Well, you certainly broke the rule of intelligence by not using the handy-dandy edit link to edit your original post to clean up the evidence.
EDIT: They call it "modify" on this forum. Same thing, though.

original post?? what original post?? I have no idea what you are talking about.  Hmm, oh well.   

Anyhoo, to get back on topic, I agree with Kiriath; especially concerning character development...Jim's instructions are priceless! It seems so basic, but I had never thought to create a list of Tags or Traits for use with each character-I guess i just figured I knew my characters in my head, so they would come out consistent on paper.  As an ULTRA newbie writer, I find his basic instruction to be a very helpful resource.  Now if he can just spare the time to do an article on dialogue.......