31 Characters?

31 Characters.

This weekend I spent most of Saturday working on the characters in the latest story. By the end of the day, I had 31 characters ready to roll into the story. Yep, 31 characters.

When I first told my wife about the number she just looked at me and said, "31? Really?"

At first, I thought it was a bit too much. Then it dawned on me, in my last book not all the characters I created made it to the final cut. As a matter of fact, there were was one character that I had to make on the fly. I won't tell you who it was but the character played a pivotal role in the story.

31 Characters including the protagonist, his three friends, the antagonist, and two old friends are on board. The remaining 25 characters, so far, each play a sizable role in the story.

What do you think?
Is 31 too many characters for a story or not enough?

Thanks for stopping by.

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PARADE SEASON, SPANDAU GUARD, AIR BRIDGE BERLIN & DOUGHBOY CITY  are the historical fiction by author David G. Guerra. David has previously published "The Walking Leader" and is working on the next book in his Walking Leader trilogy of books, "Great To Follow" with "We, The Team" as the last book.

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The next book, OPUS 5 (Untitled Work), in the Occupied Berlin series coming Fall 2016.