5 Ways To Write Character Flaws

Writer’s Relief
3 min readMar 2

When you’re writing a short story or novel, you want your characters to be realistic and believable. After all, nobody’s perfect — not even your protagonist! While there are many ways to write authentic characters, one of the best ways might seem counterintuitive: Give your characters flaws. These very human imperfections will help make your characters more relatable and can be the catalyst for story arcs they learn from (or don’t)…

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