[stylist] Omitting characters?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

If it were my story, I would keep him, and make him the central character.  
 Why?   Because he has more to overcome with limited resources than the 
others.   He needs to have talents, even if they aren't magical, and he 
eventually needs to overcome whatever is placed in opposition to him.

If you don't want to do that now, keep him in as a minor character, and 
later write another story using him.
Lori
In a message dated 8/14/09 2:44:25 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:


> I have been going through my work omitting all the unneccessary
> characters. So all the characters that are left have a definate role
> to play.
> 
> One of my characters which I am thinking of omitting is Ashok Parvesh,
> one of Liza's step children. She's got four blind step children. The
> other 3 are all powerful and gifted witches. They more or less take
> the limelight and they all have definate roles to play in the plot.
> Ashok is just an ordinary blind boy. He is an independant but doesn't
> do magic like his siblings so has to do without various magical props
> that his siblings use such as a seeker stone that will lead them to
> whatever they want, knowing summoning charms, and using their long
> canes to ride on like broomsticks. I was thinking of Omitting Ashok
> altogether since his 3 siblings tend to take the limelight with their
> antiques. On the other hand it might be good to keep an ordinary blind
> character there for contrast.
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> Helene
> 
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