#WritingWonders 8/2 How much do you know about your side characters prior to the first draft?
If they play a story function — Guardian, Henchman, Skeptic, Believer, Logic, Emotion — I know a lot about them … and then, as I write them, I learn *more* about them, and learn that some of what I thought I knew was wrong!
If they play a narrative function — existing only to help main characters have reasons to say certain things aloud — I invent them on the spot, as needed. So, nothing!
#amwriting
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