In my perspective, there are three major elements connected with writing a novel: characters, plot, and setting. Basically all ideas for writing a book can be worked back to these three major ingredients. As we all know, every good plot must have a beginning, a middle and an end. Nonetheless it's impossible to have any one of these components without first having characters, but not just any characters. For your novel to be engaging, the characters must be well thought-out and realistic, and they also must have something else: they have to be fascinating.
One of the keys to writing plausible and interesting characters can be found in the real world. The closer your characters are to individuals you have met and interacted with in everyday circumstances, the bigger chance these make believe characters will have of being believable. But making your characters plausible doesn't ensure that they will be fascinating. For that you will need an extra part.
You need to know what your characters want.
Every character in your story wants something unique , and discovering exactly what that consists of for each character will aid you in deciding who they are and how they will act in a specific set of circumstances. The key to creating engaging characters is understanding what drives them. If you understand that you will not only be guided through the making of fascinating and believable characters, but this understanding will assist you with the other aspects of your story as wellâ€"such as plot and setting.
If you enjoy a firm grasp on who your characters are, they will not only tell you where they live, but will tend to give you give you hints on how they live; and, at the time they begin interacting with other characters in your story, will add tremendous persepctive on your plot and help you in the work of creating that as well.
One of the keys to writing plausible and interesting characters can be found in the real world. The closer your characters are to individuals you have met and interacted with in everyday circumstances, the bigger chance these make believe characters will have of being believable. But making your characters plausible doesn't ensure that they will be fascinating. For that you will need an extra part.
You need to know what your characters want.
Every character in your story wants something unique , and discovering exactly what that consists of for each character will aid you in deciding who they are and how they will act in a specific set of circumstances. The key to creating engaging characters is understanding what drives them. If you understand that you will not only be guided through the making of fascinating and believable characters, but this understanding will assist you with the other aspects of your story as wellâ€"such as plot and setting.
If you enjoy a firm grasp on who your characters are, they will not only tell you where they live, but will tend to give you give you hints on how they live; and, at the time they begin interacting with other characters in your story, will add tremendous persepctive on your plot and help you in the work of creating that as well.
About the Author:
Michael Snow is the author of ZION'S WEB, the first novel in the Zachariah Burton detective series. As well as writing novels, Michael maintains a blog site which features some engaging and useful blogs, including tips on writing a book..
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