[quote=@shylarah]
But I am as much a reader as a writer, and I love being surprised or having the story change in ways I didn't expect, and learning about characters and such that I don't know yet.  Not to mention it's a bit easier, in my opinion, when you have someone to work off of.  
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Believe it or not, this is (one of) the reasons I role-play using characters from my setting whenever I can; I like to actually use them in situations outside of my control as a way to prove that I understand my characters in-depth enough to write how they would react and deal with situations I didn't create. I usually don't consider a character "ready" for my story until I can do that. As for the bit about it being easier, I'm not sure, but I definitely enjoy collaborating the bits that Ailyn has some influence over.

[quote=@Gowi]
How do you feel about writing sections out of order?
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I don't do this by [i]default[/i], but what do you make of the fact that I've (more or less) written the ending of my story first?

[@CrazyShadowy]
Heh, cheers mate.