NaNoWriMo Prep: Characters

Today, we're going to talk about characters and how you go about creating them. There will be a three links at the end, to be helpful, but I'm going to ramble a bit on what I do. As always, this might or might not be helpful to you but I'm hoping that it will. Or that something in the links will.

One of the best ways that I've created characters is, again, from WriYe. What needs to be done first is try to figure out the motivations of your character, especially when it's your main character. That's going to drive your plot and your subplots to get things done. It means answering questions like how your MC sees the world, how do they react to conflict or successes, and how they fit in to their environment. Those three questions and how you unpack them with your main character will help with creating subplots. You can do this will all your major characters as well, if you want to, and try not tangle up in them too much.