Marius knew that what he was doing was what was the right thing for all involved. Thomas in California asks what tips I might have for writers regarding character development. Thomas, I write too instinctively to have specific tips. The old cliche really applies to me in that my characters come to life as I write. I trust to a deep feeling about who the character is and what he is doing, but I don't analyze too consciously.
Character takes care of itself.
I think to be the kind of writer I am, one has to be a very good listener. And when you write you reveal all that you've heard. You've heard what many people have to say about themselves either directly or indirectly, and you create your characters from all you've heard. The process can go wrong sometimes for me. I have written as much as forty pages with a character and then decided I was in a fog or a dead end.