What is the best character you ever wrote and why?

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Re: What is the best character you ever wrote and why?

This is cool. I like the idea of having a distinctive character in the background, inactive at first, who ultimately becomes a huge part of the story.

Reminds me of the Hitchcock "gun in the first act" principle. You use that character later and people say, "Holy ****, that guy! I almost forgot about that guy!"

You're thinking of Anton Chekhov. Hitchcock was all about the Macguffins.