Barrd
His Humble Servant
Sure, God knows the end from the beginning...that's a given.
Have you ever peeked at the end of a story you were reading? Maybe you were burning with curiosity to know "whodunit"? And then, once you knew the end, certain things the characters in the story did...or didn't do...made more sense to you....
As a writer myself, I can tell you that sometimes a character...even a well-known and beloved character...can take on a life of his/her own, and begin doing things the writer had not originally expected. I've been surprised a time or two by my own characters.
But I digress. Knowing ahead of time what someone is going to do is not the same as actually forcing them to do it.
And sometimes, our characters can surprise us.
Have you ever peeked at the end of a story you were reading? Maybe you were burning with curiosity to know "whodunit"? And then, once you knew the end, certain things the characters in the story did...or didn't do...made more sense to you....
As a writer myself, I can tell you that sometimes a character...even a well-known and beloved character...can take on a life of his/her own, and begin doing things the writer had not originally expected. I've been surprised a time or two by my own characters.
But I digress. Knowing ahead of time what someone is going to do is not the same as actually forcing them to do it.
And sometimes, our characters can surprise us.