Activity

What are three things you know about characters?

1- They have to be deep

2- They should exhibit the theme

3- They should drive the story

What are three things you’d like to know about characters?

1- But how  do you really accomplish the above?

2- How to create characters if you don’t understand people very well

3- If you never start with the idea for a character (always come up with the plot first) how do you find the perfect character for that story

What do you believe the crafting of characters has to do with powerful writing?

Everything. They will leave the lasting impressions, they will make or break a story, they are the difference between a good novel and a great one.

On a scale of 1-10 (1 being appalling, 10 being stunning) how well do you think you write characters?

Erm. Maybe about a four? My characters tend to be consistent to who they are, but do not tend to exhibit the theme, and they are not always terribly interesting, and perhaps a little cardboard. Somewhere in the 3-4 range I would say.