Crafting Memorable Character Introductions

Effective writing does not merely convey information to the reader; it transports them into the scene. They experience the slicing tension of the moment; they hear the distant traffic, which surely must have been recent enough to coincide with the beating hearts of those in the room; they feel the sunlight, which might have been beautiful were it not for the shadows it cast. And all this is done without overtly focusing on the kind of messy business any good writer needs to attend to if they wan