How to make your story more Engaging to the Reader

[WyrdMystic]

Why would you think a good relatable character requires conscious sympathy by the viewer/reader? I'd actually say, those characters which illicit that response without our thinking on them, may well be the most powerful.

Agreed - that's the nature of communication. It happens in real life. You meet someone and automatically like them, get on with them right from the get go, but its only when you get to know each other that you find out how why.

 

[BWFoster78]

Wow I did not expect this many responses so fast!

I heard a lot of people mentioning to make characters a person can relate to. I've never really understood this. Samwise and Gandalf are my favorite characters from LOTR (and in my top 3 in all of Fantasy) but I never felt like I related to them in anyway. Can anyone here explain some more about how to do this?

(Oh and just a word of warning to everyone: Just already assume BWFoster is going to disagree with everything you post XD I mean that with all sincerity and is in jest, your opinion BWFoster is always appreciated!)

It is fun to be contrary sometimes