Out of Our Control

Another interesting point on story writing, and I know I'm not the only person who has found that this happens. Sometimes, when writing a part of a story, you can have a synopsis planned out, you can know what you planned to happen at that point, but there's a part of your mind that has other ideas. Sometimes you can surprise yourself by writing something that was nowhere in the synopisis, or by completely changing events. I guess in some ways it comes down to theory and practice; the new way just works better. It's funny, because you would think, as the author, that you would have complete creative control over your work. Since I have started writing, I have come to learn that stories have a mind of their own, to the point where I have actually said, "I hope I get a chance to use this character again", because I honestly don't know if the story will allow them a second appearance.