Do you completely control what the characters do, or do they occasionally surprise you with their actions?
The characters never surprise me. In terms of the book I am God. A writer who says that the characters take control is doing one of two things… either he or she is telling people what they want to hear because a lot of people seem to want to hear that the characters have taken over… or else, that writer is being exceedingly lazy and not paying attention. The characters NEVER really take over.
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