Writing Craft: Rounding Out Your Characters, Part Five

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And now back to our regularly scheduled Monday programming.

So far, we've covered rounding out our characters by:

- Giving them hobbies and passions that then inform their internal thoughts and their dialogue;

- Giving them verbal tics and/or interesting, unique patterns of speech;

- Giving them specific personality traits and interests, but global problems;

- Giving them strong internal conflict to grapple with.

But I'm no expert, and I'm sure there are a bazillion ways to round out characters that I haven't thought of or tried. So, what's one way you like to round out your characters? Maybe we can all pick up some new tips from each other.

Happy Monday!