Sweat Equity

You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.  Henry D. Thoreau

Developing character. a solid one, takes work.  It cannot and does not just happen.  A character with substance, one that draws others instead of repels them, requires a little sweat equity.  You have to put some muscle into it.  Just as a lump of clay, untouched, is unappealing so is a character that is untouched.  To make the clay something that is appealing both to eye and practicality some muscle has to be flexed and some work has to be done.  Have you ever seen a potter work the clay?  It's not like "Ghost", just sayin'.  To get the clay to mold, to form into the vision the potter has for it, to be useful, the potter has to apply pressure, work, remove bits.   Every piece of pottery that makes it from lump to finished piece has sweat equity invested in it.  So it must be with our characters.  If we invest some sweat equity it will show, if we put no work in that will also show. Who do you want to be?  What kind of person do you want to be known for?  It will not just happen, you must invest into yourself by doing the hard and necessary work.  It will show, I promise.