Elsa really said it best. Sometimes we just have to let it go.

I would be willing to bet that a vast majority of us writers are control freaks of some sort. We like control. We like being able to direct our characters and make things happen to them and be the gods of our worlds. It’s fun, right? But is this always a good thing for readers? Well…

There’s an old writing rule of thumb that says your characters should drive the plot, not the other way around. And while we may all think that’s exact...