Characters that pop!

I've been working on the first revision to my just-finished-work-in-progress and one of the elements I am focusing on is character development. This doesn't so much apply to the two main characters because those two are mostly fully fleshed out on the page (though of course, there is always room to grow). But a handful of the supporting cast definitely needed a lot more shape and sizzle to them.

The best friend character, for instance, was very amorphous in the first draft. She's starting to ...