Claudia Gray joined us aboard Oasis of the Seas to answer our attendees questions about the Elemental Ensemble. Here are the questions:

Can you fit an ensemble into a short story?
What the minimum size for an ensemble? Is there a perfect length?
Can you put a traitor into an ensemble story?
How do I give my ensemble characters equal emotional weight if I only tell the story from a single POV?
How do you introduce your ensemble without infodumping?
If an ensemble is about falling in love with a group of friends, how does killing a character work?
How do you give every character a role in the climax without making it seem like the plot was cut to fit the team?

Credits: This episode was recorded aboard Oasis of the Seas by Bert Grimm, and mastered by Alex Jackson.