Creating Unique Perspectives

To create more realistic interactions between characters(espescially main characters), it's important to remember that two seperate people will view the world differently. If that is the case, then seperate characters should also interact with the world differently.



For example, we have John, Rachel, and Fred. John is a casual, ordinary guy. He believes that you should go through life as easily as possible. Rachel is outgoing and hyper. She believes life should as interesting and exiting as you can make it. Fred however, is a more literal, precise kinda guy. He thinks a person should live realistically and practically.



See what I've got there? Three different people, three different personalities, and three seperate views of the world. But like what happens in real life, whenever you go out and interact with people, you still carry your views along with you into your interactions and conversations with others.



Another example...



John, Rachel and Fred are meeting for lunch and discuss a vacation trip. One of the things Rachel insists on going mountain climbing. Fred believes they don't have enough money to buy equipment and should try a more financially practical vacation trip. John thinks they should just spend the vacation over at his house.

Here I've now added how they interact with each other. So in general, when you seek to make a well-rounded and interesting character with a unique view or perspective of the world, you must remember two things.

1. Separate characters should view the world differently. Whether a characters views differ religiously, personally, philosophically, or financially, each character should be distinct from the next.

2. Separate characters should then interact with their world differently. People carry their personalities with them into other activities and conversations. How a character interacts with other characters should be based on their personality.

5 Ways to Show if a Character is Possessed

1. The character has an unnatural eye colour. (Their eyes are completely black, or are yellow with slit pupils, or their eyes are glowing, etc.)

2. The characters' word balloon is jagged and the font is irregular. Most commonly used when the character is speaking, unless you want to be subtle. Their voice may become deeper or more savage.

3. A ghostly figure is behind the possessed character.

4. The character moves in an irregular manner. The character moves in an unusual way, like gliding or hovering above the floor.

5. The characters' behavior is irregular. The character might refer to themeselves as "we" or "us", or they may have access to hidden knowlege or languages.

Two Ways to Portray Angelic and Demonic Spirits

There is still some debate among religious scholars about this very topic, but for those who are writing a novel or comic-book there are TWO WAYS to write about angels and demons-

1. Free Will- With this method, the spirits are self-aware beings that have a choice about what they can or can't do. I think this is a pretty cool way to portray spirits because it can lead to an interesting look on how angels do their jobs. A primary example is Lucifer; he decided to rebel against God and was subsequently kicked outta heaven.

2. Manifestion of Divine Will- With this method angels and demons are an extension of the being that controls them. Basically, they lack awareness and even consciousness as they can only do what they are told to do.

The Differences Between Prophets and Psychics

For those of you who want to write about a prophet or psychic but don't understand the distinction between them, this will hopefully help you to understand these types of characters.

Prophets are usually common people divinely inspired to represent God. While prophets are usually individually inspired, there are prophets who also have offspring with the power of prophecy, which is a kind of spiritual sensitivity to God. They may also see or experience supernatural visions, most commonly through dreaming.

Prophecy is a divinely inspired message usually revealing some sort of secret or divine info, but it also might be a preview concerning future events largely concerning the world or a part of the world. As said above, prophecy is a kind of spiritual sensitivity.



Psychics are people that claim to see or interact with the supernatural. They also have visions and see into the future at various times, but this is usually called clairvoyance. Some can see and talk to the dead.

Clairvoyance is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human abilities, also called ESP. A person with this power is also called clairvoyant.

The most common ability a psychic is the power to see or communicate with spirits. The TV series Supernatural is a very good reference for using these kinds of characters, especially seasons 1 and 2.