Unlock the Secret to Crafting Unforgettable Characters That Captivate Every Reader’s Heart
For more on each of these character types, check out our guide, 6 Character Types Your Protagonist Needs Around Them.
Step 2: Develop Your Characters by Making Them More Sympathetic (and/or Villainous)
Once you have a few characters, your work is not done. Now you have to develop them.
To do that, I’ve created a framework called the Seven Characteristics of Sympathetic Characters.
I learned this from Brandon Sanderson’s fantastic characterization lessons, as well as Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat and my own research into story structure and characterization.
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