To have a successful profile, you need to focus on one accomplishment that the
person has had. It is important to have one good story that is going on
throughout the entire profile, but it is also important and necessary to have a
strong backstory. Without a backstory, the reader will just be jumping into
reading a story about a character that they know nothing about. It is good to
ease into the story, that way it can grab the reader’s attention and get them
caught up and interested. The character must be relatable and likeable, but he
also must become a character that people can feel like they know or want to
know. There must be something underneath the average person that makes them
different and unique. In the two stories we read, they do a good job on
focusing on just one character. Both of these characters seem normal and average,
but they have something beneath them that is worth looking at and worth
creating a story for. The story of Casey is great because he is a character
that everyone begins to like and connect to. He gets very connected to his job,
and it makes him a very likeable character. It makes his story worth telling
because he goes the extra mile rather than just being an average guy who
rescues animals. His story is emotional, and the reader learns to trust him
which is also good for making a successful profile. The Goetz story does a good
job of explaining each stage of his life, which helps the reader get more
insight. I can take away the strategies that each story used of the set up and
the details included on how to make my profile become as successful as it can
be.