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I have 25-30 "main characters," (feel free to quibble over the definition) and more supporting ones, though of course only a few are really central. Two of the main 5 characters I don't even intro...
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System
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2019-12-20T00:40:32Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T10:04:21Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
I have 25-30 "main characters," (feel free to quibble over the definition) and more supporting ones, though of course only a few are really central. Two of the main 5 characters I don't even introduce until the 4th chapter, and it's quick and not very deep. That comes later. No one is going to remember early descriptions of more than a couple characters, so there's no point in giving it all too soon. Start with 1 or 2, get more details about the rest later, as it's needed. There's also something nice about feeling immersed in a large group of people and not feeling like you have to memorize everything. I don't want to know which ones are the important ones straight away, along with an info-dump. I'd rather get info for the 3rd and 4th characters later, after I feel like I know characters 1 and 2.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-11-03T06:25:00Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 3