Tip #199: Character contradictions

{One of the things that} makes a character intriguing is when the outside words {how they think others see them} juxtapose with the inside words {how they see themself}. When they're opposites or don't seem to match.

http://jessicanelson7590.blogspot.com/2012/01/put-your-character-in-box.html


It also says a lot about a character when they see themselves differently to how others do.  I think this happens with everyone to some extent.  How do your characters see themselves?  How do they see each other?  How do they think others see them?  How do their perceptions change over the course of the story?