Characters

The reader must care about a character, especially the main one. The reader has to want to know what will happen to the protagonist, he or she must be eager for the story to have a happy ending. All that matters is the protagonist's fate, what will happen to her, how the story will turn out for her. Will she solve her dilemma? Will she get where she wants to go?The protagonist doesn't have to be perfect. In fact, a few flaws make her more real, more loveable. We want her to win because she's like us and not us at the same time. She could be us if we were the heroine of the novel.