Guest Post: K. M. Weiland

Today we're joined by K.M. Weiland, author of the popular advice books Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel. In this post, she discusses the importance of characters--and how to tell when a character is useless to your story.


Here’s a question you’d think would have no solid answer: How many characters should your story have?

Every story is different. Some are multi-generational epics that need a cast of hundreds. Others may need only a handful of actors. Surely, there’s no rul...