A character waiting will bore every crowd.
Sitting in the corner, doing nothing isn’t allowed.
But readers cry out, “Oh, we want so much more.
We want them to do things, to fight and explore.”
Active characters have clear goals in sight,
Which they will chase from morning till night.
Each choice that they make stirs the pot till it stews,
And ripples bring trouble, and tension, and news.
Don’t hand them a script where they simply drift.
Make choices the engine that gives conflict a lift.
For stories grow stronger when people engage,
Not as puppets that dangle, but heroes on stage.
When danger comes knocking, they don’t sit and yawn.
They’re planning and scheming from dusk until dawn.
They may have to react to the blows that life throws,
But intent guides their choices, as everyone knows.
A ripple, a wave, then a storm will appear,
As tension builds higher with stakes that are clear.
Readers want to know: “What’s next? Will they fall?”
But the hero keeps going to answer the call.
Give characters a mission, a problem, a fight,
A reason to struggle, a wrong to make right.
With passion and purpose, with courage they climb.
That’s how you write stories that stand for all time.
