La Vie Boheme

Hold still, damn it!

My characters are trying to rearrange themselves. Three characters that I thought of as close friends are trying to tell me they're actually brothers, even though that's completely at odds with the rest of the plot. I may reach a compromise with them and make two of them brothers, but that doesn't fit my sense of symmetry. I may just have to put my foot down and remind the three of them that I am the author here, and what I say goes. I'm not sure that will go over well.

Then again, I think one of them is already threatening to stop speaking to me after the whole impotence thing, so...

I know this all sounds absolutely insane, but it feels remarkably sane. This is the largest cast of characters I've ever tried to juggle. Sometimes it feels like I'm trying to arrange seating at a dinner party, but half the guests hate each other and I have to remember who's not speaking to who. And in the middle of it all, they keep coming up and tapping me on the shoulder and rearranging allegiances. Is it any wonder I sound insane? ;)