Posted on July 13, 2023 at 9:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Your main character comes to life through a variety of techniques.
Two such ways are through challenges and contrasts.
In the case of the former, Becca Puglisi reminds you that the challenging events are less effective when they simply happen to the character.
Your character should make choices in how they react to these situations, because a character with agency is one that will captivate a reader.
Head to Writers Helping Writers for more on creating character agency.
And in the case of the latter, the contrast comes from another character — a foil.
Dave Chesson describes how to create a foil character and provides classic examples of them over at the Kindlepeneur blog.
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