Look, we all LOVE our characters. We do.  I love my characters anyways.  They are near and dear to my heart.

So why am I such a sadistic bastard to them?

BECAUSE WITHOUT CONFLICT YOU HAVE NO STORY.

Let me repeat that.

WITHOUT CONFLICT YOU HAVE NO STORY.

If you want your characters to be all happy and live in worlds of wine and roses, then by all means ( Read more... )