Bring me the head of minor character number two.

I have said before that what I am working on is definitely first draft because it is only by the end of the first draft that I will know how it ends and, therefore, only then will I know what the early chapters should be re-written to accommodate. A case in point: I created a character a couple of days ago who was originally conceived purely as minor character (number one) who is, or was, a plot device to introduce my journalist to another minor character (number two). Minor character number two's role in life is to deliver some exposition and then die a horrible and meaningless death, thereby setting in train the build up to crisis number one in the story.

However minor character number one has taken on something of a life of her own and I've just realised that I need a more complicated backstory for my journalist than originally planned. I think this is probably a good thing.