How to Work in a Well-Planned Character Back-Story

Ok, folks. Here we go with part 2.

Click here if you missed last week’s post, How to Create a Complete Profile for Your Character – And Why You Shouldn’t Use It.

http://writeforlifejessicaflory.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-create-complete-profile-for-your.html

Part 1 post was all about the creation of a character’s background, how to get to know them, to really get inside your character’s head. This is valuable information, and it’s a process that I go through every time I want to create another character. (If I want that character to be a good one, anyway.)

How to Create a Complete Profile for Your Character - And Why You Shouldn't Use It

You’ve got the world. You’ve got the beginnings of a story.

You’ve got in place a fantastic setting with brilliant scenery and extraordinary sights. You’ve got a plot that will knock the socks off of your readers.

Now all you need is a main character!

Creating one is easier said than done, but don’t get dejected too quickly. We all want to take our readers on the journey of their lives, and you can’t do that without a loveable, emotion-invoking, step-off-the-page real life character.