I am in the beginning stages of writing. I have a basic summary written of where I want to go with the book. And I am starting Character Analysis. Im about a quarter done and I am so excited about the fact that the people floating around in my head are getting names and personalities. And the most interesting part if while I am writing the synopsis for a character, the personality is changing. I thought it was going to be a certain way but while I write her, she changes into someone I like better. Prior to starting this process, I never understood people saying that while writing a scene with a character, the character would say "I am NOT doing that" It seemed absurd, its a fictional character and I can make them do what I want. But even now, this early in the process, I am already feeling my characters exhibiting themselves.I love it. I am writing a novel very very loosely based on my teenage years, so my story and characters already have a template in my head, but that seems to be morphing and changing into something else. I am so excited to keep going.
Hi , welcome to the group Blueeyedgirl! My characters do that too...just when I think I've got them figured out, they do a complete switcharoo on me! Lol!
Good for you! Once characters come to life, they do have a tendency to wrestle the steering wheel from you and make you sit in the back seat. Then once they have the wheel, they often have their own very strong ideas about where the road trip is going to lead. You may find it necessary to find ways to stop them from driving the car into a ditch, but even if that happens sometimes, they have this funny way of figuring out how to get the car out of the ditch in ways you never expected. Have fun!
Welcome to the forum. I sometimes say that subplots are what my characters do while I'm trying to get them to do what I want them to do. Best of luck on your writing project.
Thanks guys! My first full length summary is on paper and Im excited to see where this is going, because I have a feeling its not going where I thought i wanted it to!
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