“Short. A little on the shy side. Brown hair. Blue eyes. Flat and not at all developed, despite being the main character.”
…wait, what? you may be thinking to yourself. Flat? What the hell is that? If you don’t know what a flat character is, and you dream of being published one day, this is your wake-up call. No one else is going to be as nice to you as I am now. Before you even begin to think about a plot or a beginning or an ending or a title or whatever, sit down and write out your characters. (Be prepared; this is my favorite area of planning, and I have a lot to say on the subject.)
