What can authors do to make the main character of their works stay in the minds of their readers forever?

Answer 1

Authors need to make their characters resonate with their reader. The character has to "live". The reader should be able to picture the character and realize that it could be a real person. If the character is real to the reader, it will live on...

Answer 2

It is impossible to make any character stay in the mind of the reader forever. To make the character more memorable, authors usually make them somewhat realistic, as though the character could be your best friend or your worst enemy. If the character has a certain personality, some people will remember it, others won't. That shouldn't be the main concern of writing, though. You should worry more about the content of the story, not the characters. The most memorable character in the world doesn't make an empty novel worth reading.

Answer 3

Characters with staying power are those who are well known to the reader. The author has to develop the character so that the reader knows that character inside and out. The reader can love or hate the character but the author must make the character live in reader's mind. To do that, the author must know all about their characters. I use a character profile of seven pages for my main characters. I hope they will stay in the reader's mind for a long time.

Answer 4

There are many ways to make a character memorable. Try developing a character that has traits in common with your readers. If a reader has shared similar experiences or has like attributes, he will be more likely to remember your character. Or, have your character do something so amazing, either bad or good, that makes it impossible for the reader to stop thinking about your story. Think of a real person, in your life or in society, that you find yourself admiring, hating, or just wondering about. Use that person as a model for your character.

Writers give readers wings. Happy writing.

Answer 5

Mkae it a "real" character. don't make the character perfect, because then it won't be believable, but let the charcter be likeable, don't give them so many faults that people want to punch the character.
Give the character some struggles. I read once ("bloomability" by sharon creech) that struggles make a person interesting. Have them want something, make them care about something, or are trying to do something. Struggles can be person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society, person vs. nature, or person vs. supernatural.
DO NOT stereotype your characters. Do not have (for example) a goth, a prep, a jock, etc. They might act according to a stereotype, but make them different in some way.
You can always just put them into really unique situations, or have things happen to them that readers will remember. That way, the reader will remember the events, then recall the character (have you ever read an interesting story whose main character you can't remember?)

Answer 6

Catch the reader right from the start.

Answer 7

My best guess would be to make the character memorable. Give him quirks, habits, an offbeat personality, and people will remember him/her.

Answer 8

the character has to do something that most people want to do themselves or just being one that does something that you can apply to your own life

Answer 9

Make him memorable, lovable, generous, sexy etc... something we would all crave in our own life.