Today we begin a series on character creation. A large cast of characters can be difficult to write well. We want each character to have an evolving personality. The reader wants to know them as friends, to see them to grow in a positive or negative way as the events of the story unfold.
I try to keep the ensemble narrow in my work, limiting points of view to only one, two, or three characters at most. I keep the core cast limited to four or five, as it takes a lot of effort to show more people than that as being separate and unique.
Any number of evolutionary occurrences can happen in the first draft, and the plot will often change from what was originally planned. I use a stylesheet, also known as a storyboard, to keep track of the plot and the characters.
- I update my stylesheet/storyboard…
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Jeanne Owens, author 
January 23, 2023 at 12:20 pm
One day I’ll write a story where I don’t have so many characters. hahaha Kind of become my thing, but it comes with headaches. Thanks for sharing. Always looking for better ways to keep them organized.
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