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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
In fact, if I were outlining a story, and I realized in the outline that the characters were not working in that direction... I'd go back and manipulate the characters, the action, or both, to get them to do what I wanted and follow the desired story. Once it worked in the outline, I can start writing and know what was going to happen.
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I under stand, and usually try to do the same. I flesh out my characters as much as I can from the very start, and take everything into account as much as I can, but I have a habit of really getting into character when I write, and I start noticing things I did not realize before when I get to writing a specific scene, where either the action does not fit the character well, or the character evolved to a point where it no longer fits, or sometimes, I just see a much more interesting action instead that will make the character more alive, and the story more interesting.
And honestly, I would hate myself if I stuck to the original idea and ignored a chance of improving the story/characters at the expense of taking the story in a whole new direction. But I know that I do not need to practice more on controlling just how much power I give to the characters on making their story.
