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⌈ Secret Post #4095 ⌋

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Re: Writing thread

[philstar22]

Has anyone ever wrote a fic from the POV of someone mentally unstable, and if so, are there any specific pieces of advice you can give?

This character is a villain and a sociopath. I've written him before. But not in this particular period of his life, a period where he becomes completely unhinged. And I find I'm struggling more to write his perspective. Arrogant, sadistic villain I can write. Villain who isn't always even sure why he does things anymore and whose mind keeps shifting to the past and who is completely reveling in pain and death at the same time he's feeling completely lost and alone and broken? That I'm having a hard time with.

Re: Writing thread

[(Anonymous)]

Well, what is it about this that you find difficult to write? Is it challenging to make an asshole have feelings and sensitive moments, or do you have concerns that if you write him as a complex individual, it will give the impression his horrible behavior is in some way justified?

Re: Writing thread

[philstar22]

No, it's the mental instability that I'm struggling with. I want to write his mind as rather fractured and wandering. But I'm having a hard time doing that.

Re: Writing thread

[(Anonymous)]

It might depend on the reason(s) for him becoming unhinged, I guess? Does he have everything, only to have it all ripped away? Is he just in a downward spiral? Is it one of those existential crisis things?

How does he feel when "reason(s)" occur? Does he have a burning desire for revenge, or is he in a frequent state of IDGAF? Maybe a little bit of both? Is he fixated on something/someone he lost? Is it something he forgets a little bit over time? Does he just get a sort of "high" from doing bad things, maybe a little more each time?

If it's difficult going back and forth, maybe having an occasional trigger/reminder of who he used to be or what he lost could help it along. Depending on what it is, he might even use it as justification (in his mind, of course) for the way he's becoming. Or, quite possibly, it could shame him into doing what he can to forget. Again, it depends... I'm not sure how much of it could apply to your guy.

Re: Writing thread

[philstar22]

Very definately both. Burning desire for revenge, but also frequently in IDGAF mode. And also fixated on someone he lost. And yes, I do think he has always gotten a high from doing evil things, but even more so once he's lost everything (and also through magical means enhanced the worst parts of himself).

Let's see.

[(Anonymous)]

You could do very distracted, moving from one thing to the next and then back again. Short, choppy thoughts can help convey that.

You can do obsessive thoughts, whatever he's trying to do, he keeps coming back to something.

You can do a sort of spiraling stream-of-consciousness and it can be a bit of both, it can start out sort of coherent, but get less so as it goes on.

Re: Let's see.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. A lot of different thoughts interjectng could be done by way of hyphens or parentheticals, italics or new short grafs.

Re: Let's see.

[(Anonymous)]

Good ideas, but I can see this getting real old, real quick if there's a lot from this character's POV.