Tips for great characterisation

One thing Bang2writers ask me all the time is, "HOW do I write a great character?" and many of them get frustrated when I say, "it depends".

But it does! On any number of things, not least of all:

1) WHAT you're trying to achieve 

Look. It's very fashionable to say "character is everything", but we know it's not really:  a character-led drama is NOT the same as a high octane genre piece; literary fiction is NOT the same as genre fiction. That's not to say characterisation doesn't matter in the latter because that's clearly not the case. But what you're trying to ACHIEVE with that characterisation will differ. Le duh. MORE: 8 Questions For Kickass Characterisation

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