The top 3 things you must know about your characters before you start writing your novel

Before you start writing your novel, I recommend having as detailed an idea as possible about who your characters are. For me, I like to know pretty much every detail about everybody who’s going to be in my novel before I begin writing, and I have a four-page worksheet full of questions that I fill out for each character.

But, if you’re burning to just get started writing, there are three top things on this worksheet that, in my experience, will get you off to a great start, giving…