Can You Imagine the Character You Read About?

For fellow writers: Something to think about.

Silvia Writes

Can you imagine the character you read about?

More importantly, is the character relatable?

How do we take abstract ideas and develop them into three-dimensional characters who love, laugh, hurt? Who live a life we can understand.

Here is what I’ve found through reading, writing, studying:

Give them a background. Why is the character a horrible person? Was he in an abusive household? Create nervous tics or h...