These characters in my mind are not real. They aren’t. When a character puts me under house arrest, I have to remember that I can escape. — Michael Cadnum, poet and novelist.
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Except, why would I want to, if the characters are talking to me, leading me through the story?
Letting your characters hold you captive and tell you their stories can be a very useful tool indeed, if that’s how your writing brain works. :-)
I agree.