Today's Lesson is Brought to You by Hindsight

Whenever at all possible, you should do these things when writing a character:

Make him/her as smart as possible
Make him/her as active as possible
If your character is dumb because you need her to not figure out something until a later chapter, you're not writing it right. If your character is motionless because you can't figure out something for her to do when she's not "on stage" in your story, you're not writing it right.



Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go from Chapter 20 back to...