This Author's Writing Thought of the Day #73:
She was only supposed to be in my book to die. That's all. Just a victim to the plot. Just something minor to keep the book going. Then, for continuity's sake, I invented a life for her- gave her a home, something to regret when she died, loved ones, a job, people who cared about her, a life lived, grey hairs to worry about colouring, and plans for the next day- and she was suddenly as real as one of my main characters.
Sometimes being a writer means killing off characters you fall in love with (not literally, of course; figuratively), all for the sake of the plot. Sometimes being a writer means going through all that heartache of inventing new characters- giving them lives, and dreams- just to have them in for a few sentences and then having to file that entire life away- never to be used again- because the plot doesn't need it anymore, and who wants to read about the same person over and over and over, no matter how interesting they may be, when you can just invent a new one, instead?
... Sometimes being a writer sucks.
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