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Life is seldom as linear as we writers make it seem. What I mean is we tend to write our character’s days as though nothing unspectacularly random ever happens. Spectacularly random? that’s the stuff fiction is made of. Unspectacular? Too realistic.
Except that I want realistic characters… Characters who have to deal with the wicked combinations that life throws their way… You know, garbage day, dishes to be done, and a baby that doesn’t sleep well at night. Or on garbage day. But, maybe people don’t wan the mundanity of life. Still, every little while think about letting that character wash the dishes and be frustrated with the lack of cupboard space in his kitchen. It’ll add a little three dimensionality. It’ll feel real. I think real was still good last time I checked.