Some of my characters are feeling a little cardboard lately, so I've been working with that a lot the past few days. Anyone have any tricks/excercises they use to help develop characters?
I grill mine mercilessly, shining a lamp into their faces and slamming my hand on the desk.
Why are you doing what you're doing? What's in it for you? Why are you so reckless/mean/cowardly/kind/quiet/loud? Why did you turn away from them without answering? How did you get all the way here anyway? What makes you think you're qualified to be a major character? Why couldn't someone else do your job better and how did you stop your closest rival from getting the post? Did you nobble them? Did you? Huh? DID YOU?