What Does It Mean to Create Layered Characters?

Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author :

In the writing world, we’ve probably heard the advice to create layers in our stories and characters. Sounds good, but what does it mean? Let’s take a look…

What Are Layers and Why Do We Want Them?

The word layers can refer to many different aspects of writing, which doesn’t help our understanding of what they are or why we want them in our stories. *smile*

For example, we might strive to layer in:

setting, action, and body language infor...