Do not focus on changes that happen TO a character, but rather, changes that happen WITHIN a character.Internal changes include a change in his/her personality, a change in his/her outlook on life, a change in his/her values, or it could be an overall change in the nature of the character.We are only concerned with internal changes -changes which occur within the character. The type of change, though, is specific.The key word when dealing with the difference between static and dynamic characters is ‘change’.

If your list is short, or there are not many characteristics at all, then the character is flat. Answer the question: What do you know about the character? If your list is long, with many characteristics, then the character is round.As a reader, judge whether or not the character is round or flat by trying to write down characteristics of the character.There are many things you cannot “see,” or many details you are not given by the author. This is how a flat character is you can only see a few characteristics of the character.If you draw a two-dimensional, flat picture of a house, for example, you can only see one side of it.Consider a drawing: a three- dimensional drawing gives more detail than a one-dimensional drawing.Characters that are not described well -that you are not given much information about - are flat characters.If you are reading a story and you feel like you know a character extremely well, then most likely the character is round.The main character in a story is almost always round.Characters that are described in depth, with many details, are well-rounded characters.How will giving detail, or not giving detail, about that character affect the story?.Authors must decide how much detail to include about each character.

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