How to CREATE A MAIN CHARACTER
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How can you flesh out a character so perfectly they speak to you, further the plot, and add all the elements essential to your story.

Here is where I'll give you advice.

By the way, I'm having two updates today because I'm so bored this gives me something to do, lol.

So, question #1: What is estival for my character to make them real?

• your MC must be unique.

- make your main character different from other character jn different books, with different motivations, needs, wants, and desires. Make your MC stand out, but also the supporting cast as well. They're like the icing to the cake.

• make their life troubled!

- your MC must be able to roll with the punches, and you must constantly raise the stakes. Your MC is not your child, and you don't need to baby him. Think of the worst things that could happen to your MC, and a me knit happen to further the plot. No one wants to read anything about a boring character.

• gives your MC faults

- no one wants to read about the character who has it all. Give them realistic flaws. Do they stumble a lot, or have a tendency to be dishonest? Make them real, once you discover what ticks them sideways.

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Question #2: How can we get to know our character enough?

This is where I come in.

Ask your characters these questions to get to know the true them. As you answer, pretend you're them...be them. How would they feel? Act? Eat? What's their mannerisms?

1. What would mentally destroy your character?

2. How does your character feel about his mother and father?

3. When did your character feel completely loved and accepted?

4. What would have to happen to make your character speak out, or, defend a stranger, in public?

5. What does he lie about?

6. Does your character need friends?

7. What physical thing does your character fear most?

8. If your character could choose to spend his last day alive with one person (dead or alive), who would he choose?

9. What is his defining strength?

10. Is he able to work for someone else?

11. Does your character have a positive or negative body image?

12. Who, or what, would your character die for?

13. Does your character have a plan for tomorrow? Next week? Next year?

14. Is your character resilient enough to change?

15. What would your character think if he could see you now?

A character's personality is made up of patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make him unique. These psychological personality traits remain fairly consistent throughout life.

If you want to make your characters memorable, it's a good idea to get to know them better.

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Question #3: How can we flesh out our character truly make them real?

Good question.

Here is a sheet to answer for your character, to really make him a true person.

Name:

Background:

Place of birth:

Parents:

Siblings:

Ethnic background:

Places lived:

Current address and phone number:

Education:

Favorite subject in school:

Special training:

Jobs:

Salary:

Travel:

Friends:

Enemies:

Dating, marriage:

Children:

What people does he most admire:

Relationship with God:

Overall outlook on life:

Does this character like himself:

What, if anything, would he like to change about his life:

Is he lying to himself about something:

How is he viewed by others:

Physical appearance:

Physical build:

Posture:

Head shape:

Eyes:

Nose:

Mouth:

Hair

Skin:

Tattoos/piercings/scars:

Voice:

Right- or left-handed:

Handicap:

What you notice first:

Clothing:

How would he describe himself:

Health/disabilities:

Characteristics:

Strongest/weakest character traits:

How much self-control and self-discipline does he have:

Fears:

Political leaning:

Collections, talents:

What people like best about him:

Interests and favorites:

Food, drink:

Music:

Books:

Movies:

Sports, recreation:

Did he play in school:

Color:

Best way to spend a weekend:

A great gift for this person:

Pets:

Vehicle:

Typical expressions:

When happy:

When angry:

When sad:

Idiosyncrasies:

Laughs or jeers at:

Ways to cheer up this person:

Ways to annoy this person:

Hopes and dreams:

What's the worst thing he's ever done to someone and why:

Greatest success:

Biggest trauma:

What does he care about most in the world:

Does he have a secret:

What does/will he like best about the other main character(s):

What does/will he like least about the other main character(s):

If he could do one thing and succeed at it, what would it be:

Most embarrassing thing that ever happened to him:

He is the kind of person who:

Why will the reader sympathize with this person right away:

History:

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Hopefully you enjoyed this.

I actually use this to create characters, so much of this was already in my notepad and I only had to copy and paste.

Anyway, please enjoy, and don't be afraid to request!

Also, DON'T BE A SILENT READER