What non-writers think writing is: so, here are my characters and now i'll have them do exactly as i say
What writing actually is: *half-finished characters escape into the world you made up. Now you have to chase them and write down what they decided to do while trying to make your records make at least some sense. So you're actually more like a historian who followed some idiots into battle and now has to convince them to stop making the most troublesome decision at every opportunity*