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Character Development
If you’re a writer, then you’ll be very familiar with the idea of character development. It’s drummed into us as one of the most important things. Without character, we don’t really have a novel, or a short story, or a piece of writing, in general. I mean, I know that we can have plot — driven stories, but without characters, we don’t really give the reader anyone to identify with, or root for.
NOT THAT SIMPLE
But it’s not as simple as having a character. Anyone can invent a character, but as writers, we are expected to inject an entire personality into that character’s mind. We need to be creating characters who are realistic. They need to have flaws, and foibles. They need to have strengths and quirks. They need to be developed almost as much as we are, as human beings.
The thing is, it’s not always easy to develop a character. Sometimes, as a writer, we may have ideas of where we want the story to go, and we might try and shape the character in the aim of moving the story forward, but in reality, it doesn’t always work out as simply and neatly as that.
A SERIES OF MINOR DISAGREEMENTS
At least, it doesn’t for me… if it does for you, please share your secret ;). I have been having a series of minor disagreements with my main character…
