Care and Feeding of Your Characters






Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. Today, we’re going to discuss the feeding and care of your characters. Just what is that, you might ask. Stick around, you’ll soon see.
Your characters are the basis of your book. You are telling their story. Therefore, you must take care to feed them and experience their pain and success. As an author, you are the parent of these individuals; and they are very, very real, or they should be.
That being said, you, as the author, need to ensure your characters fit the story. They must be comfortable in their role as either protagonist or antagonist. An uncomfortable character makes for an awkward story that readers will hate.
How does one go about ensuring your characters are happy with their place in your unfolding story?
Simply put, you need to know those characters as well as you know yourself. Even elements that don’t necessarily belong in the story should be included in your notes about them. This information might never make into any part of your tale, but it will allow you to be more aware of the situations your characters will get involved in, either unwillingly or willingly.
Say, for instance, you have a character that absolutely hates people who swear. You don’t need to tell the reader this. Your character will do that for you, through their reactions when someone goes off on a profanity riddled tirade near them. A quiet comment, a distasteful facial expression, even leaving the area are all indicators of your character’s unease with the situation.
The same goes for a person listening to others talking about what they plan to do with your life, when this individual is still undecided how to move forward. They might listen. They might ask questions that will lead the reader to understand their quandary, or they might just make a comment that exposes their inability to choose a life path very evident.
Remember, character growth and how they are internally is very important. This can make a mediocre book become great, simply by how the characters expose their hidden elements without “telling” your reader their motivations.



About K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond. game when plotting a new story.

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