How Do We Measure the Importance of Everything That Happens Afterward?

We have to understand why do these secondary characters matter to the main character that we first cared about. Once we know why they matter, then we can shift focus and care about these other characters. So it has to be personal. You have to make it personal. And as soon as you can make it personal, the better,. Like if you can do that on page 1, that would be ideal. Yes. What is the first character we encounter and what's important to them? That's how we're going to measure the importance of literally everything that happens afterwards.Yes. We don't cry for every single one. Because we don't know anything about them. Whereas when it's the