Week 3: Bringing Characters to Life
The notes from my Character Development class.
The chart below was passed out. This is one way of testing your character from your storyline. The four sections are for action, how it is revealed, feelings and appearance.
Your story should have all of these. The action that occur and how is it revealed. How does the character feel about this occurring and lastly what do they look like physically.
If the function of our characters are not convincing or can act out or function in a believable and right proportion then the reader will get bored.
When you start revising from the first draft onward, your character should stay consistent. If you need to change their actions or thought patterns from A to B, it needs to make sense to the readers and the story.
We need to grab the audience within the first few pages about the main person or else you will lose readers.
One more thing, the naming of one’s character is not something to be taken lightly. You have a small window at the beginning of the book to grab your audience. Giving them a memorable yet interesting name will help.
There were little notes taken during this class since we discussed and asked questions throughout.
Sharon C. Williams-Author 
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