I haven’t written about secondary characters in a long time, maybe never! Thankfully, Debra Purdy Kong, author of the exciting Casey Holland Mysteries series and webmaster for Mystery Deb, has some great ideas on them. In this article, she covers how to sketch them out (with an Excel spreadsheet), how to make them memorable, and how to keep them relevant.
I am so excited to host Debra here on WordDreams!
Handling Secondary Characters in a Series
My Casey Holland mystery series is set at Casey’s workplace, Mainland Public Transport. This fictional bus company has about 100 employees which provides opportunities to introduce a wide range of characters. Casey is a transit security officer, who often rides the buses dealing with harassment and smaller types of crime that either turn into or merge with more serious crimes. The company’s security department has only five staff plus Casey’s supervisor, Stan. Her…
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Thanks for sharing this, Debra! It’s quite inciteful.
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Thank you, Jacqui. It was a pleasure! I always find it so interesting to share and receive info from others about how they handle various aspects of the writing process.
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You are so organized. I must take a page from your book.
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As a short story writer I often wondered how series writers kept track… this was really interesting!
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Thank you, KC.
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Drooling over that spreadsheet. I’ll remember this for if I ever get started on a second book in a series. 🙂
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