The 3 Dimensions of Character

PHS:

Reblogging on Archer’s Aim – great discussion about character development!

Originally posted on Joshua M Swenson:

Have you ever walked out of a theater or finished reading a story and thought “Wow that character was so one dimensional?” If so, you probably left it at that and decided not to recommended the movie or novel to a friend. And if it was a movie, it would have likely gotten a “Rotten” score on RottenTomatoes (which should have warned you to not see it in the first place!). But I digress. The point is that Characters need to be like real people: they need to be multi-dimensional in order to grab our attention and guarantee a great story.

But what are those dimensions?

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