I've had a few of my beloved characters summarily executed for this very reason. Great piece. :)

Kill your darlings (link). You love the character. You’ve spent a long time creating them and/or trying to hammer them into the story, but it’s just not working. Time to break up.Time to end it. Time to save that character for another project, maybe, if killing …
Every Character Needs to Want Something
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Margery Bayne
Simon Dillon
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Jul 10, 2021
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I've had a few of my beloved characters summarily executed for this very reason. Great piece. :)
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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