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Stuck on a scene...

modern me
... in The Hellion Prince.  Damarhis needs to have a conversation with a priest about practical theology, and I'm torn between using an existing character (who the audience did not know was a priest) and introducing someone new.  If I introduce someone new, they never get used again.  If I use an existing character, the scene does double duty as foreshadowing and building character interaction... but it also feels awfully damned convenient to have him stumble across a familiar face.  And he *might* be less forthcoming talking to someone he knew, who could assemble the context of the conversation he's trying to obscure.

Thoughts?

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celebros
May. 30th, 2012 09:03 pm (UTC)
Gotta be an non-established character. Can the individual be bland enough for it not to be troublesome that s/he won't be a one-off? There's too much scheming going on for D/the reader not to worry that someone's going to inconveniently put pieces together.
matt_doyle
May. 30th, 2012 09:30 pm (UTC)
Fair. And inclined to agree.

Hm. I will see what I can do.
aircrash
May. 31st, 2012 03:37 am (UTC)
if it might be too convenient, i'd say err on the other side.
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