One reason why readers keep reading a story or book is to find out what happens to the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes an event will push the main character on their journey and other times the main character comes to a realization and acts on it.<\/p>\n
Examples\u00c2\u00a0of an event would be job loss, war or a death.\u00c2\u00a0 Examples of realization include understanding the motivations of a loved one or deciding something (alcohol or a group of friends) is not good on a daily basis.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a reader it’s always the journey that includes both that seem the most satisfying to me.\u00c2\u00a0 As a writer, if I can’t get those realizations into my stories or novels I feel like they aren’t complete.<\/p>\n
Do you have a preference regarding the type of journey characters take?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One reason why readers keep reading a story or book is to find out what happens to the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes an event will push the main character on their journey and other times the main character comes to a realization and acts on it. Examples\u00c2\u00a0of an event would be job loss, war or a death.\u00c2\u00a0… Continue reading Characters on a Journey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}