KC Trae Becker
Troubadour
I've had several fellow work shoppers suggest that I have too many characters. They have not been fantasy writers. Some of the fellow work shoppers that are fantasy writers have mentioned that fantasy stories are often character heavy.
A children's book agent told a friend there should be no more than 5 characters per chapter, counting unnamed animals that flit through. That seems obsessively restrictive advice to me, but do any of you have a general rule of thumb you use for number of characters you use, either by chapter or in a book as a whole.
Rest assured, this will not be taken as a gospel rule, just a a look about to judge where I stand in the spectrum and if I should listen closely or loosely to my fellow work shoppers.
A children's book agent told a friend there should be no more than 5 characters per chapter, counting unnamed animals that flit through. That seems obsessively restrictive advice to me, but do any of you have a general rule of thumb you use for number of characters you use, either by chapter or in a book as a whole.
Rest assured, this will not be taken as a gospel rule, just a a look about to judge where I stand in the spectrum and if I should listen closely or loosely to my fellow work shoppers.