How to Write a Good Story: Characters

  So, The next few posts will be on how to write a good fictional story. Today we are going to work on characters.
  The characters in a story are WHO the story was about. There are two types of characters: Major Characters and Minor Characters.

Major Characters-
Protagonist: good guy, hero, the one you root for
Antagonist: bad guy, villain, the one you root against

Minor Characters-
The people who fill in the story. Some are more important than others.

How to Create Realistic Characters-

• Give them a name
• Describe what they look like
• Hint at their age
• Give them a personality
• Base them off of people you know
• Give them faults