Don't have characters burst into song.

The characters burst into song from time to time.

There was no need to have characters burst into song to express the longings they couldn't fulfill - musical numbers suddenly seemed superfluous, silly and old-fashioned.

It is realistic rather than fanciful, and the characters work patiently on the songs rather than bursting spontaneously into them.

There are at least three occasions when characters burst into inexplicable, possibly eclipse-related sobbing.

This is supposed to sound as if the character is bursting into song.

All three characters are bursting with needs that are impossible to answer.

I fear that if you're hoping to find pubs where grizzled characters randomly burst into traditional music and sea shanties you may have to...

The shifty character was getting extremely agitated, waving his arms about and almost bursting into tears.

Its characters, yearning to escape their dreary existence, would burst suddenly into song, mouthing the words to obscure old tunes.