Maybe you have had some of the experiences I’ve had when working on a project, one of which is finding yourself with a character–could be a side character, a secondary character, or even a viewpoint character–who seems to be sort of stuck in the background of the story when he’s not really supposed to be.
In your head, he’s a great character, and maybe you even want to showcase him, but for some reason, on the page, he just doesn’t shine. Sometimes this sort of thing even happens with the protagonist.
Here are four tips to help make characters stuck in the background pop out.
My secondary characters are just the opposite–sometimes readers like them more than the main characters.
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So, do you give them their own books or stories, Pamela?
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It was suggested to me once by my editor that I should so I’m thinking about it.
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Character building is very interesting. It seems i will not start as a writer, i only will creating characters. 😉 Here in Bavaria we have so many special real living characters, therefore i need to create new vocables too. Lol xx Michael
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