One of the things that has surprised me most about writing is how characters can change as a story unfolds. In spite of having a rough idea of what role a character is going to play and what are the primary attributes of that character, I’ve had characters change in ways I hadn’t anticipated as I work through a book. I’m not talking about deliberately mapping out a character’s growth. I’m talking about something unplanned and unanticipated. Sometimes the change st...