I'm very much a character over plot reader, and one of my biggest pet peeves are stories set in these crazy, kooky, wonderful worlds but with characters flatter than a piece of cardboard that I don't give a fig about.
Now, whether or not I've accomplished making my own characters as interesting as the world they are in is something I worry over constantly. Because as much as I talk about making a character interesting, it sure as heck isn't easy. It's the little things that always trip me up, the things that help to sum up a character in few words as possible but cements the character in the reader's mind. So when the reader reads, the image, actions, inflections of the character pop almost naturally into the reader's head. Because I've also read books where you know the author tried so hard to make their characters interesting and... just weren't able to, and I worry about being that kind of author - trying, but mostly failing (which, of course, remains to be seen since not many - as in, more than one person - have read my recent original stories).
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I'm very much a character over plot reader, and one of my biggest pet peeves are stories set in these crazy, kooky, wonderful worlds but with characters flatter than a piece of cardboard that I don't give a fig about.
Now, whether or not I've accomplished making my own characters as interesting as the world they are in is something I worry over constantly. Because as much as I talk about making a character interesting, it sure as heck isn't easy. It's the little things that always trip me up, the things that help to sum up a character in few words as possible but cements the character in the reader's mind. So when the reader reads, the image, actions, inflections of the character pop almost naturally into the reader's head. Because I've also read books where you know the author tried so hard to make their characters interesting and... just weren't able to, and I worry about being that kind of author - trying, but mostly failing (which, of course, remains to be seen since not many - as in, more than one person - have read my recent original stories).