#WritingWonders Day 2: How much do you know about your side characters prior to the first draft?
Usually not a lot. Main characters I’ll have 20+ pages on before I start writing. For side characters, I often have a flavor in mind, but their true personalities and history come out in the story as I write, often to support the plot or main characters. I then bake in and embellish those elements over subsequent drafts to make the characters feel whole.
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