Do stories you write take on a life of their own?

[Sticks]

Something I observe with my epics, is that sometimes sub plots and certain character developments occur I did not plan, and sometimes characters do something totally different when I get to draft the episode, compared to what I think will happen when away from the computer.

So for those fellow authors, do stories suddenly take on an unexpected life of their own?

If this makes sense

[Scarlett.]

Yeah, it happens a lot in my stories

In the Resistance, the character 'Sergov' was origiannly meant to be evil

[Sod_James]

Whenever i write i allways set myself out a plan of what i want to happen but it never actually goes that way. The story kinda takes itself on and i find it going in a direction i completly didnt want it to

Its difficult but sometimes i find if you just let the story follow its own path it develops into somthing better than you could have thought of. but sometimes its the complete opposite and turns out to be complete rubbish.

[Fom]

Im writing a book over the summer, im so excited I have never sat down and wrote a full book. But I have an idea and lots of brainstorming, I cant wait. Ive planned as much as I can but I bet things will just happen when I write it.

[Jen]

I agree.
I tend to write short stories and poetry. I submitt them into a newsletter at my school, when I write poems for it I get hyped up and submitt it with the intention of putting my name on it... over the last 5 years.. I have nevr put my name on whatever I have put forward for the Newsletter. Lackof confidence I guess.
I have one complete story that is deemed quite childish (by myself) I would love to sit down and write a full novel. I tend to get halfway and give up because I think its not good enough.
Does anyone, when they are writing, tend to have a standard of their own?
and when you cannot reach that standard be it in poetry, short stories or Novels, you stop the project and move on? I have so many unfinished things in a huge notebook... I cringe everytime I even glance at them.

[pinkmichk]

i have not wrote for a long time but yeah my stories used to do the same i think its a sign of a good writer when you can allow those changes to come freely and for the story or whatever your writing to take on what may be a different route to how was planned originally

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by JDIZZEL
I agree.
I tend to write short stories and poetry. I submitt them into a newsletter at my school, when I write poems for it I get hyped up and submitt it with the intention of putting my name on it... over the last 5 years.. I have nevr put my name on whatever I have put forward for the Newsletter. Lackof confidence I guess.
I have one complete story that is deemed quite childish (by myself) I would love to sit down and write a full novel. I tend to get halfway and give up because I think its not good enough.
Does anyone, when they are writing, tend to have a standard of their own?
and when you cannot reach that standard be it in poetry, short stories or Novels, you stop the project and move on? I have so many unfinished things in a huge notebook... I cringe everytime I even glance at them. Aye, I know what you mean, I was working on a sequel to the Resistance, but I just realised it was crap and gave up on it:eureka:

[Sod_James]

I have to be in the right frame of mind when i write.

Not to blow my own trumpet or anything but when im feeling really creative i can write some propper kick ass stuff. but then when i run out of steam and continue writting you can easily tell that i was out of creative juicyness due to how crap it gets.

One chapter can be really awesome. and the next when im out of steam be the complete opposite and totally rubbish.

[Sticks]

In my current story line, once character revealed that something nasty happened to them in the period between the end of the previous story line and the current one. Not what I was expecting, I thought it was not going to be as bad as it turned out to be.

Also one character seems to be evolving into a direction I did not realise.

This does not impact on the main plot, but it does give my universe more realism.

[Nicola]

Yes, I find that if I take time my stories really evolve! I used to write a lot of stories when I was younger, last time was about 5 years ago although I did write a few chapters of a fanfic last year. My stories were always the best things I wrote in English, hence that was one of my best subjects at school.

[Sticks]

As I have been working on my Season Nine I have been working it out and to my surprise, it looks like the main plot may be taking a different direction into unknown territory

The main story as it were may end up spanning two whole seasons, like they did with Deep Space Nine and the war with the Dominion. At the end of one season the "Good guys" had to withdraw as they sustained a heavy defeat

Then again it may behave when I finally get down to craft those episodes

Stay tuned

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[factor]

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[Scarlett.]

Okay...on another thread on another forum, I posted a joke thread, just random stuff really, went with it for a few dies, then stopped, I came back a month or so, and somehow it had gone from a spoof RPG to a serious RPG, so I decided to begin writing for it, since my non- internet stories were going nowhere, One year later, in the RPG, I've created a fictional district, a city and two small towns for the roleplay and a giant family as the lead characters, it came a long way from it just being a mess around