Is it normal that all my characters sound depressed, with their unique struggle being reiterations of the same problem of suicide and search for meaning?>try to write a hero>story is full of undertones on how the hero knows he is truly foolish and that sacrifice is not worth and will end in thankless disaster for himself, but he does it anyway because I force him to— I mean, because he is very determined >try to write a healer>she is at all times lamenting how useless her efforts are>try to write a basic vengeance plot>avenger just muses over how much he'd just rather be dead, and how much he hates God rather than his enemy>try to write a power hungry schemer>schemer acknowledges how foolish the plots are because society is not even worth toppling, and that they can't hardly make the world worseIf it continues like this, I am going to lose my job. There is more to life than self-pity, but it seems I can't write anything else.Ultimately, I have come myself to the conclusion that humanity is worthless and all they do is ruin everything that I once liked by their presence alone. But I still need them to have an income, so I can't just convince my readers to off themselves.
try out multiple tones in one personit will give a character some depth"i contain multitudes"
>>25269437Just write a book with one character man
It’s fine just lean into it and adapt the setting so it makes sense that everyone is like that. And try writing an insane character
>>25269448Thanks for the suggestion.Sadly, I can't do it with this current serialized thing that I am working in because I am already halfway through the series.But in future works, I'll likely create a world so sterile and miserable that Earth will look inhabitable.I just think that if I were tasked with writing something like Crime & Punishment, my Raskolnikov would just go on a murder rampage due to how awful St. Petersburg is.There is no hope in what I write, and it is showing.>>25269445I'd be embarrassed, people would think the book is a cry for help. I am not Dosto, I'm not going to write Underground and make it appealing to readers. If I were tasked with writing that, shieet, because would think I'm about to put a bullet in my brain.>>25269442I am afraid I do not know how to do that without confusing people. I write lowbrown pump fantasy, and I compete for readers with fucking LitRPG. I am afraid if I frustrate them too much or challenge them, they'll just abandon go enjoy something else.
