User blog comment:Vinnnn/Character Critiques, Tips, and Hints/@comment-26382369-20150614160839/@comment-33209858-20150614174326

It's no problem at all~ I'm happy to help!

So, when I write my own character's personalities down, I normally start with mentioned a positive trait, then a negative one to counter it. For example, "Rosemonde is sophisticated and graceful, with a penchant for singing. However, she is a tad bit jaded and even world-weary, mainly because of how her own story ends." Normally I try to write at least three good paragraphs about their personalities, as I find that that helps me think of new traits of them as I write along the way.

I'm also a huge fan of psychology, and I try to use that to help me write my character's personalities as well. For example, it helps me think about why they feel a certain way - "Rose is skeptical about love and often keeps everybody an arm's length away because of her tale's tragic ending. This leads her to isolating herself from her peers and even her friends." I always use psychology to help define my characters!

Another tip I have is to write down the traits you are using for a character. So, in Rose's case her traits are: Sophisticated, lady-like, graceful, jaded, wearisome, pessimistic, quiet, creative. What I do is group these traits together and make sentences out of them. For example, "Despite being pessimistic and world-weary, Rosemonde holds a certain quiet grace to herself, which is shown by the way she acts and speaks." or "More musically inclined, Rosemonde is a fan of classical music, which adds to her lady-like exterior."

Adding in her habits and quirks also helps with writing down a characters personality. Or even her interets and guilty pleasures work too! For example, "Rosemonde often times finds herself helping other fairytales out with love problems, even if she doesn't mean to." That's a habit of hers that could definitely be worked into her personality!

Well, that's all the advice I have for now ^^ If you'd like, you can even use the examples I wrote, if that would help you with writing as well~ And if you need any more advice or help, feel free to ask anytime!