young writer: how do i make a story people will want to read
me: 1. i know the urge is to worry about audience first and foremost and the thrill of being read, and being read widely, but i must advise you to do stories you want to make most of all, and put them out with your whole heart
me: 2. okay, real no bullshit answer time: organizational systems they can classify characters into. like the houses in harry potter. people go apeshit for that