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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts) Sun May 12, 2013, 03:03 AM May 2013

Ever had a character "Photo Bomb" other stories you are writing?

I somehow have created a monster.

When I write, I do two at once. If I get stuck in one, I go to the other for a while. Well with the two and a half ( a novelette) I am working on there is a character that started in one and for some reason wants to worm into the others.

And he does work in the other stories as well. He was just a bit guy, but he works so well.

I did not think of binding the stories together, but this guy is changing that a little. He is still just a bit player in all the stories, but his character is that same in all the stories.

Ever have this happen?

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Ever had a character "Photo Bomb" other stories you are writing? (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 OP

author Ross Thomas would do that with several smaller characters in different novels TeamPooka May 2013 #1

I have not had that happen to me, but it's something SheilaT May 2013 #2

King did that with several characters, Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #3

Pynchon did that with a character named Pig Bodine. cliffordu Sep 2013 #4

Go with it. That character wants to be the star of your next book. mainer Sep 2013 #5

TeamPooka

(25,195 posts)

1. author Ross Thomas would do that with several smaller characters in different novels

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Sun May 12, 2013, 03:26 AM

May 2013

and after a while you realize all the lead characters (some repeat in the novels) live in one world.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

2. I have not had that happen to me, but it's something

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Sun May 12, 2013, 08:40 AM

May 2013

Larry McMurtry and Norah Lofts both did very well. With them, someone who is a minor character in one novel may well be the focus of a second one. Personally, a huge reason I like both of those authors is the way characters may show up in different places. They also both write books I enjoy reading, which helps.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

3. King did that with several characters,

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Sun May 12, 2013, 04:09 PM

May 2013

Mike Hanlon was a major character in it, appeared in Insomnia as did other Derry resident. Other of his minor characters appeared appered in several books and stories.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)

4. Pynchon did that with a character named Pig Bodine.

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Sat Sep 7, 2013, 12:25 PM

Sep 2013

Across several of his books.

mainer

(12,151 posts)

5. Go with it. That character wants to be the star of your next book.

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Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:48 PM

Sep 2013

The best characters I ever wrote were the ones who walked on and took over.

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