Velka
Sage
I made things bad for my protagonists, then I made things worse. (Almost) everyone lived through it and now they (and the reader) need a breather.
It was really, really hard to write because I did awful things to characters I love and forced them to make some really hard choices.
They're at the end of the sequel phase, they've made their decision of what to do next, but before they act on it I've written a scene where they're all together drinking, gambling, and blowing off steam. It doesn't have conflict, but it does have some personal stories and bullsh*tting between the characters that adds some flavour and character development.
So here's my question, should I include it? Would you include it? The story can progress just fine without it, although a little bit of character backstory and relationship building between them would be lost. Part of me wants to write it off as fluff, but part of me LOVES these kinds of things (character development is the most important thing to me as a reader and a writer).
It was really, really hard to write because I did awful things to characters I love and forced them to make some really hard choices.
They're at the end of the sequel phase, they've made their decision of what to do next, but before they act on it I've written a scene where they're all together drinking, gambling, and blowing off steam. It doesn't have conflict, but it does have some personal stories and bullsh*tting between the characters that adds some flavour and character development.
So here's my question, should I include it? Would you include it? The story can progress just fine without it, although a little bit of character backstory and relationship building between them would be lost. Part of me wants to write it off as fluff, but part of me LOVES these kinds of things (character development is the most important thing to me as a reader and a writer).