[ISBW] Minor Characters

<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="fqr6r" data-offset-key="2ckst-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ckst-0-0"> <h5><strong>Open</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="f7v58" data-offset-key="3dk2d-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3dk2d-0-0"> <ul> <li>2022 Word Count: 68178</li> <li>Writing Retreat coming in May</li> </ul> <p><strong>Good News Good News</strong></p> <ul> <li>Team Rejection count: 150</li> </ul> <p><strong>Main Topic: On Supporting Characters</strong></p> <ul> <li>Whydunit is more important than Whodunit</li> <li>The Afterparty on Apple TV</li> <li>It’s good to focus on moving the plot along, but think about doing it well</li> <li>Babylon 5 “A View From the Gallery”, and the adventures of Mack and Bo.</li> <li><a href= "https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/contagonist/">The Contagonist as Catalyst</a></li> <li>Build the back stories for the minor characters just as carefully as the main characters</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://streamlabs.com/mightymur/merch">Merch Shop</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mightymur">Mur on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://instagram.com/mightymur2">Mur on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/murlafferty">Mur on Youtube</a></li> <li>Mur's newsletter, <a href= "https://www.getrevue.co/profile/mightymur">The Hot Mic</a></li> <li>Support via <em style= "font-family: objektiv-mk1, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mightymur">Patreon</a> or <a href= "http://ko-fi.com/mightymur">Ko-Fi</a>!</em></li> <li><a href="https://johnanealio.bandcamp.com/">John Anealio on Bandcamp</a></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><span s