Unveiling Hidden Lives: The Untold Secrets Behind Every Character’s Story
There are several good reasons to do this extra work:
- It keeps you focused on the story while you’re writing it.
- It highlights where the essential conflicts are—which characters must be at odds with which other characters, and that helps you understand your novel better.
- It forces you to write 3-D characters, because you have walked inside the skin of all your characters, not just the “good guys”.
- It keeps your story from being a simple morality play, because you are constantly reminded that real life is complex and sometimes messy.
Bottom line: If you know the one-sentence summary of all your characters, you will empathize with them better. You’ll know them better. You’ll write them better. That’s a win.
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