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3 Reddit comments about The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV:

u/kelpiedust · 3 pointsr/Fantasy
u/ShinyuuWolfy · 1 pointr/Tulpas

[ actually yes. Try this book? http://amzn.com/014312157X Shinyuu made lots of parallels between tulpamancy and what's written there. ]

u/babydave371 · 1 pointr/anime

>I have no idea how to judge this kind of stuff on my own and would really like to learn how to.

It is gonna be the same as any other narrative medium. So maybe try reading something like this or this.

But it generally comes down to basic stuff such as keeping the characters consistent, giving characters more than one trait unless that is the point of the character, making sure the characters act according to their traits instead of the plot, etc.

So examples for FMA:B. An example of good characters writing (and I would always start with specific instances and moving outward to assessing the character as a whole rather than starting with the character as a whole and moving inward) would be [FMA:B Spoilers](/s "Greed's refusal to go along with Father's plans . Greed's obvious trait is that he is greedy and so he only looks out for himself. Going along with Father's plans would not be in his interests and so he doesn't"). An example of bad character writing in the show is [FMA:B Spoilers](/s "Scar's about face when the other Ishvalen in Briggs tells him that he is trying to reform Amestris from the inside. Scar suddenly being chill with everything all of a sudden doesn't really make sense seeing as up until that point he had been filled with wroth. Sure he might soften slightly but a casual conversation shouldn't cause such a massive change. It is inconsistant with what we've learnt about his character so far. ")

Of course it should be noted that good character writing does not always necessarily correlate with our personal enjoyment nor vice versa. They tend to agree but not always. 'Good character writing' is merely a measure of how close the writing is to rules and systems that we've figured out almos always work pretty well, and by not sticking to them things tend to go wrong.

I hope this helps a little!