{"id":70,"date":"2006-09-17T17:10:48","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T17:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/u-town.com\/collins\/?p=70"},"modified":"2006-09-17T17:10:48","modified_gmt":"2006-09-17T17:10:48","slug":"no-character-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u-town.com\/collins\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"no character left behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Periodically, I look over my character list to see who’s due for a blog entry. Eventually I want to have a blog entry for every significant character.<\/p>\n

But some characters are difficult to write about without giving away too much information, so that’s one issue. And, when I look over the list, there are some characters who, whether or not they’ve had a blog entry, jump out at me because we haven’t seen them enough in the story itself.<\/p>\n

Some of those are because they haven’t fit into this story, but I know they’ll show up later, like Vinnie. We last saw him as a teenage tough in a leather jacket, leaving the town of Ross with Alex. But we know that, since then, he’s gone on to do quite a few different things, but, while he’s been talked about, we haven’t actually seen him. But I have a pretty good idea we will, though not in this novel.<\/p>\n

But others are present, on the scene, but haven’t appeared much, like Sarah Little. She’s been seen at a distance, and discussed, but she hasn’t actually had a line of dialogue since A Sane Woman<\/a>. What’s up with that?<\/p>\n

For one thing, there has been a certain amount of discussion of how she’s still hung up on her ex-lover, but is that really true?<\/p>\n

And, however she feels about it in general, how does she feel about their recent fling? Seems like that’s a question (or two) worth getting into.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if that will come later in this novel, or if it will come during rewrites. But it should be answered.<\/p>\n

With this much going on, this many characters, I do have to be sure not to misplace anything or anybody. As the Dude says, “This is a very complicated case. Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you’s. Lotta facets, lotta interested parties. Lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder’s head.”<\/p>\n

Though, unlike the Dude, I’m not adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber, which may help. When I finish this draft, the first thing I will do is go back to the beginning (A Sane Woman) and read the whole thing, to see if (as in the movie “Go<\/a>“) I’ve forgotten about any major characters.<\/p>\n

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