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I find that when I start a new story, I get all the way to 40,000 or so words before I accept the fact that I have only set the stage for the characters. They don't always like the roles I have created for them and can be very stubborn about continuing until I have heard them out. We can argue like this for weeks until I give in. I have yet been able to twist a character's arm and make them do what I want them to do.
I think the hardest change to accept is when you just love one particular character and then find out they are actually bad, maybe even evil. I cried for a week once because I couldn't redeem one.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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And that is exactly why we call them our creative Children. We tuck at them, try to raise them right and then they still turn out exactly the way they want to. *winks* Enjoy the Journey and buckle up, it may just be a bumpy ride.
I know how you feel. I had to kill one of my characters off and I couldn't stop crying. That's a good sign that the story is going in a good direction. Some writers say there shouldn't be any surprises, but others say a writer should constantly be surprised. I like it when something creeps up in the story that I didn't expect while I'm writing.
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