The Biggest Failure in Characterization That Writers Make (And How to Fix It)
Four key elements that need to be on the page to make your characters real
6 min readOct 5, 2021
I edit a lot of manuscripts. Crime, thrillers, fantasy, contemporary, historical, children’s and YA. And the big weakness I see, time after time, is characters who are shallow. I’m sure the writer each time has…