What I think makes a strong character

If you read my last post from Jeff Gerke – “How to write a character from start to finish” – well, I’d be really surprised, because to be honest, I didn’t even read it.  I will, eventually, but one thing kept standing out in my mind.  How do you make a strong character?

 

You either make the reader love or hate him, then…

 

You kill them.

 

That’s always worked for me, at least.  I write in the supernatural genre, so no one ever really stays dead.  However, the build up is always the best part, and a wondrously outrageous death.