It’s worth remembering that minor characters are important to your writing and that you need to take care creating them.
They may only be part of the scenery but it’s worth drawing them well so think how they look and act, how they help the scene on, what job you want them to do.
And who knows, they may assume a greater importance? I worked with one writer who created a ‘bit part’ character designed to show how nasty the main character was.
That was all she was there for but, by the time she had stolen the scene, she had become a major character and the story had to be rewritten - and was the better for it.
John Dean
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