evolution_rex
Inkling
I've been outlining a horror story that takes place in present day, set in a small town near a big forest. I've ran into a problem involving a character whom I've realized was built just to give exposition.
Here's a scenario; the main character is a pizza delivery man, and he's keeps seeing mysterious creatures, and then realizes that they may be following them. In the story, I built a set up that our main character delivers pizza to an eccentric character the pizza is for a get together with a club (which has cult-like implications) which takes they hold in the forest. He is friendly and tells the main character about how knowledgeable he is of the forests. After being followed by the creatures, he comes back the man and asks his advice to see if he knows anything about the creatures. He does, and tells him he has the face one of them, which requires going into the middle of the forest and preforming a ritual at night. Thus the ending happens, a very specific ending which I really do not want to deviate from.
The cult-like club is sort of irrelevant to the story, I originally wanted it because I thought it would add a bit of strangeness as well as it might help build a mythos for the fictional town. But does it sound forced? Might there be a better way for the main character to get the information?
Here's a scenario; the main character is a pizza delivery man, and he's keeps seeing mysterious creatures, and then realizes that they may be following them. In the story, I built a set up that our main character delivers pizza to an eccentric character the pizza is for a get together with a club (which has cult-like implications) which takes they hold in the forest. He is friendly and tells the main character about how knowledgeable he is of the forests. After being followed by the creatures, he comes back the man and asks his advice to see if he knows anything about the creatures. He does, and tells him he has the face one of them, which requires going into the middle of the forest and preforming a ritual at night. Thus the ending happens, a very specific ending which I really do not want to deviate from.
The cult-like club is sort of irrelevant to the story, I originally wanted it because I thought it would add a bit of strangeness as well as it might help build a mythos for the fictional town. But does it sound forced? Might there be a better way for the main character to get the information?