Making a Good First Impression with Our Characters

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

It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revision
how to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story
7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)
how to translate story beats to any genre
how and why we s...