One of, if not the most important things in any type of story is character. You can describe the landscape or the sky to your heart's content, but if you can't make a real character, it's very unlikely your story will be any good. This is something many writers forget, as evident in stories like Twilight. Bella Swan is a certifiable Mary Sue; she's clumsy and everyone loves her though she's done nothing to earn it. Plus she's somehow gained the affections of the only 'unattainable' guy in the whole series though she's basically described as nothing special and he's some type of Greek God. Even though these characters are poorly thought out, the authors portrayal of what they go through and how they act around each other is what entices people to want to read it. It's what the characters do and their love for one another that draw readers in.
Something I've personally noticed when viewing a story, is that if the plot line's bad, you can oversee it, but only if the characters are relatable and well thought out. Of course, everything has an exception, such as Twilight (as I mention above). If a story has this problem, like the BBC show Torchwood, you can save it with how the characters are written and performed. To do this, they should be very interesting and leave you wanting to know more about them. The viewer should want to see what happens next and want to grow with them. In Torchwood, the characters compliment each other and serve a purpose to for moving the plot forward. Someting the creators of these stories may not realize is that the audience is smarter than they may appear. They can tell when a character's not needed or under developed.
This Character Balance Sheet will help those who are aspiring to create memorable and realistic characters. It will help them know they are on the right or wrong path to making a character viewers or reader will love.
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