That lovely moment in the story when a phone rings, and you let your character answer it so that both of you can find out who’s on the other end.
Really, knowing where the story is going before you get there is overrated.1
Meanwhile:
Dear Characters,
I’m sorry, but you cannot organize yourselves into one Leader and Four Lancers.2
It just … doesn’t work that way.
Me
ETA:
Dear Group Leader,
I know, I know. You have to deal with this lot and you don’t even get the benefit of being the protagonist for your trouble.
Would it help if I gave you some angsty back story to make up for it?
Me
1Necessary disclaimer: For my writing process.
2If a Five-Man Band has one Leader and Four Lancers, does the Leader become the actual Lancer?
Mirrored from Janni Lee Simner / Desert Dispatches.
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