Make the relationships real

Well, the previous post got me thinking. In a book, apart from the story, there are many things that contribute in order to make it realistic and interesting for people to read. I will not talk about techniques or nice writing, but for the important part that the relationships are playing between the characters. So, let’s continue our talk but more generally this time. :)

Relationships between people were never easy. As life goes on people come and go and relationships are changing like the wind. A friend may prove to be more loyal than we could ever think, a boyfriend may betray us, a father may disappoint us, a stranger may act kinder than a friend who turned out to be an enemy in the end. There are a million scenarios that I can think of but the fact is that relationships change.

The change though is more intense when a person’s world is changing suddenly. When we are forced to face a new reality in a short amount of time, we can never know which the reaction would be and that will affect every person in our lives.

That is what happening in books, right? We follow the main character, which most of the times is going through dramatic changes. Thus if we want to keep it real, we need to change the character too, but slowly and naturally like a real person would do. When we are creating a story, it's not just imagination we need! We need to make it real or else there is no point to write it at all! Think about it…in every book you have read the main character is different when the story ends. The first that comes to mind is Katniss for The Hunger Games! That was a change!

So, if I can give a piece of advice, which I am following too, is this: Keep the characters and the relationships between them as real as possible. Think how you would react if you were in their shoes and be careful…building a character and everything that comes with him/her, it’s not as easy as it seems!

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