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 Sometimes your story has other plansWhen I started The 19th Prince, I thought I knew exactly what I was writing: a dark, spicy enemies-to-lovers romance where Prince Ahleed would be at King Hassan's beck and call. Simple. Steamy. Straightforward. Then my characters threw me a curveball. What began as sexual tension in the Crystal Palace suddenly involved children in peril and a conspiracy that goes straight to Hassan's inner circle. Someone is trafficking people right under the king's nose, and now I have a full-blown thriller/mystery subplot that I... honestly didn't think all the way through. 😅 The struggle is real I know romance. I can write enemies-to-lovers in my sleep. But weaving a suspense subplot that actually makes sense? That's pushing me into new territory, and I'm learning that "pantsing" a mystery is way harder than pantsing a romance! Thank goodness for writer friends who specialize in suspense - currently getting schooled on proper subplot structure so this story can be both the dark romance AND the thriller it wants to be. 📚 Sometimes the best stories are the ones that challenge us as writers, even when they make us want to pull our hair out Fellow writers Ever had a story completely change direction on you? How do you handle when your characters hijack your plot? Until next time... ...happy reading! ~ Stephy  Comments are closed.
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