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Always work around your characters. They're what drives the story forward, not your plot. Without interesting characters, you've just got a series of events happening one after the other which wo...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:55:32Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Stephen
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2019-12-08T05:55:32Z (about 5 years ago)
Always work around your characters. They're what drives the story forward, not your plot. Without interesting characters, you've just got a series of events happening one after the other which wouldn't make for a very good book at all. I once had a character I wanted to go to a specific location. She didn't want to go. There was no reason I could think of for her to be there other than I wanted her to. Later, I changed it to be that she heard about what happened at that location and it gave her the anger and drive she needed to progress without her ever stepping foot near the place. Listen to your characters. Don't try to make them do anything they don't want to.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-01-12T14:14:35Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 16