Chapter 4
Building Character and Location
Stories are about people. The people (toys, fish, aliens, cars, dragons, etc.) are the characters through which the story is told. The story belongs to the character. Without a good character you don’t have a story.
Character Explorations for Defective Detective, by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design
What is a Good Character?
A good character is one that is both believable and memorable.
A believable character is an ordinary character (in relation to the world that he lives in) who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances and reacts to those circumstances truthfully. ...
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