[quote=@Inimical]
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Me neither. Forcing them in would throw off this balance of character development I already have.
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I just bring characters in when I feel like bringing them in, because they would just come and go as they pleased, not for the narrative. I work in character development when it fits. Not to say your method is wrong; I'm just giving my method.