I'm running into a problem. One of my characters did a bad thing so now he's in time out. The problem is I have to write him if the plot is going to go anywhere. But he needs to be punished. I can't just... let him out.
"He's just a fictional character." Maybe to you, Ivan the Terrible Reading Comprehension, but to me he's the outlet for my judicious tendencies and the manifestation of evil!