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How Do You Write a GREAT Sidekick Character?


Seven Tips to Create a Unique Sidekick Character - Neil Chase

A sidekick should be loyal, always stand up for their beliefs, and have a strong moral compass. One of the most notable sidekicks is Samwise ...

4 Core Components of an Awesome Sidekick Character

Sharing common traits and interests is one way to create character bonds, but they can also be created by friendly conflict. A great protagonist ...

How to Write a Sidekick | Story Empire

Sounding boards. One of the best tools a sidekick provides is the chance for discussion. · Relatability Sidekicks are often the “every-man” to ...

How Do You Write a GREAT Sidekick Character? - Industrial Scripts

A sidekick is a specific role different to a secondary character. They can be another protagonist or a supporting character. Either way, they are easily ...

Sidekicks: Add a Kick of Flavor to Your Main Character's Journey

The sidekick serves as a motivational force, urging the protagonist to take specific actions or reminding them of their core motivations. This ...

The Epic Guide to Character Creation, Part 6: Sidekick Archetypes

A sidekick that is a contrast to your protagonist is the best way to go. A sidekick is meant to be by the protagonist's side throughout the ...

Writing Spectacular Sidekicks - Bethany Henry

A sidekick can be a great way to explore and show different sides of an issue instead of just showing the hero's perspective. A lot of depth can ...

Creating Sidekicks for Your Characters - Learn How To Write A Novel

Main characters need those strong friends to come alongside them in their stories and act as Voices of Truth or help them to see reason.

How to Write a Sidekick 101 - Sisters Three

Well, that's one of the trickiest parts of writing sidekicks, making sure they don't steal the spotlight. They have to be well developed ...

Writing a Likeable Sidekick: 7 Archetypes You Can Choose From

If you write the Orphan as your sidekick, look to those who are alone, lonely, melancholy for inspiration. In the darkness of this character's ...

Finished third draft of novel. I just realized that my MC's sidekick is a ...

Doing this— exploring the MC's personality throughout the story— will make them as fleshed out and interesting as the sidekick. And then you'll ...

How to Write Sidekick Characters - Novel Suspects

I'm tempted to say loyalty—but from a writerly point of view, I think the most important quality in a sidekick is that they serve as a good foil for the ...

The Sidekick Archetype: Everything You Need to Know - Scribophile

The sidekick archetype is a secondary character that acts as a protagonist's good friend, confidante, and source of advice.

Writing a Superhero Story - How to Write a Good Sidekick - Wattpad

Calling him a “sidekick” cues readers that he's probably a distraction from the character that actually matters. If he's not interesting enough to be a partner, ...

Six Character Archetypes for Sidekicks - Mythcreants

A good sidekick has a distinct personality that makes them stand out and creates contrast with the rest of Team Good.

How to pair the sidekick and hero? : r/writing - Reddit

Just as a suggestion, I'd recommend deciding on what the sidekick character brings to the story. There's a good Trope Talk on the five man band ...

On Writing Likeable & Useful Sidekicks - Springhole.net

Give your sidekick a build/skillset that doesn't just amount to "what the main character does, just not as good at it." Sidekicks who make no sense being where ...

What is a Sidekick? [4 Qualities & 7 Roles] - Herded Words

#1: Be trusted by the protagonist. If your main character doesn't trust your sidekick, are they really a sidekick? Probably not. Your protagonist trusts the ...

What are some tips for creating a good sidekick character in writing?

Write them as an actual character with their own wants, desires, fears, and history. A good example of “Sidekick” character writing done well are the Harry ...

I'm a Sidekick Personality - Decoding Creativity

Sidekicks are meant to highlight the MC strengths and weaknesses by being opposite of the MC. There are lots of combinations that might work.


Robinson Crusoe

Novel by Daniel Defoe https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDM80zJrw-sfluNbHCfDICF4E62BGp176vw_s8-r9VsTpKpz_P

Robinson Crusoe is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Written with a combination of epistolary, confessional, and didactic forms, the book follows the title character after he is cast away and spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Novel by Mark Twain https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5ZcL5K_QWn35IvLB_-eT_0CL1KbHoR8tyZBILiVm5XBpJ5hPH

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.

A Study in Scarlet

Novel by Arthur Conan Doyle https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfE6KpXzRIxkYtcxlMFz1LosurMonyWPGFGTDejn1Lm8iiXD9i

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in English literature.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Book by Arthur Conan Doyle https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbNA0Fhor8xoTLcvhNHp8jxRRYfTIht1IVhqb1louGdCmPrFNN

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Novel by Jules Verne https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLGKdxCflLFABbEW9ntP8HKApE3IRD6ZkeG1ZVhvrMqM85LLV2

Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Peter and Wendy

Play by James Matthew Barrie https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTg0r9gFSV4TO6zKDSYS_DbIIK6hRjDkesA_yj_ibe3ZjG3F4Lu

Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy.