Think of your book as a stage. The curtain opens. How does each character enter? If you have developed a dramatic character, make sure the entrance does your character justice. And pay attention to how your characters exit, too. Is each entrance and exit perfectly crafted to suit the character and the story?
I love this tip. The story I'm working on now is about a trio of three friends who are crazy about marbles. I will use this tip in rethinking and reworking how I introduce these three lovely characters to readers... and how they appear and re-appear in the succeeding chapters.
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