Book Club on Yik Yak | I hate when someone defends terrible writing with “well sometimes people—“ they’re not people they’re characters. Everything about a character should serve a purpose or make sense narratively. IK irl people are inconsistent but characters shouldn’t be.

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Book Club 19h

I hate when someone defends terrible writing with “well sometimes people—“ they’re not people they’re characters. Everything about a character should serve a purpose or make sense narratively. IK irl people are inconsistent but characters shouldn’t be.

Anonymous 19h

unless being inconsistent is actually apart of the story of course

Anonymous 13h

ehhh i actually feel like this is kinda a hot take terrible writing and inconsistent characters are two different things. sometimes if a character is inconsistent it actually makes them feel more relatable and more real BECAUSE of that human aspect

Anonymous

#1 11h

Ironically, even a character’s inconsistency has to be consistent. If they’re constantly wavering because of their flaws and/or circumstances, that’s a character trait. If they magically and suddenly pivot for the sake of plot convenience, it’s bad writing.

Anonymous

#1 11h

Agreed.

Anonymous

#1 10h

I agree because lowkey I’ll think “why the heck would they do that?” Then I look around in real life and think… yeah these “inconsistencies” are very similar to people I often run into

Anonymous

#2 10h

Yes! You worded that perfectly.