[stylist] Omitting characters?

[helene ryles]

Hi Lora,
Thanks for your advice. I've decided to keep him and get rid of one of
his magically capable brothers. It did help to have more then one
witch but I found that could simply be acomplish by using more of his
siblings magically gifted school friends.

The main characters is this novel are Nadia Murat and her aunt Liza
who are both Deafblind. I tried bringing the twins as main characters
too but found it cluttered too much so I think he will star more in
the next novel.

There is definately going to be another novel since I had so much
material. I didn't want a very large book for my first  novel so I
split the book into two. I'm hoping to make another novel out of Part
2 and 3 where Ashok can have more of a role.

The Blind witch Pyre does face same problems as other blind (wether
magically capable or not) in the way of discrimination. Despite his
witchcraft and Mensa intelligence. People won't look further then his
blindness no matter how capable he is. He eventually gets to work as a
spy.

Helene


On 14/08/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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