writethisfanfic | WIP Challenge - Check In Day 10

Poll #16453

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Yesterday and today I

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planned
3 (50.0%)

researched
1 (16.7%)

wrote
3 (50.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
1 (16.7%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
0 (0.0%)

did something else
0 (0.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 6.67 Median: 7 Std. Dev 2.21

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		1 (16.7%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		1 (16.7%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		2 (33.3%)
8		1 (16.7%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		1 (16.7%)

Do you ever run into times when you know the story requires that something happen but you can't make it make sense with the characters? Which wins, the plot or the characters?

For me, it's always the characters. They're at the heart of what I'm writing. The plot is just a vehicle for them to come through clearly and, just maybe, to develop and change. It does make for some scrambling to catch up when the plot deviates from what I had planned, but I can usually roll with it.