Your Character Doesn't Exist In A Vacuum: Why Relationships Matter

simplyoriginalcharacters:

“Your character doesn’t exist in a vacuum.” You’ve probably seen me write those words before, but what do they mean? Well, basically this: your character wasn’t born out of the aether, and they don’t exist in the world entirely alone. Your character has relationships - all kinds of relationships - and those are incredibly important to who they are. In this post, I would like to cover several types of relationships, and why they’re important to consider in the format...