Riana asked Leo Vardiashvili:

I promise this is my last question, Leo. I have been thinking about your characters and their various exploits, and I am burning to know whether you roughly plotted where the characters were heading before hand, OR if the characters led you into writing different situations/locations that you had not planned. I have heard that this can happen. Is it a fair question?

Leo Vardiashvili I planned everything but the characters. I had a name for them all and a vague idea of their character, but a strange thing happened as I wrote more about them. While at first, it was like pushing a boulder up a hill, there came a point at the crest, where the characters took over. At that point the boulder starts rolling down the hill and I was just trying to keep up with these people I'd created.
This isn't unique by any means, I've heard many a writer say that characters take on a life of their own - not always in agreement with the writer's intentions either! It may be cliche, but nonetheless it is a very eerie, yet somehow satisfying experience.
I hope that answers the question!

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