I love writing secondary characters. My favorite characters are the platonic friends of the main character who are usually a little rough around the edges. They like to drink and swear and tell their friends exactly how it is. Some of the most fun dialog is between these girls and the main characters.
There seems to be a huge push to always take the secondary characters in a book and give them their own stories. I don’t know that I love this trend. Sometimes a character is just there to move the story along and be a sounding board for the MC’s. I guess it’s a compliment when the secondary characters connect with readers so much they want to read more about them. It must mean they were fleshed out properly. And I must admit I myself have fallen in love with other author’s side characters.
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