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saintmelangell -> lovewillbreakyourheartforever

when I was taking writing classes at U of T, one of my profs lectured super hard about how we should know everything about our characters BEFORE we even think about writing. their favourite food, favourite music, etc. and then she bragged about how she'd written an entire book's worth of background information on her main character's parents (who only appeared in a few chapters), and how none of it was useable but all of it informed her work. and after the class I looked her up, and she's only published 2 books in the 25+ years of her career, both out of print, with the newest one being like 14 years old. so I was like okay, listen, maybe not all advice should be followed.