I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them.
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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow.
From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and attack your intention as if they're going to be successful.
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are going to end, and I know some important incidents along the way.
It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.
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