forum i need help creating an entitled rich girl character HELPPPPP

Started June 15, 2018 by raininginmymiind

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I'm writing a new story about some rich kids and my main is a girl named Willow… need help with how to write her/slash some characteristics (maybe cliche movie rich girl idk)

she's gotta have depth! one-sided characters are no fun :(
heres a few options to create a deeper story for her (some r kinda cliched lol)

• despite her affluence, her and her parents dont get along very well
• she's harboring some kind of secret! it could be pertaining to a romantic interest, a strange hobby (or a not-so-strange one. like skateboarding. something that wouldn't go with her exterior)
• she has a power or ability nobody knows about (if magic and/or the paranormal exist in your universe)
• she wants a very different career than the one her parents may have chosen for her
  of course theres a lot more but these r jus some i came up with on the spot lol
  also an interesting design! lmk if u need anythin else :)

I second giving your character some more depth, but if you're looking for some advice about spoiled rich girls I board my horse at a fairly nice barn that's located in a place that's already super expensive to live in so I've spent a pretty fair amount of time around spoiled rich girls.

• Sometimes, it seems like they aren't really aware of how privileged they are. Think along the lines of Trump's "Small loan of a million dollars." Most people wouldn't consider that a small loan.

• Sorta tying into the above point, but I really feel like some of them just can't fathom the idea of being not rich.

• Designer brand names are everything. People will spend a few extra hundred (or thousand) dollars on something just so that they can say that they have a REAL thing from whatever brand.

• They expect everyone to do everything for them. Maybe not all the time, but a lot of the time. I have MANY stories about some of the other girls who try to get other people to do things for them even though there's no reason they can't do it themselves.

• Nothing is ever their fault. They'll often find other people or factors to blame when things go wrong.

Anyways, obviously this is just personal observation and experience. Not every rich person is going to be like this, and certainly not all of them are like that all the time. They can be pretty nice, but every now and then they'll say something that'll make people go "Do you even hear yourself right now?" You don't have to constantly be playing up the fact that they're rich and entitled. I had specific examples for each point, but the post was like a mile long so I took them out.

she's gotta have depth! one-sided characters are no fun :(
heres a few options to create a deeper story for her (some r kinda cliched lol)

• despite her affluence, her and her parents dont get along very well
• she's harboring some kind of secret! it could be pertaining to a romantic interest, a strange hobby (or a not-so-strange one. like skateboarding. something that wouldn't go with her exterior)
• she has a power or ability nobody knows about (if magic and/or the paranormal exist in your universe)
• she wants a very different career than the one her parents may have chosen for her
  of course theres a lot more but these r jus some i came up with on the spot lol
  also an interesting design! lmk if u need anythin else :)

oooh thanks! didn't really think of stuff like that

I think one thing to consider is that your character might not fully grasp that their experiences don't apply to everyone else, they might take a lot of things for granted, and that could potentially make them come across as spoiled to other characters? So she doesn't have to be like, intentionally rude like a lot of rich, entitled characters are written to be, but maybe she's just kind of ignorant

So like, it could just be things like, she doesn't recognize that other characters maybe can't afford to go abroad multiple times a year, or can't hire someone to help out around the house, or don't get £100 in pocket money every week, lol
Idk, just some ideas I had!