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Pat
This issue of what to do with 'disappearing characters' is interesting, though it seems to me they need not completely disappear. Before email there was snail mail, and the phone has been round for quite a while. (I have even seen Graham Alexander Bell's first one up at Baddeck, Cape Breton, LOL). They may not be around, but they can communicate with one another so the reader won't forget them...(I guess you can tell I don't write novels, LOL)...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 14, 2016 at 8:48 PM
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Yes it is a problem Pat, I think if the writer can handle it, it may work. Some who write and split the story every so often should wonder if the reader has the capacity to follow all the characters or indeed feels the need to do so.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 14, 2016 at 9:57 AM
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Re: Kabu
That bugs me, too. Leaving one character in limbo and then suddenly bringing them back into the story. I have noticed the plots on "Law & Order" and some other crime procedural shows like "Rizzoli and Isles" - they'll introduce a seemingly innocent character early on, and that character eventually turns out to be the bad guy.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 14, 2016 at 9:21 AM
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I think if the characters come from one family, they can be a large family. What annoys me with some writers is they introduce a character on the first pages and then that character doesn't reappear for chapters and I have to go back and find where they fir in. Your writing always makes sense to me cos the characters are brought along with the story. Go with your gut and put the twins back.,,I believe.
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Kabu
on July 14, 2016 at 9:07 AM
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