So the first thing I need for my story is my main character.

Who will she be? What does she like doing? What will she look like? How exciting to be creating an entirely new being from the depths of my mind. The main character of my story will also be the protagonist, for now anyway depending on how my story changes but that’s the plan. I’ve decided on her name…. Ms Liora Elizabeth King. I used a name generator to come up with something different.

Now I need to learn about character development. So one of the important things I need to do for my character is give her a back story. Even though my readers may not directly know the details of her background as long as I know then it will shine through in the story and give her depth. Things such as her goals, values and beliefs, past traumas, successes and failures are all important for me to know to keep my character true to herself.

What is her internal struggle? What does she want and what stands in her way?

I don’t even know the answers yet.

So I’m going to spend some time on this. Developing Liora, talking to her until I understand her.