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Writing is a fruitless and futile undertaking unless you help the reader associate the work you're doing with where he is or hopes to be. Your imagination and creativity form a marriage to envelope the reader in a place in time and space. Also, the people you introduce should sound familiar to your reader, as though they've met. This is easier said than done unless you have the ability and are committed to fleshing out the folks you're bringing into someone's life via the written page.

To help in the process, the reader must relate to the place, the time, the season, the language...even the dialect your characters use.
Is your setting in the southern US? Then, of course, there's sweet tea and jasmine. Is your setting in the urban, decaying city? Then your character is hearing buses and worrying about the impact of the various fuels in his or her environment on their children.
Did your character just give birth? If that is so, then your character can express everything from the instruments in the hospital room to the euphoria of birthing a healthy child to carry on the family name while fretting over the weight the pregnancy has bought on.
Introducing your characters and helping the writer to relate is necessary for flow and believe-ability.
Without characters the reader can relate to, your work is flat like a pre-teen standing in the bathroom wondering how much toilet paper to stuff in her bra before the annual sock hop.
Here's a hint, talk to your characters and they in turn will talk to you. Remember it is a three way conversation for some day a reader will join the two of you.Make him relate to your character. You can do it if you remain true to your vision and talent. See the character, become the character. Breathe life into your character by owning the soul you've created.
Make your character sing and enjoy the process!

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