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1) Bit characters that take over the plot and shove the heroes out of the way? (in one story i had to be careful of giving a character a name, for once i did, that started a new plot tangent)
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Yes. Way too many. For my own story, I ended up having to ruthlessly shove six or seven different plotlines out of the way and focus on the main one . . .because if I didn't, well, one of my chara's has a few millenia of history behind him, and more to the point, he shares four hundred years of that history with a main-secondary character, which makes for way to many plot bunnies.
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2) Characters whom you intend for a larger role, but they just refuse to let you bring them forward?
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This one, not so many, but a few. A dragon who was going to be a major plot-motivator and semi-villain . . .well, opponent, anyway, who just sort of ceased to be along the way. My real villain expanded (frighteningly) and the dragon became unnecessary.