: Re: Should we add a character in a story for realistic effect? In my novel, the protagonist is divorced and moves from London to another city in Britain. The setting is 2013. The protagonist

@LarsenBagley300

So when in the story does this occur? Close to the beginning? The Climax? The Middle? This can be used to show rather than tell that your character is depressed by having her talk out the issues with the therapist listening and providing some clinical talk of very little importance that does little to help the actual situation... sometimes this is all therapy is as you have to figure it out yourself. There are some ways to run this so that it's not his advice that is important but something he says that re-frames the central issue. Perhaps he offers advice that is on it's face stupid, but when applied deeper can show something she is missing from her own estimation of the situation. Another thing is to allow her to monolog the situation as it currently stands and allow her to ask the important question she needs to consider, only to run into the one response every therapist in fiction always has ("I'm sorry, we're out of time.") allowing her to guide herself to the crux of the issue.

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