From Fitzwilliam Darcy to Tom Sawyer- authors, over the past hundreds of years have spun intriguing characters who have remained iconic characters in the history of literature. Great characters are the driving force of any fiction writing. As first impressions matter, creating memorable characters and delivering insightful and witty dialogues is a challenging job for the authors. However, as a writer, considering self publishing on Amazon UK, working on establishing impactful characters can only let you get more readers over the course of time.
Learn about some tips to hook your readers with newly introduced characters—
Give an exact picture of their physical features
While introducing remarkable characters like Mr. Christian Grey, E. L. James did craft some intriguing lines in her Fifty Shades trilogy like any other posh writer of the modern times. Whether you pick an adult book from Mills and Boons or start reading teenage fiction or even a Manga such as Dragon Ball Z, you can get a perfect depiction of Goku and later his son Naruto along with the other lads in the story.
If you are writing a manga, talk about the characters you see with the person you hire for illustration services so that this guy can step into your shoes and together you can portray the characters in your manga or comic book just the way you thought. Mention the height, body shape, facial features, complexion, hairstyles etc., to depict a vivid description of the characters to your readers.
Perfect portrayal of dialogue engagements
Dialogues are pivotal when introducing a character. For instance, you can read many significant works among which the initial dialogues of Hannibal Lecter with Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s major work The Silence of the Lambs is pretty intriguing. Likewise, you can read romantic classics or whichever genre you have picked to write a piece, make sure you have thought enough about the dialogues before putting them in your major character’s mouth.
Work on writing soliloquies or a prolonged deprecation or analysis of any situation by the character
Read Macbeth’s soliloquy or the one when Hamlet keeps lamenting. Shakespeare is your guide in anything you write. Do ample homework on prolonged dialogues of your characters just like you remain sceptical about selecting a creative book cover design for your new book.
The book layout design along with the cover design will also play a major role in enticing readers to buy the book. Also, share blurbs at the back of the book just the way Amazon allows free sample reading of their Kindle Books to drive more buyers.