Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Character Development in Novels: 10 Questions to Ask When Self-Editing

Characters:

1) Are lead characters interesting and fully developed?

2) Do they have strengths and weaknesses? Quirks, habits, and interests?

3) Do they have clear goals and dreams?

4) Are they motivated in ways appropriate to the plot as well as their personalities and goals?

5) Are all characters vital to the story?

6) Do you have enough characters? Too many characters?

7) Do they grow with the story? If not, give them plot-appropriate challenges.

8) Are they appropriate to target reader age, era, and genre?

9) Are they believable?


10) Make sure responses/actions/reactions are character-appropriate.




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