Hawthorn
Dreamer
I'm just about to embark on the tricky middle of my wip. This is the bit where all the adventure happens and the MC goes off on her 'quest', but I've been getting stuck and struggling to move things along in a way which I find interesting.
Anyway, I realised that as it stands in my outline, my MC is going off and doing the adventures on her own. And wondering if this is part of the problem. I enjoy writing the scenes where she interacts with the other main characters, building the characters and relationships, and that's something that won't happen for a lot of the book as it stands. I have been wondering whether it might not be a better / more interesting story if she has a companion for the journey. But I don't know who to give her as a companion. Taking one of my other main characters along would be problematic, as she doing stuff they are not meant to find out about yet. But I'm wary of introducing a new character that she'll be spending a significant proportion of the book with, rather than with one or more of the 'important' characters (like the one who is a sort of love interest but will betray her). I'm also wary of having her spend too much time away from those other main characters, and wondering whether this will be a problem for the relationship arc.
So I guess my question here is, do I...
1) Have her go it alone
2) Introduce a new character
3) Rework some of my plot so that one of the other main characters can go along with her (or at least that she encounters them along the way, if not as a travelling companion)
4) Something else entirely?
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated!
Anyway, I realised that as it stands in my outline, my MC is going off and doing the adventures on her own. And wondering if this is part of the problem. I enjoy writing the scenes where she interacts with the other main characters, building the characters and relationships, and that's something that won't happen for a lot of the book as it stands. I have been wondering whether it might not be a better / more interesting story if she has a companion for the journey. But I don't know who to give her as a companion. Taking one of my other main characters along would be problematic, as she doing stuff they are not meant to find out about yet. But I'm wary of introducing a new character that she'll be spending a significant proportion of the book with, rather than with one or more of the 'important' characters (like the one who is a sort of love interest but will betray her). I'm also wary of having her spend too much time away from those other main characters, and wondering whether this will be a problem for the relationship arc.
So I guess my question here is, do I...
1) Have her go it alone
2) Introduce a new character
3) Rework some of my plot so that one of the other main characters can go along with her (or at least that she encounters them along the way, if not as a travelling companion)
4) Something else entirely?
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated!