Weird Characters?

[Night-Hunter]

When writing weird characters is just in the dialogue or is it some thing else?

[Aesir]

abhorrent behaviour is often useful in weird characters, like a peculiar facial tick or a piece of compulsive behaviour

[JazZeke]

First, I'm not exactly sure what your asking because that sentence is grammatically incorrect. Second, "weird" is a vague, subjective term. Weird in what way? Third, never rely solely on dialogue to establish "weirdness." Otherwise you'll just create the next Jar Jar Binks. Just like with every other form of characterization, you must also rely on action, subjective thought, and a whole list of other tools to shape a character.

[Night-Hunter]

First, I'm not exactly sure what your asking because that sentence is grammatically incorrect. Second, "weird" is a vague, subjective term. Weird in what way? Third, never rely solely on dialogue to establish "weirdness." Otherwise you'll just create the next Jar Jar Binks. Just like with every other form of characterization, you must also rely on action, subjective thought, and a whole list of other tools to shape a character.

Um, ok. Does "off his rocker" or "crazier then a sh*t house rat" help? Characters that are so creepy that they should belong in a nut house.

And i'd rather not want to creat the next Jar Jar Binks thank you very much, that's why i asked if creating a strange and unusual characters is just more then dialogue. And as you pointed out I must also rely action and subjective thought.

abhorrent behaviour is often useful in weird characters, like a peculiar facial tick or a piece of compulsive behaviour

Thanks.

[JazZeke]

abhorrent behaviour is often useful in weird characters, like a peculiar facial tick or a piece of compulsive behaviour

That doesn't automatically equal crazy though. It's a common enough devise to show that an otherwise-normal protagonist has some psychological "issues," ranging from minor to major.

[Aesir]

abhorrent behaviour is often useful in weird characters, like a peculiar facial tick or a piece of compulsive behaviour

That doesn't automatically equal crazy though. It's a common enough devise to show that an otherwise-normal protagonist has some psychological "issues," ranging from minor to major.

I did say "often" remember though