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Originally Posted by James_Wilde
It might even mean writing a different story from the one you thought you were going to write.
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That's definitely happens to me quite often. I usually manage to stick with the major plot, but the story evolves so much at certain times that I find the characters I thought were going to be the main ones become secondary, and some characters who were there just to fill in take the spotlight as soon as I start writing the story... which I don't mind, as I find it an interesting experience.
When it comes to making a plot though, as soon as I try to micro-manage it, I just find myself re-doing it far too often. A lot of people always tell me that I need to have the whole story planned out first, but whenever I try that, seems like it slows me down more than it helps. And thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look at that book.
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Originally Posted by crich70
... and likewise you don't have much if your characters don't have something happening to them that they can act and react with.
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I agree with that. I always have the conflict and resolution in mind, and aim towards it. My trouble is if I try to plan out how they get to the conflict and then the resolution too much, I always end up with something that my characters won't naturally do, and I much rather change the story a bit (still keeping the main conflict and resolution idea I had as much as I can) instead of altering characters or going with the "Oh, what do you know... I have this key in my pocket after all. Lucky me!"
I really think that organic writing is for me. As hard as I try to get the plot set in stone, it just seems more of an obstacle than an aid.