How To Create A Realistic Character: For Beginning Writers

By Kelli Hamsher

Unlock the Power of Realistic Characters with "How to Create a Realistic Characters," your supreme guide to building realistic, vibrant and believable characters that will captivate readers from the first page. This supreme guide is your key to unlocking the secrets of building characters that leap off the page, characters your readers will love. Included are worksheets to help you record the foundations of your character, and keep track of changes in personality and demeanor as you move through the writing process and build your Character Arc. Breathe a realistic life into your characters by knowing how they will react in any situation or dilemma. 

Understand the importance of a character's personality in writing and assigning backstories, motivations, and flaws, and other qualities that determine who your character is.

With examples, insightful exercises, and worksheets, you'll develop the skills to create characters that feel real, and draw the readers into the story, forming an unbreakable bond between your audience and your story.

Discover how physical appearance transforms your characters into real people readers can vividly imagine. Adding a depth to your characters that can remain with the reader long after they finish the book, making way for more of your writing.

 

Armed with the knowledge from 'How to Create a Realistic Character', you'll create stories that linger in the hearts and minds of your readers, leaving a lasting impact by assuring readers know your characters as well as you do.

Unleash your creativity and embark on a storytelling adventure with "How to Create a Realistic Character." Your journey to becoming a masterful storyteller starts here. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned writer looking to refresh your skills, this guide is an engaging trek into creating a character your readers will love. Grab your copy and let the storytelling magic begin!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sight Word Sally Co.
• Release date: Jan 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224998968

Kelli Hamsher

Kelli Hamsher is the founder of and an author for Sight Word Sally, Co. The company provides rhyming reeading books and materials for young children starting their reading journey. WE READ, WE RISE, WE TEACH, WE FLY

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HOW TO CREATE A BELIEVABLE CHARACTER

INTRODUCTION

Readers love characters, their reactions, their demeanor, their strengths, their weaknesses. Readers attach to characters, get to know characters. The plot counts, but the character counts more. Readers love characters they can relate to, feel for, understand, or just love. A plot takes the reader on the characters journey. A journey of emotions the reader feels, and if written well, It's a journey they can’t walk away from, meaning they will read your entire book and wait for your next.

Readers become engaged if they can predict a character’s reactions. This comes by making sure the characters reactions consistently fit their personality and the situations of the plot. Even if there’s a change in demeanor from an incident, say personal loss or a failure, the character will still retain some core qualities, the things that make them who they are. They may have been outgoing, then the incident happens, and they refuse to leave their house. This happens a lot with character journeys, their arc, their growth, and change, they fall and rise, but the core reactions, their core traits will remain unchanged.

That’s why it’s important for writers to know their characters inside and out. It also helps the writer know what situations are right for different characters, the dilemmas that bring out the characters personality and how to bring about the change, or growth in a way that engages the reader.

Knowing your characters inside and out will help you, the writer create the best plots. If you’re unsure of your characters reactions before you write the scene, you take a chance on not portraying him as a real, believable character. The reader will notice, or they will become confused, increasing the chances of them becoming bored and walking away.

UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS

CHATACTER ARC

AND STATUS QUO

A character arc is the transformation a character goes on through a story, from an initial state to a changed state, whether they grow or decline. It encompasses the emotional, psychological, or moral growth of a character in response to challenges, conflicts, and experiences. This is the part the readers love, and it's why you need to know your character very well.

Character arcs contribute depth, relatability, and a sense of realism to narratives, engaging readers, allowing them to witness the changes of the characters they follow.

The Status Quo of a character refers to their usual state or condition at the beginning of a story. It includes the character's daily life, reaction to circumstances, and their