Identify with them. Think about how you want your characters to develop. Do they change in response to changed circumstances, or are they the same at the end of the narrative as they were in the beginning?

Think about your characters’ motives, their strengths, and their flaws, and what might make readers able to identify with them. Think about how you want your characters to develop. Do they change in response to changed circumstances, or are they the same at the end of the narrative as they were in the beginning?