Panel Discussion: Do You Know the End of the Story at the Beginning?

Debora GearyHeck no.  Sometimes I think I do.  I sat down to write A Modern Witch, my first novel (coming soon!), and expected my main character to end up in a relationship with her witch trainer. Ha. Not. There's a romance, but my main character doesn't get to play.  A four-year-old witchling was supposed to be a minor character in one early scene. Yeah, he's the second most important character