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For those of you who missed the first two parts of this
topic, Find Part
I here, and Part
II here.
On to the last and final installment. I know you’ve been
waiting with baited breath.
Getting rid of the excess characters in the story.
Sometimes there are just too many characters in a story which makes it
confusing and difficult to follow.
Confession: I stopped reading a book by a very popular
author because she had too many named characters in the novel. It was a murder
mystery so you’d think that everyone who’s mentioned in the book would be
important.
My head space is light years away from possessing a photogenic
memory. I tend to confuse people’s names in real
life, what more fictional characters?
I have difficulty coming up with names in my books to begin
with so if I don’t need to name a character I don’t. Sometimes my beta
readers or editors tell me to give a character a name just because if I don’t,
things get confusing.
To be honest I have no trouble getting rid of excesses
characters if they aren’t doing anything to propel the story forward.
I’m curious, did you ever have to remove a character from a
story?
