A Fantastic Little Corner

I angst about this, too, lol. I don't really have any advise about this, though, except that I think it's a legitimate concern, but also that it's something extremely difficult to judge for yourself because you're the one doing all the character building. This is why it's important, I think, to have someone who can read your work just for those aspects, that you can ask if they fall in love with your character and are sad to leave them behind, or if they think about them after they put down the story.

But have I ever loved my own characters like those I write fanfic about? No. Which might be an indicator that I've just not written any truly loveable characters yet. Depressing thought, LOL.