There are very few situations where every human being on the planet will respond the same way, so the cascading series of unique choices they make — each time altering how the story goes — is what makes them — and the story — come alive.
When you’ve done it right, you’ll look at your story and realize that it would have been an altogether different story with any other character in the same situation.
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If you have some situations but no protagonist/antagonist, those situations (and how the characters got into and get out of them) help define your characters.
If you know your characters try asking yourself occasionally what they wouldn't do, and then work out why they'd do it.
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