MelissaBaby
Wordy Bitch
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I think some writers, myself included, start with a situation and then think about what kind of characters would get themself in this situation whereas other writers (hazarding a guess including you) start with a/some character(s) and then decide what kind of scrapes they're going to get in.
I tend to plan out each piece as a complete story by itself. Often then my characters have usually reached a place (often in each others arms) where I'm content to leave them once I've finished. Not everything needs a sequel and often I'm presenting my first story as 'the most important thing that ever happened to them'. Sometimes there's room for a follow-on, but mostly not.
The story I'm writing at the moment is an exception. It the story of two middle-aged(ish) women who end up having their first ever homosexual relationship. It ends on the morning after the first night and immediately on finishing the first draft, I'm thinking that there's lots of situations for these guys to get into that work as individual stories with each with an individual point.
Absolutely. I generally know a lot more about my characters than what makes it to the finished work.