So, I’ve been trying to go light on the pre-planning and create my characters in conjunction with the plot as I go along. When I started, following the suggestions in 2k to 10k, I only created some of the major characters, the hero, villain, etc., but I’m realizing now that I definitely needed the characters who will accompany my hero on her journey, as well.
As I’m plotting the scene tree, I am trying to look at “if this happens, what would the characters do next?” and string that along to the next exciting action that would happen, but I had a few major holes in my character list, so I’m going back to fill those in as well as to fill in a few of the details I skipped over before . . . such as the always-frustrating names!
It’s slow going, in no small part because I’ve got a lot of external stress going on right now. But just have to keep grinding.