Setting up the Main Character: Part 2

So you have all this information either in outline, or paragraph, or full out character profile with pages of information about Fez, our main character. It’s exhausting. It feels pointless at times, and it is in some respects. Now put all that info away and forget about it. If you want to trash it, then do so, but get it out of the way.

Let’s say you have your idea for a story worked out, you have an outline, or something in your head about what your story is about, where it will go, and all...