Their role in the narrative is to support the main character.įlat characters are often called one-dimensional characters, or sometimes two-dimensional characters.
Not true! You need a few flat characters wandering around your narrative, and we’ll talk about why these characters are important.īut first, we’ll answer the question- what is a flat character. What exactly is a flat character? Many beginning writers might assume that all flat characters are inadequate characters that they need to scrub them from their story.