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Today’s topic is: How do you handle it when one of your characters starts going in a direction you hadn’t planned?
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Frankly, if my characters ramble off the path I had in mind for them, I tag along for the ride. I’ve mentioned before that I am more of a pantster than a plotter. I often have some level of a concept for what I want my stories to look like. But not a great deal more than that really. Usually I have an indication of where the action will start and end, and maybe a few journey points somewhere in between. How they get there has very little to do with me. And I’ve got to say, I really enjoy it that way. I feel less like the creator, and more like I’m someone along for the journey. I quite like not knowing everything that’s going to happen, makes things a lot more fun for me, more like reading a book with a little bit of insight.
Steven Smith 
I’m with you there, I’ve always considered myself more of an innocent bystander. I’m merely a watcher and chronicler of events while my characters get on with it.
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Hurriedly running around after the characters documenting their actions.
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I’m exactly the same. There’s nothing worse than having to abide by a plot that’s set in stone.
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It’s more fun seeing what happens!
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Yes, and then changing it when you don’t like it, lol.
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I say the goal is to move the story from A to Z it does not matter how the characters get to the other points between.
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Agreed!
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It’s a fine line letting the characters run free and still having a point to add to the plot. 🙂
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Very true, but you try telling them that!
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