I found a new character. Actually, perhaps 3 or 4 new characters. Who cares?
When I took Comparative Literature, they taught that there were a small number of basic story formats. Looking at an author like Zane Gray, how many very similar westerns did he write? My grandfather sat in his easy chair and read those, one after another.
Those story formats usually require a couple of stock characters, hero and villain for instance. Only, Joe Buck (or John Doe) needs to be interesting, and needs to be different from the good guy cowboy, in the last book. You need a character. Should you be gifted enough, and lucky enough, to create somebody like Harry Potter, that is very cool and you get a few books instead of only one.
My characters: The kid. The man with the dog. The failed school teacher. The 2 Davids, looking across the chess board at each other. The illiterate man who taught the kid to write. The bartender with the bleached hair, from the laundry. Aja, and Rosie.....
Actually, come to think of it, Pendajo Lito, Puta Lita, Panocha, and their mother.
A bunch of the people from Xanadu.
Hmmmmm, Pete Campbell had a room mate in college. He had a couple of them. They could be brought out too. Not my immediate cup of tea for story/script, but it's an idea. The Bag End people. The co-op people here are as un-memorable they get. I can sort of recall others beside Sharrier, but not much. A small number from the Green Lantern, couple film types, couple Kaarsburg types, couple of [Artful Dodger/Beautiful Young Man]'s.
They say Clam is crazy. I must make a point of hunting him up. Becoming crazy is an occupational hazard in cab driving. It was Clam who suggested blowing Coon a kiss.
The old time day shift people..................
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