Apologies for putting another writing topic on the pile, but something I remembered from reading the other threads:
Has anyone else had a character just take control and run away with the story? I ask because over the course of my last project, I had two different characters promote themselves from "window dressing" to "I now own a major part of this chapter, worship me!". Does this happen for anyone else, or should I be skipping the writers' workshop in favor of the shrink's office?