on Writers in the Storm:

Relationships are a large part of what your readers relate to because we can’t escape them. We all have relationships with other people. Whether they are friends, acquaintances, enemies, or lovers, your characters’ relationships can break a reader’s suspension of disbelief or indelibly mark your reader’s heart. This is the second of a two-part series to help you treat relationships in your story as their own entities and how to create character relationships that will make your readers want more.

In Part One, we discussed treating your primary character’s key relationships as an entity of its own, types of relationships that are possible, how many relationships to cover in your story, and how to make the most of those relationships. This month we’re discussing what makes the relationships you create between your characters believably real to your readers.

Please note: I use the phrase parties or pair when discussing the relationship. Be aware that this is for clarity, but relationship entities can have any number of individuals with in it.