Earlier this week, I discussed character flaws. Apparently, the Universe follows this blog because this popped up in my inbox. Perfect people are boring. Uninteresting. They have no place to go but down, and while delivering a come-uppance to those practically perfect people might be fun and entertaining, it’s short-lived. The true entertainment comes from watching a flawed character stumbling around in the dark while they figure things out. This is what the Big U had to impart:

What if every shortcoming, slip, or bobble you notice in another person, Silver, was choreographed by Divine Intelligence inviting you to wonder, ask, and think about how you might increase your own awesomeness?

Yeah, that’s how I roll –
The Universe
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P.S. Awesomeness, Silver, is a word in our dictionaries here. Your pic is beside it.

Take *me* out of the equation and substitute *your character*. Basically, this is the roadmap of creating character arcs. Looks easy peasy, right? You create a character with baggage. The character juggles and bumbles and in the end, grows. I used Sade earlier as an example. Today, I give you Ariel. He’s cocky. He knows he’s a chick magnet. Heck, that’s his whole reason for being–according to Oberon. He is the King’s Seducer. That was great for while, but along the way, Ari met some humans and lo and behold, it’s just possible that their humanity rubbed off on our favorite Fae. That’s his story and I’m sticking to it. In the end, I hope he is full of awesomeness. Writers, what flaws do you give your characters? And I include secondary characters in that. They need depth too, to keep things interesting. Readers, what are your favorite flaws to find in a character?