🔪 It’s great to write about characters who struggle with mental health in ugly, messy and imperfect ways.

🔪 It’s great to write about characters who struggle to be better people and who are not always consistent with their morality.

🔪 It’s great to write about characters who struggle with interpersonal skills and communication.

🔪 It’s great to write about characters who struggle with anger, and hurt people close to them unintentionally.

🔪 It’s great to write about characters who sabotage themselves and get into frustrating situations through their own fault and actions.

🔪 It’s great to write about flawed characters who mess up and fail through their own flaws.

🔪 It’s great to write characters who are not always relatable to your audience.

🔪 It’s great to write characters who aren’t admirable, or aspirational.

🔪 It’s great to write characters who are frustratingly imperfect, and challenging to your audience.