I’m probably 80% architect and 20% gardener; I tend to make a lot of plans and know what my plots are leading up to, but I leave room to adjust along the way if my characters decide to take different paths to the end. When laying out your stories’ structures, how much of each character’s arc is planned, and how much arises organically?
I will often have the arc in mind from the start, after doing a few chapters to figure out the character. However, this is where I go gardener myself—and so I will just keep an eye on the character and see if they’re becoming someone who would fulfill that arc, or if I need to revise my outline to fit the person they have become.
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