I am editing my book now, which is a women's fiction of around 83.000 words (before edits). I realize that I have characters that show up in only one scene, then they disappear forever. There are names that I mention just once, in order to create some state of mind for my MC, but are not important for anything else. As I revise now, I realize that I have to keep an account of all these people (so that I don't repeat names or whatnot) and it is difficult. I wonder it it would be too much for the reader also.
There are 24 characters mentioned by name in my book. They are Romanian names (short ones, though, some with easy English equivalents). I am not one to remember names easily - Russian literature has been such a pain for me for that reason. I don't want to confuse or aggravate the reader. What do you think?
Thank you in advance. This place has already been for me an invaluable source of information.
There are 24 characters mentioned by name in my book. They are Romanian names (short ones, though, some with easy English equivalents). I am not one to remember names easily - Russian literature has been such a pain for me for that reason. I don't want to confuse or aggravate the reader. What do you think?
Thank you in advance. This place has already been for me an invaluable source of information.