Writing - Tag ons

 I enjoy stories, both reading them and writing them, and mostly because of the relationships between the characters. As I have aged, unlike a good wine, I have become less smooth and palatable and more acidic and sharp. It has come to my notice that the writers of modern stories are responding to the demands of publishers and agents. Hence, you have stories created with current issues tagged on as extras. It can be spotted quite easily because of the 'jar'. This is to enable the writer to achieve or remain successful. 

Broadchurch 

A great cast and the story of a boy found dead on the local beach was strong, however, what jarred for me was the 'extra bits' introduced to keep the story up-to-date. The reason they jar is because they don't belong. 

Steele is drawn into a situation involving DCI K Best and then a threat to the Royal family. added to this echoes of his past and we have a story filled with questions.
The story takes place wholly within the British Isles and involves a minor member of the Royal family but was she the target or was she bait?
Has Steele met his match on this occasion?
Who is behind the plot?

Amazon were advertising this, my most recent Steele novel, this weekend and without revealing any spoilers, where Patrick Steele is and what happens has developed as part of his life over 11 earlier novels. Whether you are writing one story or several be true to your characters and not the demands of greedy sales staff. 

Put your story in the hands of your main protagonists, you created them and need to trust they will lead you right. 

God Bless