The week my main character turned on me

I was three days into a draft when my hero, a guy I'd built to be a quiet librarian, decided he wanted to rob a bank instead. It completely wrecked my outline, but the story got way more interesting. Has a prompt ever sent your own writing in a wild direction you didn't plan?

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ellis.victor3d ago

You said "prompt," but it sounds like your character just took over. That's not really a prompt, that's just good writing.

jake_walker3d ago

Good writing" is a pretty high bar for a forum post.