J.G. Elas asked Colleen Hoover:

Two of the most important things I've noticed when writing a novel are (1) characters have to be flawed and (2) the story has to be descriptive. Question: (1) how do you write descriptively? What's your thinking process and (2) when is flawed too much? :)

Colleen Hoover I don't think I'm a descriptive writer at all. Description bores me. I love dialogue and things that move a story forward, so you'll rarely find me spending much time on describing a setting or physical traits of characters. As far as flawed, don't worry about the number or the depth of flaws. Create your character, their backstory, their personality. And if flaws are a part of them, add them in. Obviously, as readers, we don't pick up a book to read about a perfect character who makes all the right decisions and has no drama or there would be nothing to read about. So flaws are important, for sure, but if you're wanting to write, build your character before you build your storyline and that might help you figure out how flawed you need/want your story to be.

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