you see? i believe they do exist. and this is the moment when i begin the writing. i begin the writing with a very general idea about what’s going to happen in the novel, which is mostly it’s going to change during the writing, but i keep writing with my friends, my characters who are now my friends, because they do exist with me, until another moment, which is another moment happens. the other moment is the great moment of fiction writing, in my opinion, when i don’t have any more control of the characters. the characters become independent. it sounds very mysterious, but this is exactly what’s happening. i 