Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
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superhero_muses--Which characters in your current WiP get along worst?
Haha, oh, probably the two sets of people currently pitted against each other in gladiatorial combat. :) This kind of question is almost always hard for me because my stories tend to be extremely tightly focused on the two main leads, and secondary characters don't tend to get a lot of development, so the leads are the characters that both get along the best and the worst, often at the same time. Which is a decent supplementary question: how big do your casts tend to be in your stories?
Haha, oh, probably the two sets of people currently pitted against each other in gladiatorial combat. :) This kind of question is almost always hard for me because my stories tend to be extremely tightly focused on the two main leads, and secondary characters don't tend to get a lot of development, so the leads are the characters that both get along the best and the worst, often at the same time. Which is a decent supplementary question: how big do your casts tend to be in your stories?
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Date: 2020-03-30 09:11 am (UTC)Oooooh, ouch. I like this answer a lot.
I will try to flesh out side characters while they're in the spotlight but that's just to make the world fleshed out. I don't let them take over the story (anymore--that was a learned skill, there!)
It's tough, isn't it, that balance between making sure the supporting characters aren't cardboard cutouts and that they don't get so much detail they take over the story... But it's a fun challenge, too!