Empoword

Part One: Description, Narration, and Reflection 93 Round characters… are very detailed, requiring attentive description of their traits and behaviors. Your most important characters should be round: the added detail will help your reader better visualize, understand, and care about them. Flat characters… are minimally detailed, only briefly sketched or named. Less important characters should take up less space and will therefore have less detailed characterization. Static characters… remain the same throughout the narrative. Even though all of us are always changing, some people will behave and appear the same throughout the course of your story. Static characters can serve as a reference point for dynamic characters to show the latter’s growth. Dynamic characters… noticeably change within the narrative, typically as a result of the events. Most likely, you will be a dynamic character in your personal narrative because such stories are centered around an impactful experience, relationship, or place. Dynamic characters learn and grow over time, either gradually or with an epiphany.