In my perspective, there are three main elements linked with writing a novel: characters, plot, and setting. Fundamentally all ideas for writing a book can be worked back to these three major ingredients. As we all know, each good plot must have a beginning, a middle and an end. However , it's impossible to have any of these elements without initially having characters, but not just any characters. In order for your novel to be engaging, the characters must be well thought-out and realistic, and they must have something else: they have to be fascinating.
One of the keys to writing believable and engaging characters can be found in real life. The closer your characters are to people you have met and interacted with in everyday circumstances, the larger chance these make believe personalities will have of being plausible. But making your characters plausible doesn't ensure that they will be interesting. For that you need a further component.
You need to know what your characters want.
Every character in your story wants something different , and discovering precisely what that consists of for each personality will help you determine who they are and how they will act in a specific set of circumstances. The key to making fascinating characters is understanding what drives them. If you understand that you'll not only be guided through the development of of engaging and plausible characters, but this understanding will help you with the other facets of your story as wellâ€"such as plot and setting.
If you have a firm grasp on who your characters are, they will not only tell you where they live, but they will give you hints on how they live; and, after they begin interacting with other characters in your story, will add tremendous understanding of your plot and aid you in the process of creating that as well.
One of the keys to writing believable and engaging characters can be found in real life. The closer your characters are to people you have met and interacted with in everyday circumstances, the larger chance these make believe personalities will have of being plausible. But making your characters plausible doesn't ensure that they will be interesting. For that you need a further component.
You need to know what your characters want.
Every character in your story wants something different , and discovering precisely what that consists of for each personality will help you determine who they are and how they will act in a specific set of circumstances. The key to making fascinating characters is understanding what drives them. If you understand that you'll not only be guided through the development of of engaging and plausible characters, but this understanding will help you with the other facets of your story as wellâ€"such as plot and setting.
If you have a firm grasp on who your characters are, they will not only tell you where they live, but they will give you hints on how they live; and, after they begin interacting with other characters in your story, will add tremendous understanding of your plot and aid you in the process of creating that as well.
About the Author:
Michael Snow is the writer of ZION'S WEB, the first novel in the Zachariah Burton detective series. As well as writing detective stories, Michael maintains a blog site which features several engaging and helpful blogs, including tips on writing a book..
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