The writer is not the god of their world. At least, I am not. The gods write themselves, and I only keep the record.
Perhaps it is not mastery that guides the best writing, but surrender. To listen more than to command. To accept that the story knows more than I do, and that fear of the unknown is part of the work.
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it sure feels that way sometimes, when the characters ‘come to life’ and start doing their own thing’ and all you can do is run behind them, trying to keep up
