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The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws

This bestselling guide helps you understand your character’s darker side and how traits they see as “helpful” are often masking their fears, causing friction, and blocking them from achieving their goals. With 100+ personality flaws, you’ll be able to find the perfect weaknesses for your character to overcome...or not!

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NEGATIVE TRAITS IN THIS BOOK

Realistic characters are flawed, meaning they'll make plenty of mistakes. Write their dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and choices more easily using descriptive lists for each trait below.

  • Abrasive
    Addictive
    Antisocial
    Apathetic
    Callous
    Catty
    Childish
    Cocky
    Compulsive
    Confrontational
    Controlling
    Cowardly
    Cruel
    Cynical
    Defensive
    Devious
    Dishonest
    Disloyal
    Disorganized
    Disrespectful
    Evasive
    Evil
    Extravagant
    Fanatical
    Flaky
    Foolish
    Forgetful
    Frivolous
    Fussy
    Gossipy
    Greedy
    Grumpy
    Gullible
    Haughty
    Hostile
    Humorless

  • Hypocritical
    Ignorant
    Impatient
    Impulsive
    Inattentive
    Indecisive
    Inflexible
    Inhibited
    Insecure
    Irrational
    Irresponsible
    Jealous
    Judgmental
    Know-It-All
    Lazy
    Macho
    Manipulative
    Martyr
    Materialistic
    Melodramatic
    Mischievous
    Morbid
    Nagging
    Needy
    Nervous
    Nosy
    Obsessive
    Oversensitive
    Paranoid
    Perfectionist
    Pessimistic
    Possessive
    Prejudiced
    Pretentious
    Pushy

  • Rebellious
    Reckless
    Resentful
    Rowdy
    Scatterbrained
    Self-Destructive
    Self-Indulgent
    Selfish
    Sleazy
    Spoiled
    Stingy
    Stubborn
    Subservient
    Superstitious
    Suspicious
    Tactless
    Temperamental
    Timid
    Uncommunicative
    Uncooperative
    Uncouth
    Unethical
    Ungrateful
    Unintelligent
    Vain
    Verbose
    Vindictive
    Violent
    Volatile
    Weak-Willed
    Whiny
    Withdrawn
    Workaholic
    Worrywart
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