>>3464572I have some tips. The number one rule for character building is that you can't describe everything about him the first time you introduce him. Doing so would break the immersion, since you already know everything about him, but the main character doesn't. Let me give you a short story to prove my point. This story is about a man named Alan who is meeting a scientist in his lab for the first time.
Alan opened the door. The noise it made echoed throughout the large room the two were now in. The floor, which was littered with papers and books, was made of a hard and dark wood, and the walls looked as though they might have been a brilliant white at one point, but have now faded to a creamy grey as time went. The ceiling was a glass dome, with different shades of brown and yellow. The light that poured into the room truly revealed how dusty the whole room was.
Alan walked around, and picked up a book from the floor. “Frankenstein to dracula: separating reality from fiction,” said Alan, reading the title of the book aloud.
“Quite a good read if I must say, but the lack of pictures left me quite disappointed,”
Alan jumped, and looked around frantically, still holding the book tightly, until his eyes fell on an unfamiliar face.
The figure wore a long and wavy black coat. He had short curly black hair, and skin that looked like it was covered in soot. Gold-colored goggles covered his forehead, and long black leather gloves covered his hands.
Alan backed away slowly. “Who are you? This place was supposed to be abandoned,” he said the stranger. “I was about to ask the same thing,” the stranger said, a much more stern voice coming over him.
Notice how I didn't describe any emotional traits to the scientist, and instead focused on his physical appearance. This is because physical appearance is all the main character, alan, knows about this character. Any questions?
