A few weeks back, I was asked if I would contribute my thoughts to Thea’s wonderful blog. The subject she wanted to me to tackle was how to stop peripheral characters in a story usurping the main ones. “Oh,” I said. “You mean how to stop Side Show Bob murdering Bart Simpson?” and the post was born.
Enjoy (oh and be sure to check out Thea’s books while you’re there too!)
http://theaatkinson.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/balancing-peripheral-characters-with-main-characters/
This blog post still gets lots of hits on my blog, Viv. it was incredibly well written and thought provoking. Come back any ole time.
I will do for sure.
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