The 5 "Bones" of Characterization

thewritingpirate:

So in my English class we’ve been talking about the different elements of different parts of a story. My professor referred to the elements of characterization as bones. I don’t know why, but that’s just what he did.

He’s talked about these 5 “bones” a few times already and actually uses them to talk about characters in readings we’re doing along with our usual workshops. He says if you can get these bones out of a character then it’s a well built character. So don’t take the...