in my storytelling project, my glamorous ai influencer character became famous and started receiving interview requests. i gave her an agent to manage the publicity
the agent issued a statement denying rumors that she was dating my main character. i had written their romance only the week before, so the public denial felt personal in a very silly way
i asked the publicist why the relationship was being hidden. the reply said the character's brand required maintaining an air of mystery and maximizing audience curiosity
i wrote an episode where my main character held a press conference demanding recognition. the publicist called it a reputational crisis and billed us for three imaginary hours