We’ve all done it. Read a book and thought, “That was brilliant.”
And do you know what it usually is that makes a book great?
It’s a great character.
Novels are character driven.
This is because whatever is happening in a story is based around a main character and several other characters too.
Even in movies that seem to be action driven, there is always a character’s personal life to care about. Even in Batman there is Bruce Wayne and in Spiderman everyone wants to know what is happening to Peter Parker.
And it’s the same with a novel.
Readers don’t even have to like your characters but they do have to care what happens to them.
That’s why it’s important for you to know your characters intimately before you put them in your next novel. You need to write out a complete bio for each of them including their life history, their looks, their fears, their goals, their age, their families, their likes and dislikes, and everything else about them so that they seem real.
Then make sure that everything that happens in your novel affects them in some way.
Then readers will finish your book and think, “That was brilliant.”
And then they’ll be eager to read your next book.
Read more about writing a novel at How To Write A Novel When You Don’t Know How Or Where to Start.
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See my latest romance novel at mybook.to/TWIC
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Start Writing Your Book Today
http://ruthiswriting.com/links/writequickly.html
And do you know what it usually is that makes a book great?
It’s a great character.
Novels are character driven.
This is because whatever is happening in a story is based around a main character and several other characters too.
Even in movies that seem to be action driven, there is always a character’s personal life to care about. Even in Batman there is Bruce Wayne and in Spiderman everyone wants to know what is happening to Peter Parker.
And it’s the same with a novel.
Readers don’t even have to like your characters but they do have to care what happens to them.
That’s why it’s important for you to know your characters intimately before you put them in your next novel. You need to write out a complete bio for each of them including their life history, their looks, their fears, their goals, their age, their families, their likes and dislikes, and everything else about them so that they seem real.
Then make sure that everything that happens in your novel affects them in some way.
Then readers will finish your book and think, “That was brilliant.”
And then they’ll be eager to read your next book.
Read more about writing a novel at How To Write A Novel When You Don’t Know How Or Where to Start.
-------
See my latest romance novel at mybook.to/TWIC
---------------
Start Writing Your Book Today
http://ruthiswriting.com/links/writequickly.html
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