The Perils of Writing a Character who Refuses to Do What I Tell Her
by Vicky Oliver Many novelists have a God complex. I refer not to their religious views, but to their authorial ones. These writers believe they control their characters. As they map out their characters' journey from start to finish, love lives included, they expect their characters will obey the outline. But nothing could be further from reality, particularly when it comes to putting two characters from a story in a love scene. In Act One, a romance writer starts with plenty of...
