Me, planning: I'm going to introduce this specific character in book two. This will be her role in the main conflict, and this will be her place in the character arc.
Me, pantsing: Let's just throw in this random extra new girl into this scene to pad the crowd a little.
Still pantsing: Oh! And because of the random backstory we accidentally gave her by virtue of how we introduced her, she should have this spot in the character arc.
Me: ...
Me: Wait that was supposed to go to the plot character.









