Day 16: The reader has to believe that your characters exist or could exist...

"— and they need to be distinctively drawn. And nothing better defines characters than their actions, their purpose in life. Their purpose may be good or evil. It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that the reader sees their actions and purpose, believes them, and is continuously interested in them.
Do not write a story peopled with a cast of thousands. Write a tale about one, two or three memorable characters, all of them filled with purpose."

Another character:

Jason L. Wayne
34, harsh childhood: an illegitimate child, close to mother, but later mother suddenly disappears. Being taken cared by grandmother. Being looked down and mocked by others. Study hard and graduate from a good college. Very self-conscious, eager for attention, eager to be liked, sometimes socially awkward, but is liked by many. Marry to a very traditional woman, and together raise 4 kids.

Looks like a very nice guy. But in fact can be very impatient and angry; always feels anxious and lonely inside. I can't decide his career yet, but he should have a moderately successful career.

84 more days to go.