Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-114.142.221.203-20150819060941/@comment-26397825-20150827204835

It is actually a lot easier to write a plotline, and then slot the characters witty comments in but still have them be railroaded towards the end, then to write character interactions which then meander along the plot. Because with the former, the plot happens regardless of what the characters say, and they have scripted movements. With the latter, the characters personalities can clash with what you want to happen, and the scenes rarely ever turn out how they are supposed to (characters have a tendency to write themselves, which measn that you get so into the mindset needed to write them that the interactions happen naturally, even though they are the complete opposite of what you want to happen).