Rachel Giffin • Writing Coach on Instagram: "WHAT TO DO: I love a deeply traumatized character as much as the next reader, BUT if you want your characters to have impact on your reader, you need to ACTUALLY develop them. Here’s what you need to do: Your characters need to live and breathe. This means that they need depth, emotion, and purpose (a goal, or a reason for living. They all need one). Make sure your characters are making choices, mistakes, and learning from them. Then, make sure that t