Creating Realistic Characters

by Harvey Stanbrough

Overview

A realistic character is just like a real human being, and the reader should be able to identify with the protagonist, the antagonist, and a minor character or two as soon as he meets them. The more quickly the reader identifies with the character, the more quickly he will become engaged in the story line. This doesn’t have to happen by accident. You can assign your characters real-life character traits.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011225420
Publisher:	StoneThread Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	374 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Harvey Stanbrough is an award-winning writer and poet. He’s fond of saying he was born in New Mexico, seasoned in Texas, and baked in Arizona. After 21 years in the US Marine Corps, he managed to sneak up on a BA degree at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales in 1996. Because he is unable to do otherwise, he splits his writing personality among four personas: Gervasio Arrancado writes magic realism; Nicolas Z “Nick” Porter writes spare, descriptive, Hemingway-style fiction; and Eric Stringer writes the fiction of an unapologetic neurotic. Harvey writes whatever they leave to him. You can see their full bios at HEStanbrough.com.