The words you are reading are written in letters, or characters , that make up the Latin alphabet. Punctuation marks and numerals (1, IX) are also characters . They are called symbols as well.Example: I can’t believe that my favorite character died in the show last night. Learn the different types of characters before writing your own fiction book. Read our guide to understand how to seamlessly integrate them into your story. However, some authors have used stock characters as the starting point for building richly detailed characters , such as William Shakespeare 's use of the boastful soldier character as the basis for John Falstaff.
