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When your characters take on a life form of their own!
Have you ever wanted to pull your hair out when you're creating a new character and you want him to have a particular personality but he turns around does the complete opposite thing! Its maddening and no matter how many times you go back and try and change it or move him around, its too late, he's already a new person! So back to the typewriter and the plot thickens ...
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Comment by scribbler on January 20, 2010 at 2:23pm
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On the more positive side, is that not just like how a real person would behave anyway? You can't plan their reactions to what's going on around them nor do they stay the same all their lives. If you can't go back and change him easily, he probably doesn't need changed because he's already got some depth and is interesting.
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