Now that we have passed the part where we plan the story, it's about time we hop on to characters. They are the most important subjects of the entire story, so make sure you feel what they feel.
Put yourself into the character's soul. If they're filled with joy, you have to be too. If they cry, you have to drown yourself in tears. If you don't feel like the character feels and don't have things to support the chracters emotions, then it looks like there's some work needed on that. Be sure to think how the character's personality is affected throughout the story and by whom it is affected. Don't be narrow minded and think deeply about their past, present and maybe even future if you decided on the ending.
Once again, you won't have all the characters all perfectly layed out in front of you. It is actually very common to drop in a chracter or two in the middle of the plot and believe it or not, they could become the main character. That however, would be quite difficult, so I wouldnt do that for your first story (If it is).
We have the names, we have tbeir personality, but what we dont yet have is their background. Each character has to have its beggining and its own story, we cannot outrun that. It's good to write a background story for each character, even if it won't be revealed. But then, what's the point of having a whole story of a character that won't really be shown anyway? It's difficult to notice, but every background is revealed, in one way or another. It might not be completely stripped off, but scratched away slowly, right to the core.
It's best to leave the main (or most important) character for the end. You need to take extra care on this guy, because if he is missing something, it's going to affect everyone else. You need to give this character a deep meaning and a background that the story relies on. It's much easier to have a skeleton and stick flesh around it , then to have lots of muscle and to attempt to insert in the bones. Technically speaking, it's better to have a character with a strong personality and meaning to build the story on than to have a great story but unnecessary characters with worthless structure. It then makes it so much easier to sum up your ideas into one, whole, juicy chunk.
Once your characters are created, you can begin writing your first draft, which I will talk about in the next chapter ( and that's actually my favorite part next to the ending ! )
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