Who's THAT?

So you have a bunch of characters, and you want your readers to get to know them. How do you do that?

Well, how do you get to know people in real life?

You find out about them based on what other people say about them (""He's a jerk!" Chris told her"), based on how other people react to them ("She scowled and stiffened as he came up…"), based on what you see them do ("On his way out the door, he casually kicked the dog."), based on what they say and how they say it ("Move," he snarled, and...