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Anteaterking posted...

Yeah, idk maybe it's just the way that I approach writing but I feel like either I have 1) a plot sketch or 2) A fully fleshed out character where I want to see "where they go". In both of those cases there are dials that I can turn a little here and there, but e.g. in the plot sketch situation I don't think I can have a plot where it feels like the characters are driving the plot but where I could also just trivially change between Maverick or Shinji for that character.

Everyone writes differently. I have an outline. I can make modifications to it based upon character changes.

Recently, I decided that I disliked the deuteragonist and decided to modify her personality. I highlighted everything I took exception to in red and realized that, if I excised all of those moments, she would drop from the number two spot in the story to the number four spot. I think I'm going to leave her with the personality that I didn't care for just because it's what suits the story best. There's a certain undercurrent to the story which she exemplifies.