Finding the Character’s Pain
Character pain is what a character needs to survive. Give them a past full of strife and challenges. Allow them to triumph. And then smack them again.
Character pain is what a character needs to survive. Give them a past full of strife and challenges. Allow them to triumph. And then smack them again.
Your job, as a writer, is to introduce your characters in a way that: is interesting brings them to life for the reader conjures up an image that is as close as possible to the way you see them in your mind gives the reader more information than just their physical appearance – i.e. also gives an insight into their personality and what drives them Your job is to let every sentence earn its keep…