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It is vital to make the reader care about your invented characters.
When we care about a character we want to read more of the story. The skill of making a fictional character seem like a real person is known as characterisation.
Possibly the most important characterisation skills is to include ‘shown feelings’.
Can you think of five things an actor could do to show they’re upset? Roll your mouse over Bald Worm to see some suggestions.
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If I was writing a story, I could tell the reader about my characters.
But it would be so much better to show Sally’s feelings:
Imagine Sally found her dog later in the story. How could a writer show how Sally would be feeling, rather than simply writing ‘Sally was delighted.’? Roll your mouse over Bald Worm for ideas.
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Shown feelings make your readers care about your characters – and encourage them to read the rest of the story!
Now click here to learn more about the other characterisation techniques.
(c) Nick Hitchen 2007 |
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Last updated on
August 14, 2007
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