Original characters, guest stars, and new angles: how to change the focus on your regulars

My head been feeling wrong again. Makes everything feel urgent. So, instead of actual sleep, I boot up the computer to share my thoughts on:

Original characters
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New characters are not about showing us the new character. New characters are about showing us those we already know in a new way. Keep that in mind and they won't Superstar your story.


... and I'm eyeing a Torchwood fanfic I couldn't get to work properly right now and telling me this quite strongly. Always oh so tempting.

Make someone who tells the theme again and makes it new and you've made a great story.

Make someone who does that and makes the regulars new and you've made a great story in that 'verse.

Which is just a teensy tricky.

Torchwood: Risk Assessment, by James Goss

Go. Buy it. LOL.

... yeah, that's pretty much my review. If I start typing the funny bits I'll type half the book. And if I type the scary adventure bits I'll type the other half.
Plus the LOL contributes to the plot and the plot is necessary to set up the LOL.
The relationships are front and center and important and everything. And, also, funny.

This is a proper good book.