shadowseer

I'm having a deep internal conflict. In one of my books, Shine City, there was a character named Michelle, who was a good friend of the main character Zach, but afterwards, I deleted her. But now that I'm editing it, I'm wondering whether to bring her back. But then when the city gets leveled I have to decide to kill her or have her in another city. What should I do?

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Pawn

Bit of a challenging question to answer with so little info. I say kill 'em all.

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speculative

Think about bringing her back into the story, in a less prominent position perhaps?

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Viqto

Key thing to writing= character motivation....it is not enough to have a character solely to support the main character, that gets boring and old fast. You have to ask yourself, why would Michelle be there? What would she add to the story?

In this way you can answer your question. If she has her own motivations, she will become an interesting character no matter if she's used that much or not. But don't have her there solely for the main character. (It'll bring your characters to life.)

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Kira the wanderer

It depends how much to the story she contributes to.Don't just bring her back because you like that character, it will hurt your writing. Characcters shape a story and depending on how she will affect a story is what you should base it on.