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

On April 26, 2018 By florencewitkopIn Romance Writing, The Craft of Writing, The Writing Life, Writing Fiction

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.