⇴ "and if you're not ready for this right now, then i can wait–" and the other person cuts them off with a kiss.
⇴ cutting people off with kisses in general. something so endearing about not being able to contain your love for someone that you have to express it asap.
⇴ that silence before a long, deep conversation between person a and person b. they're both looking around at anything but each other, when both parties want nothing more than to desperately reach out. (like they're spiraling not being able to talk to each other)
⇴ "so..." "so."
⇴ that feeling when person a knows there's someone behind them, but is too nervous to check in case it's person b. meanwhile, person b is highly anticipating person a to look back.
⇴ always (and i mean ALWAYS) managing to find each other even through the busiest of crowds. and having that moment where you two make eye contact across the room.
⇴ rubbing/scratching a body part (ex. back) and person a's hand lingers a little too low on accident. but they're freaking out and don't know what to do, so they just keep their hand where it is.
⇴ "if you wanna say something, now's your chance."
⇴ slowly watching person a walk away, even though person b wants them to stay. so, person b runs and tries to catch up with person a before they leave.
⇴ one bed trope except they can't even build the classic wall of pillows. the bed is tiny, so person a and b have to lay so close together that a can feel b's heartbeat pounding.
⇴ ^^ "are you cold?" person b asks even though they can feel their body heat radiating over person a.
Part IV
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