The reader doesnt need sympathy for the characters. just empathy. they don’t need to like them, just believe in them as consistent entities.
The reader doesnt need sympathy for the characters. just empathy. they don’t need to like them, just believe in them as consistent entities.
There’s the rub though, especially for fantasy writers it’s a razors edge to make a character that is believable on their own that also interacts with a fantastical setting in a natural way. It’s more than just slapping a hobby or two on them and calling them fleshed out, there’s a trick to it that I just haven’t cracked yet, no matter how many times I read the masters of the craft.