Question

1.Why do today's authors try to make characters more realistic?

2.How do you know if a character is round or flat?

Answer 1

1 - people relate to them more [they could use colloquial dialogue in the story , as opposed to sophisticated and unrealistic].

Answer 2

2 - flat character - never changes throughout the story
round - a character that encounters conflict and is changed by it. [point of views, opinions, feelings, etc]