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Fear is a powerful tool when used properly. Avoid these story mistakes with fear so your characters are authentic and your plot holds up!
Because fear plays such a central role in a character arc, certain mistakes with it can weaken the story. If your character’s inner journey feels a bit confusing, overly complicated, or, on the flip side, too easy, it could be that how fear is being handled is tripping you up. Let’s look at some of the most common pitfalls.
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Do any of your caharacters have any fears that they have faced, or have they gotten worse from trying to confront those fears
Ooh, great question! Thank you for asking :)
Florian is terrified of talking about his feelings and doesn't really get much better at it in his book, Curls of Smoke... BUT is going to learn to do it in his sequel!
Katharina from the Violins and Violets series is scared of being herself, or letting anyone get close enough to her to find out who she really is - quite literally, because she's in disguise - BUT ends up having to face this fear when her identity gets uncovered.
Gordon from This Still Happens is scared that the person who tried to kill him will try again, or target his friends, and... Yep, he has to face that one as well. He's also very scared to let his guard down even when his attacker isn't around, but learns to do it and start trusting the people he loves again.
What Is Sonic The Hedgehog Afraid Of?
Aquaphobia: Fear Of Water
Thantophobia: Fear Of Losing Someone/Death
Philophobia: Fear Of Loving Someone
Cherophobia: Fear Of Sadness
Dystychiphobia: Fear Of Accidents
Fears: The Stormborn
Asande Stormborn
Bold any fears which apply to your muse. Italicize what makes them uncomfortable.
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
Kaelivh Stormborn
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
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Outlying story within the world of Out There...
Our heroes find themselves wandering through a creepy, abandoned, derelict space station. Its origin is unknown. Its makers are unknown. Its whole purpose out in the middle of nowhere with no visible reason to exist is unknown.
The Horizon family stumbles upon it by accident. They venture a board in need of supplies.
Cue creepy ambiance low hum.
OUT THERE: THE DERELICT
Terra: "It just keeps going. One room into the next, into the next... I forgot where we are. There's no windows." She calls her twin on her wrist com. He's with Selka in another part of the station. They got separated, "Will, where are you guys?"
Will's voice over the com: "Beats the hell outta me."
Selka's voice: "Language."
Will: "Heck outta me. We think we're on the path to a medical bay. Where are you?"
Yune: *grumbles* "Lost in Liminal space."
Terra: She arches an eyebrow, "What's 'Lemon space?'"
Yune: "Not 'Lemon space,' Liminal space. It's an in between zone that doesn't seem to end. It has no way out. It's like being caught between realities, if that's ever a thing that can happen."
Terra: "Maybe the Source Field exists in lemon space."
Yune: "We know next to nothing about it. Maybe it does."
Will's voice: "I have a bad feeling about this."
Yune: "Yeah, me, too. Just keep your com open, Sparky. We can't lose contact."
Will: "Roger that."
Selka: "Who's Roger? Someone you know?"
Will: "It's what you say. Like over-and-out."
Terra: "I don't want to be stuck in lemon space."
Yune: "I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it..."
Terra: "You're a ball of anxiety. I can feel it like I'm wrapped in plastic. ... You're afraid."
Yune: "What, me? Afraid? Nah, just supremely creeped out right now."
Terra: "That's kind of what 'afraid' is."
Yune: "Can you not do that?"
Terra: "I can't help it. It's like my inside com is always on every channel."
Will's voice: "Story of my life." Will has ADHD that they need to get meds for at a Tehrellian starbase. There's no way they're setting foot near a Regent station.
Terra: "And you're a lot easier to read than anyone else. Except Will."
Will's voice: "Yay. I win. :)"
Yune: "He's your twin. Of course he is. Ok. Ok, so I'm not comfortable. ...Maybe a little afraid."
Terra: "Why? I know it's really creepy, but we got in. There has to be a way out.
Yune: "It's not just that. It's the dread of wondering IF there's a way out. No way to see outside, no way to keep track of where you've been. One wrong turn, one forgotten entry, and you're lost forever. Anything could be around the next corner or nothing. 'Nothing' is actually more horrible. It's being trapped with no way out. I hate liminal space. I really hate liminal space. It's the worst."
Will's voice: "You're afraid of lemon space?"
Yune: "You're afraid of the dark, and Squeaker's afraid of bugs and spiders. I'm afraid of liminal space. It comes with being human. I'm not immune to having a phobia despite how awesome I am."
Will: "Selka's not human. What are you afraid of?"
Selka: "Drowning."
Terra: "We're in space."
Selka: "Doesn't matter. There's still no air in space. One wrong move and you're dead."
Yune: "So that's why you hate spacewalks."
Selka: "I thought it was obvious."
The com crackles.
Yune: "Selka... Selka."
Will: "You're breaking up. Terra, I can't--"
Terra: "Will? Will, can you hear me? ... Will!
Yune: Trying desperately to keep the signal, "Come on..."
Static.
Yune: He swallows, "Oh no."
Terra: "What happened to the signal?" Though she knew darn well what happened, she didn't want it to be true.
Yune: "We lost them. I can't reestablish a connection. We're either too far away - which I doubt - or something is interfering with the signal. We're on our own."
Terra: She shuffles closer to him, "Ok, now I'm afraid of lemon space."
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Things your character might be afraid of
Or dislike, or perhaps even enjoy! +Driving over bridges + Special effects in movies that make people scurry over walls/ceilings like roaches + HR Giger paintings + Stuff in nature (trees, rocks, etc) that have just coincidentally come out looking like human faces or figures + Puppets + Anything to do with eyeballs (touching them, taking them out, eye surgery, etc.) + Adults acting like little kids + Gory movie scenes shot in a sensual way + Twisted forms of pregnancy/birth, like the chest-bursters in the Alien movies + When cats or other animals stare at nothing at all + Cave diving and how if something goes wrong, it's just you and the tank and you're trapped until it runs out and you drown and you know it + Unnaturally contorted human bodies + Tent caterpillars + Stop-motion animation +Mirrors after dark + Being alone in a room with curtains, especially at night (what's behind them?) + Fog + Teeth when they're not in a mouth were they belong + Elevator doors + Teeth, especially when they’re not in a human mouth where they belong + Bleeding religious statues + When everything is iced over in winter, or covered in snow, it just looks so creepy/pretty
masterlist of characters’ deepest fears
ok maybe i shouldn’t call this a masterlist but it’s pretty comprehensive i think hello!! i was having a lot of trouble finding resources for ideas of fears to give to characters so i thought i would compile my own list, then i figured i might as well share it with y’all!
this list is for those deeper, more intangible, existential type of fears rather than fears such as illness or bugs or clowns (all very valid fears!! just not the kind i needed rn) it might be a little repetitive but i wanted to be thorough/account for nuances and such. hope this is helpful :-)
• Fear of intimacy • Fear of death/dying • Fear of failure • Fear of rejection • Fear of commitment • Fear of being alone/loneliness • Fear of God • Fear of abandonment • Fear of change • Fear of the unknown • Fear of success • Fear of love • Fear of being forgotten/ignored • Fear of getting old/growing up • Fear of the future • Fear of loss • Fear of forgetting/losing memories/amnesia • Fear of becoming their parents • Fear of being a bad person • Fear of being unwanted
OC’s Fear Tag
Tagged in by @lillayalightfoot, thank you this was a nice tag to divulge into!
Bold is for a full on fear. Italics is for something that makes them uncomfortable.
Lania:
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
Napaul:
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
Auvemn:
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
