Character motives

Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.

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I’ve listed a few possible character motives in the image below and I would encourage you to play around with different ways of interpreting and applying them.

I choose to add a regular god tier of villains with good motives but basically still kill people

Readers want to see your characters in action. However, even more important is finding interesting motives for your characters and their actions.

Seven toxic seniors were leeching off of their classmates' hard work during group projects to maintain their grades, and the other kids were too nervous and scared to do something about it. So their teacher took action.