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Before I started writing my fantasy story (80,000 words so far) I had a pretty strong outline prepared. Within the structure of my plot, I wrote relatively organically and my characters started to ...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:55:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Rapscallion
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2019-12-08T05:55:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
Before I started writing my fantasy story (80,000 words so far) I had a pretty strong outline prepared. Within the structure of my plot, I wrote relatively organically and my characters started to develop their personalities. One character in particular (a traumatised fifteen year old girl) grew a very different personality than I'd initially designed her and I'm very proud of the result. There is now a ripple effect whereby a lot of my plot no longer makes sense in light of these character changes. Given that my initial plot was quite basic (and perhaps not very interesting), I'm faced with a decision: **Should I salvage my work by adapting the story around my evolved characters, or start again and write a different story and include the best elements from this first attempt?** Also, does anyone have any general advice for this kind of situation?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-01-12T13:34:21Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 15