Help! My Characters Hijacked My Story! (But Did They? DidThey Really?)

We’ve heard it as writers over and over again: I was going in one direction, but my characters sent me in another direction. But… is that true? Can our characters really hijack a story from us? Let’s ask the panel of experts and get to the bottom of this mystery. The game’s afoot, Watson!

How secure are you in your plots when you begin writing a novel? Or a short story? Is one form more or less likely to be disrupted or redirected by a shift in characterization than the other for you?

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