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When characters resist your intended story

I have this character who refuses to do what the plot needs them to do and I cannot figure out if I should force them or follow them

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between authorial control and organic discovery reveals fundamental questions about creative agency and surrender.

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