Self-inventing character!
Nov. 14th, 2008 01:07 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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I had a vague outline for a scene where my MC is interviewing a random selection of people. None of these people were supposed to be proper characters, just catalysts for plot development. But one of them suddenly started developing a personality of her own, and now she's a major supporting character :D
I love it when that happens! Anybody else had similar experiences?
I love it when that happens! Anybody else had similar experiences?
It's a mutiny.
Date: 2008-11-14 03:58 am (UTC)Turns out he's the father of my secondary character's baby. The baby that she is about to have an abortion to get rid of. So not only do I have a character popping up and making more of himself than he ought to, but one of my main girls goes behind my back and sleeps with him! I'm trying to hide it from the readers as long as I can, but it's gonna be a whammy of a surprise when they realize it and go back to re-read all the tiny hints this jerk has been dropping throughout my novel. MY NOVEL, dammit, not his.
I swear I'm not writing in the "telenovela fiction" genre. It just sounds like it. Goddamn uncontrollable characters taking over behind my back. I can just hear her crying now, "Es... tu... hijo!"
*slaps forehead on desk*