Characters

[kyomiscarlett87]

So with characters in development how do you determine what your character should be like in your writing? For example in my Grandhill series I have a few characters who live in the present time within the modern world which is Earth and what's going on now and characters that are from like the medieval Time fantasy world like elves, dwarfs, gnomes, halflings, and so on. Each character has their own personality on traits and has some sort of purpose with the main characters making them useful at all times. How do you make side characters or villains to interact with your main characters?

 

[Prince of Spires]

In general for main characters I begin with a rough idea of what the character is like, and then I just write them and let them develop their character through their actions. And then when editing, I go through the whole thing and make their traits more specific and stand out more.

For side characters, I don't give them a lot of thought up front. I just let them walk onto the stage and see what they're like.