An interesting character to the reader is going to be one that isn’t perfect. Perfection is boring.Â
Writers should create characters with bad habits or character flaws they just can’t seem to shake. In Joanna Scott’s Follow Me, the main character keeps running from her poor decisions to a new town and a new surname. She’s really stuck with me because by the third time it seemed she would have decided to make a different decision – but she didn’t. As frustrating as it was, she’s memorable because of that characteristic.
Can you think of any characters that have stayed with you because of their imperfections?