General Writing: Character Overload

Some book have a lot of characters. They key is to make sure those characters are distinctive and memorable rather than background blur. Here is a great article talk more about this idea:

Write What They Don’t Know: Manipulating Your Reader for Better Plots

General Writing: Memorable Characters

How do you make your characters memorable? Especially in a world where you create tons of characters, how do you make sure the reader can keep them straight? Check out this post for a really good way to think of it:
Hooking Your Characters