Goodreads asked R. Ann Humphries:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

R. Ann Humphries There's something magical that happens when your own characters surprise you. It doesn't happen often, and only with the most well-formed characters. But there's something pleasing in reaching a scene you were planning to write one way, only to discover that your characters won't let you do it the way you'd imagined. Then you have to figure out the right way, and that's when you grow as a writer.

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