I’ve been reading ‘The Name of the Wind’ for two days now (fantastic read so far– go check it out). I’m still laughing at a scene where a character returns from a self appointed solo mission and his friend is waiting, waving around a piece of paper at him, demanding to know why he thought he could get away with sneaking off and leaving a note. “It’s not even a good note! ‘Bast, if you’re reading this, I’m probably dead.’ What kind of a note is that?!”

I mean, if your characters are so flat that you can’t imagine embarrassing them or pointing out their inconsistencies in a humorous manner, you’ve got problems that a bumbling magician isn’t going to do much to fix.