FYI: As you can see above, some of those emoticon thingies you use tend to bork LJ's HTML.
(Though you saying you tend to just put them in where they'd fit during editing explains some things)
Actually, that's not quite what I said (or at least, not what I meant to say). I fit Alexandra's friends into the story where they fit as I write it. Then I sometimes change things during the editing. In other words, while I am writing, I don't always think "Let's make sure David gets enough page space" or "I need to build on Alexandra and Anna's friendship," but when I reread, I realize that that's what it needs.
Basically, I focus very much on Alexandra's arc, and while I have definite arcs in mind for all the secondary characters, I may be a bit neglectful of them during the first draft.
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Date: 2011-06-21 07:19 pm (UTC)Actually, that's not quite what I said (or at least, not what I meant to say). I fit Alexandra's friends into the story where they fit as I write it. Then I sometimes change things during the editing. In other words, while I am writing, I don't always think "Let's make sure David gets enough page space" or "I need to build on Alexandra and Anna's friendship," but when I reread, I realize that that's what it needs.
Basically, I focus very much on Alexandra's arc, and while I have definite arcs in mind for all the secondary characters, I may be a bit neglectful of them during the first draft.