take a wander on the wild side

while you are working on your latest creation you might find yourself going to places you didn't want to go. your work spiral away from the path you had for it. when it comes to writing people will talk about how the characters have taken on a life of their own - as if they were real and suddenly they decided on the life they would lead. personally i think this is a pile of dog pooh. what i think is at work is the creative sub conscious letting you know that there is a different way to go. sometimes it is going to be worthwhile following this new path, other times it is just going to lead you to a dead end. all paths are worth exploring. the other thing to take from this is that when people go on about how their work spoke to them or how their work took over you waon't have to feel so bad if you never have this feeling yourself. now you know that there is a different view of the same process. don't worry about the route you take, or the method that takes you along the route - what matters is that you get to the end and have something that is completed. so explore those creative back roads.