Your vacillant character
is uncertain in purpose and/or action. And you are correct when you see a
connection to vacillate. Heesh
alternates, wavers among different opinions and actions. This indecisive character
can be quite trying for your other characters who are seeking clear answers or
stances.
Vacillant comes from Latin vacillat- meaning ‘sway unsteadily.’
How might you use a vacillant
character in your writing? Perhaps your lighthearted novel includes a character
who is deeply into astrology and other prognostications. Heesh uses the daily
horoscope to lay out the day’s plan for business. Heesh loves Chinese food because
the fortune cookies add another layer of understanding for shim, and so forth.
Assume your vacillant character is a
Libra. Heesh knows the stereotype for Librans—indecisive because they see both
sides of every argument, thus unable to pick. Imagine the situations that can
be bollixed up with your character’s waverings. Get married? Set a date? Where
to honeymoon? Constant plan changes can give you fun scenes.
Another kind of vacillant
character might be someone who is so insecure and so self-deprecating that
committing to any course of action would be risking being disliked by others.
Such low-self worth can make for a very annoying character for whom one
initially feels sympathy but as the vacillance
continues, others lose patience.
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