Let’s say I’m writing a book. The main character embodies righteousness, according to me. As the author, I already know which people will shun my main character. I have always known thus, from the moment I wrote each character. I reward and punish my characters as I see fit. The rewards and pubishments, like everything else in the book, are predetermined. Does that make it pointless for me to write the book? Are the supporting characters superfluous because I, the author, have always known their ultimate fate? Is a book pointless because its author knows the ending?
~Max