Saturday, April 14, 2018

plot - Characters that take on a life of their own


There are definite advantages to writing comprehensive character maps, but one downside that I've found is that when a character is fully fleshed out, she/he tries to take on a life of her/his own and sometimes this can be to the detriment of the story that I have carefully plotted.


When a character in my (my, gosh-darned it!) story wants to do one thing and I want her/him to do something else, how should I handle the situation?





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