#characterelements

YOU’VE GOT CHARACTER FLAWS, HOW DO YOU USE THEM?

If you checked out this post, you’ve spent some time figuring out your character’s flaws, and now it’s time to actually use those flaws to make a better novel. And the first thing you need to do is let the reader know about that character’s flaws and where it came from. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? You want to show the reader why the character is the way they are. Can you blame their childhood? Or…

LIKE YOUR DAMN CHARACTER

So, we’re still talking about characters here and I’m going to go out on a limb here and say: It’s important for people to like your main character. Obviously, this isn’t always true. There are exceptions, but just in general, okay? You all can debate about it in the comments if you like. It might be fun.  A big key to the reader liking your character is: YOU LIKING YOUR CHARACTER. It’s hard…