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[ksmith]

Don't you just love it when a minor character pipes up and tells you that they're going to appear later in the book whether you want them to or not?

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[scbutler.livejournal.com]

That's usually a very good sign.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect it at all. Then the one thing that could complicate her relationship with my protag kinda...blew up. Because it is very important to her. In the end, more important than her job.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

Since I am not an outliner, I love it when they do that. Otherwise the book (or story) stalls.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I have wound up with some of my better characters this way.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

"MY story is more important than YOUR story" says the character, happily rewriting large chunks of your book.

Sorta tells us we're no more than paper goddesses.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

This one, as luck would have it, makes a few things easier to set up and explain. How often does that happen?