Romance Writing, The Craft of Writing, The Writing Life, Writing Fiction

How can I get readers to relate to a non-human character in a story?

florencewitkop
 Easy. Give them human characteristics, which is what most, if not all, writers do when describing non-human characters.

 

I suspect it’s the ONLY way to describe a character because, as humans, we don’t know how to describe anything other than ourselves and, fortunately for writers, that includes a huge range of characters from the most lofty, nicest characters imaginable to the worst scum of the universe.

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