darkSpyro

So I really want to start writing. The story/series thing that I've come up with is gonna be like a dramatic action comedy type thing, with a lot of emphasis on comedy. I have lot of characters that I've created over the years that I'm gonna use, and right now I'm trying to give each one set character traits and a real personality, since before all I had was appearance and abilities. I have figured out basic aspects of what I want each character to be, but it still doesn't feel right. I tried just writing dialogues to get them to work off of each other and start building relationships, but I'm blanking and can't come up with anything I'm happy with. Can anybody suggest anything I can do? Whether it be a good way to write/create/develop characters or just general set-ups or ideas for a dialogue between characters. I was excited to dive into this today and I've really hit a wall, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

EDIT: I should've just said this, but I've already listed each character and made a list of character traits underneath, I just don't know what to do with it or if the traits are good fits for the characters.

Use bases of existing characters.

No, really, that's a good start as any. When I started work in a story I'm gathering courage to rewrite right now, the characters were more or less who I liked in a videogame. However, of course, I wasn't going to copy, so I started there and went 'ok,so this character's brash and reckless and can read minds, but what would differ it from X other character that does that?' so I started altering traits until I could call them their own person and start thinking on their thoughts to make reasonable dialogue as I went along.

Of course, it didn't work too well when I was 15 and the character had way too many traits,but now I look at the drafts knowing exactly where to trim the fat.

If you already have the characters, the latter part is useful, just start thinking as them, even if you won't write that. You have a powerful villain with a spy on their tail, and the villain really wants to make a grand entrance to ditch their disguise? They'll use their full power to kill the spy and reveal themselves. That kind of thing, what would you do? Eventually some of these situations will be perfect for the story as you put more and more pieces together.

You're doing the right thing by writing small scenes to establish bonds and personality, but its easy to get lost.

That's why using writing prompts for drabbles is a good place to start! Preferably, roleplay starters, since that's more character development specific. I normally like to go down the list but you can start with what ever is more comfortable for you!

Do you want to post any stuff online? You could get some specific feedback that way. I could look it over if you want.