Letting your characters walk into the unknown is one of the most powerful tools in your writer’s toolbox. It’s what separates flat stories from unforgettable ones, and passive characters from legends.

Today on Tony Tips Tuesdays™, I want to talk about something near and dear to every writer’s heart: the art of crafting unforgettable characters. Whether you’re building brave superheroes like Kevin Edwards and Juanita Grayson in my novel series S.O.L.A.D.™, a small-town journalist navigating love, or a multi-dimensional villain whose actions send ripples through the story, character is everything. Plot drives the engine, sure—but your characters are the gas, the spark, an