: Re: How is character development a major role in the plot of a story People mostly say that the characters of a story have to be developed first, but I don't really understand why characters play

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Writing stories is all about evoking feelings and emotions in the reader - specific emotions you want to evoke with your story. That's what sets a story apart from a report, which is to state facts, be informative and neutral. Writing a story like one writes a report is one of most common, fundamental errors of beginning writers. The writing is dry. The reader's reaction to such a story is "Okay, so that happened. So what? Why should I care? I wasted my time reading this."

Developing a character is one of best ways to form an emotional bond between the character and the reader - a feeling of fellowship, identifying as the character, compassion - or even just cold hate for the character. With such a bond the events of the story have an impact, they cause emotions, make the story enthralling and unforgettable. Without that? Blah. Something happened somewhere to someone, nobody cares.

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